WXXV and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to spotlight an outstanding chamber business each month. This month, we got to visit one local school with a unique and inspiring mission. Categories: Chamber Member Spotlight Tags: Coast Episcopal School, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce Spotlight
Yesterday’s frontal system will continue sliding east out of the area. Zonal flow will dominate the upper level pattern, with a northerly surface winds becoming SE late morning bringing a warmer air mass. Winds will start to shift southerly in direction late The humid flow will return tonight through Saturday morning, which will help begin to reintroduce moisture and warmer…
WXXV Sports Director Jeff Haeger is live at Derick Hall’s NFL Draft Day Party in Gulfport where it’s all love and high hopes for the former Admiral. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: Derrick Hall, football, NFL, sports
The World-Famous Budweiser Clydesdales are parading on the Coast and today the horses paraded through Ocean Springs. Every year Coast residents make it a point to set up and watch the horses march through their city. “Well, that was kind of awesome because they’re big horses.” “It was just cool seeing the Clydesdales. Every year they come, I’m here.” The…
Skies will clear out tonight following the passage of the cold front over our area. Drier air will work in which will provide for a very comfortable feel to the air tomorrow. Expect mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures for your Friday. Winds will gradually shift to southwesterly throughout the day ahead of a system. That system will be on…
At least 100,000 people are expected to be around the City of Biloxi looking into the sky to watch the Thunder over the Sound Air and Space Show. Today, the Thunderbirds made their way to the Coast in preparation for the weekend’s event. Today, the Thunderbirds soared their way to the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport to get ready…
This video of hail was sent in by Amy Kurtz this morning! She also took pictures of herself holding the up-to golf ball sized hail stones. There’s also a picture sent in by Richard Sloan. It shows a lighting strike on a tree in Wiggins. If you have any pictures or videos of weather on the Coast, you can send…
The Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport and Faber celebrated their grand opening on Wednesday for their three new restaurants. Faber is a restaurant and retail concessionaire for airports around the country. Passengers passing through will be able to have more options when it comes to food and alcohol. The new choices include Chandeleur Island Brewing Company, Coffee Connection, and Sonic. The plans…
More than four years after signing with Auburn University out of Gulfport High School, today could be the first day of the rest of Derick Hall’s life. WXXV Sports Director Jeff Haeger is live at his NFL Draft Day Party in Gulfport where it’s all love and high hopes for the former Admiral. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: Derick Hall,…
It was quite active during the first portion of today! Some spots received over 3 inches of rain and some thunderstorms produced large hail. Skies are clearing out this evening as we await the actual cold front. That will swing through overnight bringing a brief dry airmass into Friday. Expect a few clouds on average over the course of tomorrow….
Ocean Springs High School students are saying goodbye to fish they have been raising for the past nine months in an effort to study and collect data. The aquaculture program students at Ocean Springs High who successfully raised striped bass released them into the wild as part of the species enhancement program conducted by the Gulf Coast Research Lab and…
Long Beach High School’s TV production class received a $2,500 Sparklight ‘Dream Bigger’ grant to go towards the purchase of additional professional-grade video cameras for their daily LBTV broadcast. More than 100 schools and organizations from communities in the 21 states Sparklight serves submitted entries outlining how the award would be used to fund their STEM projects and how the…
It was a day of celebration for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Harrison County campus. Faculty, staff, and family members gathered at the Hospitality Resort Management Center for the Harrison County campus awards ceremonies. Students, strong in academics, received awards from the six different schools MGCCC has to offer and being a member of the honors college. Aside from…
Biloxi Mayor ‘FoFo’ Gilich presented a proclamation naming April 30th to be National Therapy Dog Day. The dogs play an essential role in improving human health and well-being through human-animal bonds. Pet Partners animal teams make millions of visits per year to hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and libraries. The dogs interact with a variety of people such as veterans, students…
The City of D’Iberville held its annual State of the City to update the community on what the city has accomplished and what’s ahead. Community members and city leaders gathered at the D’Iberville Community Center to hear all about the progress the city is making and to recognize those making a difference within the community. The city is developing new…
We’re just over a month away from hurricane season and Governor Reeves has named April 30th through May 6th Hurricane Preparedness Week. Hurricane season starts June 1st and emergency management agencies are starting their preparations and they advise you to do the same. Each day next week, these agencies will be posting a guide to prepare for emergencies. This includes…
The Container Store will accept Bed, Bath, and Beyond coupons through May and Disney has now sued Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
This weekend, people will be ‘Wiggin’ out for Cancer.’ Everyone is invited to lace up for this benefit walk in Long Beach. JoAn Nicely, founder of Pink Heart Funds, joins me this morning with more on the event. The walk takes place Saturday, April 29th at 8 a.m. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Ribbon Walk, Wiggin’ out for Cancer
Holly Brand hitting all the high notes and then some on The Voice! This Meridian native has made quite a name for herself and we are all rooting for her. Holly is on fire right now after making it through the knockout round. Holly joins News 25 to discuss her journey on The Voice! Categories: Community Headlines Tags: holly brand,…
Several Coast leaders met this morning to discuss regional solutions to acquiring a skilled workforce in the business realm. The Gulf Coast Business Council held its general membership meeting at the Knight Nonprofit Center. The availability of a highly skilled workforce is a key issue for the state and the Gulf Coast region. The purpose of Accelerate Mississippi is to…
An update on the investigation into a substitute teacher arrested on sex charges. Twenty-one-year-old Keshawn Belcher was arrested Wednesday and charged with child exploitation and touching a child for lustful purposes. According to the Jackson County jail docket this morning, he also has a bond revocation and a charge of child pornography rather than child exploitation. Belcher was hired as…
As an area of low pressure continues to drag a cold front through the region, isolated t-storms will continue this afternoon but begin to diminish late afternoon. The energy will depart to the NE with showers/t-storms moving east late afternoon and this evening Slightly more uncertainty for afternoon time frame as some models suggest a secondary swath of rain moving…
A weakening upper low currently moving through the Central Plains will continue east across the lower/mid-Mississippi Valley this afternoon and evening. With increasing low level moisture, cooling in the mid-upper levels, and still warm temps at the surface, there will be a steady increase in instability. Model soundings show minimal low level shear but sufficient mid-level shear to possibly support…
The only other Picayune player to complete a pass this season, three-star sophomore sensation Darrell Smith is the recipient of his first SEC offer from Ole Miss and his third overall. The others being Boston College and UNLV. Smith was lightning in a bottle for the Maroon Tide in 2022, averaging more than 13 yards per carry while racking up…