The 2022-2023 school year has almost come and gone and yet somehow, we haven’t yet featured someone from the 5A football state champion Picayune Maroon Tide. That’s all changing tonight as we check in with dual-sport standout Brady Robertson who is gunning for yet another ring to close out his junior year. As a kid, Picayune’s Brady Robertson always had…
Special congratulations to Pearl River Community College softball ace Brinson Anne Rogers who keeps rewriting the record books in Poplarville. Yesterday, the right-handed redshirt sophomore dialed it up once again in the circle, eclipsing 500 career strikeouts in the first inning of yesterday’s game two loss at Jones College. Win or lose, simply incredible, currently eighth in the nation with…
The Mississippi High School Activities Association alongside the Mississippi Association of Coaches have even more hardware to give out this spring upon the creation of the Mr. Baseball and Miss Softball awards going to the top players in Mississippi. This is for classifications 1A through 6A so 12 awards total and 14 starting next year after the addition of Class…
Dating back to the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Break, no one has a lower earned run average than Chicago Cubs pitcher Justin Steele out of George County High School. His dominance continued yesterday in a 6-0 win over the San Diego Padres in which the former Rebel went five-and-a-third innings scoreless, lowering his ERA to 1.19 through his first…
St. Martin alum Gabe Showalter is officially in the transfer portal, announcing his decision to leave Texas Tech following his commitment back in January. The former Yellowjacket showed out during his one year at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in 2022, knocking home eight out of his ten field goal attempts while converting 42 of 43 PATs. Showalter and his…
The New Orleans Saints should be pretty busy as always, heading into draft weekend with eight picks at their disposal, starting with that Sean Payton pick in the first round at 29 overall. They pick twice more on Friday, 40th overall in the second round and 71st overall in the third round. By the time day three rolls around, the…
Gulfport High School alum Derick Hall has come a long way since his signing day ceremony all the way back on December 19th, 2018. From then to now, the former Admiral became a four-year star with his Auburn Tigers, now less than 24 hours away from the rest of his life, if all goes according to plan. A potential first…
Cloud coverage will increase tonight ahead of a complex of thunderstorms that will move in. Expect rain to move in around daybreak tomorrow and persist through much of the day. Rain will taper off in the afternoon and some clearing can be expected towards the evening. There is a Level 2 of 5 threat for severe thunderstorms in place for…
Seashore Highlands in Gulfport celebrated its tenth anniversary with a barbecue. Not only did the retirement community celebrate an anniversary, but also the Coast now has its very first green house. The green house serves ten elders who are still under the care of nurses. It’s a home with individual bedrooms and bathrooms, a huge living and kitchen area, and…
The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdale horses returned to the Mississippi Coast to join in on some coastal parades. Today, the horses traveled down to Bay St. Louis where eight of them were hooked up to the classic Budweiser wagon and rolled down the municipal harbor to the train depot. This parade was only one of several locations the horses are making…
Mad Potter’s Garden Club hosted a morning foraging expedition on the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art campus. Guests were able to enjoy sampling food grown in the community garden, get a tour of the foraging garden established at the museum, and learn about the native plants that were used by Native Americans. Guests learned about what they can and cannot eat…
Today has been a lovely, breezy, and warm day across the coast. Clouds have been few and far between while winds are southerly. The southerly flow has helped moisture recover quite well ahead of a storm system in Texas. Its warm front lifted through our area earlier today. Clouds will increase tonight and temperatures will remain mild. Thunderstorm chances increase…
School kids spent the day watching baseball at MGM Park, but they were not playing hooky. The Biloxi Shuckers hosted Education Day as they battled out on the diamond against the Mississippi Braves. The Mississippi Aquarium, Mississippi Forestry Commission, and Merit Health Biloxi set up shop along the concourse for students to learn a little more about sea creatures, what…
D’Iberville State Champion Archer Patrick Bingham extended his archery career by signing a college scholarship. Bingham, who has been on the D’Iberville High School archery team for four years, is taking aim at college, signing with William Carey University. He earned the highest male average for the archery team for two straight years and has served as a mentor for…
Volunteers with Mississippi Power, Beau Rivage, Harrah’s Gulf Coast, Golden Nugget, and Hard Rock participated in a clean up day at Deer Island. Since 2005, Mississippi Power’s ‘Renew our Rivers’ program has removed more than 362 tons of debris from about 20 waterways. Company volunteers have worked with nearly 40 corporate, community, and governmental partners. Because many of the Coast…
Pearl River Community College’s A Capella group ‘The Voices’ is receiving recognition for their recent album. PRCC’s The Voices has received a nomination for best mixed collegiate album from the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, which are like the Grammys for A Capella. They went up against some fierce competition like Harvard. Director of Choral Activities Dr. LaDona Tyson said,…
Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann met with community leaders and government officials today in Gulfport to discuss the 2023 legislation session. Hosemann said the legislature had more than $200 million allocated across the Mississippi Gulf Coast and will be available to spend July 1st. Money will be used to fix harbors, create new roadways, and parking garages, and for education, and…
Construction work at the Long Beach Harbor has begun on the outer wall. Construction started Tuesday, pulling out rip rap and they will test pilings by the end of this week. The city does not have money to repair the actual harbor yet, but the city is taking it upon themselves to mitigate the outer walls to protect the harbor…
The Budweiser Clydesdales are in Bay St. Louis tonight for a parade. News 25 Rick Gogreve is in Bay St. Louis with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Budweiser Clydesdales
The Picayune Police Department is getting a new station. The current station was built in 1978 and is shared with the Picayune courts. The new police department and courthouse will be on Highland Parkway and Wildwood Drive. Once the police and courts are moved, the current station will need to be torn down because of asbestos in the flooring and…
Long Beach Mayor George Bass made a public announcement last week that he has cancer. The cancer he is diagnosed with is Non-Hodgkin’s B Cell Lymphoma, which affects part of the immune system where white blood cells called lymphocytes grow abnormally and can form tumors throughout the body. He said the cancer was discovered when he went to have what…
Global military spending just hit a record high and Americans are getting worried about the job market. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Every other Wednesday we feature a pet up for adoption at the Humane Society of South Mississippi. Katie King is in studio with this week’s Pet of the Week, Doug. Categories: Pet of the Week Tags: Humane Society of South Mississippi, pet of the week
Moss Point will be celebrating its past and traditions this weekend at the River Jamboree. Joining us to tell us more this afternoon is Donna Joseph. The jamboree takes place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the riverfront. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Celebrate Moss Point, River Jamboree