The Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence held a luncheon to honor outstanding community volunteers, leaders, donors, and supporters for their service to victims of interpersonal violence. Each year, 15 awards are passed out in different categories to individuals or groups on the Coast who have displayed exceptional service through volunteerism, advocacy, fundraising, or community leadership to reduce violence and support…
Students were going bananas at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for Dole Fresh Fruit Company’s career recruitment day. In honor of National Banana Day, Dole was giving out free bananas along with other goodies and talking to students about the various careers available within the company. Dole is providing job opportunities nationwide in transportation logistics, sales and finance, and more….
Governor Tate Reeves signed multiple pro-life and pro-mom bills today. A signing ceremony was held in Jackson today. The seven bills he signed today included pro-life tax credits, adoption support, foster care systems reform, and more. The legislation strengthens the state’s adoption system, increases support for pregnancy resource centers, establishes a foster parents bill of rights, creates a task force…
In the aftermath of Black Spring Break and the shootings over the weekend, many residents asked, both on social media and at Tuesday’s city council meeting, why the event can’t just be canceled. This year’s spring break festivities left residents and city officials frustrated after gunfire rang out Sunday, injuring five people including a police officer. Mayor FoFo Gilich has…
Netflix is delaying its crackdown on password sharing and Tax Day has come and gone and refunds are smaller than a year ago. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Harrison County is hosting a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day this weekend. Here to tell us more is Jeff Shepard from Mississippi Power and Kelly Griffin from Harrison County. The event takes place Saturday, April 22nd from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mississippi Power Plant Watson in Gulfport. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Harrison County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day
Retired and active firefighters came together at the Biloxi Fire Museum this morning for fellowship over breakfast. The organization Friends of Firefighters put this event on to help firefighters talk with each other in a relaxed setting. Guests enjoyed a free breakfast with bacon, eggs, grits, sausage, and biscuits. Friends of Firefighters provides counseling, peer support, and wellness services for…
The Army Corps of Engineers in Mobile facilitated a visit to Gulfport today to sign an agreement that would officially begin the next phase of a dredging project to benefit the Port of Gulfport. It’s something the port has been pursuing for several years. This next phase is very important in the port’s quest to dredge a deeper channel to…
D’Iberville High Senior Cheer Captain Makinzee Gilbert is taking her talents to the Division I level at Western Kentucky. Western Kentucky is home to the reigning DIA All Girl UCA National Champions. Gilbert is a base for the Warriors and says she has been cheering since she was six-years-old. Her favorite high school memory is winning state in ninth grade…
The Crawfish Music Festival begins today. The gates open at 5 tonight. Everything is ready for the crowds this weekend. The five-day festival features a full range of carnival rides and food and plenty of musical acts including Jordan Davis, Ashley McBryde, and Bailey Zimmerman. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or on ticketmaster.com. Tickets cost $10 for Wednesday…
Two people are dead in what is an apparent murder-suicide on Kelly Avenue in Gulfport. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said 46-year-old Rachel Lott and 38-year-old Robert Henry, both of Gulfport, were found inside an apartment after police were asked to make a welfare check. The couple had not been heard from and friends were worried. First responders found them…
There is upper troughing over the northwest and northeast corners of the country with high pressure over the northern Mississippi River Valley. The shortwave that moved across the local area yesterday is now over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. At the surface, high pressure was centered over southern Georgia. Low pressure was centered over southern Nebraska, with a dry line into…
The Long Beach boys soccer program has been one of the best around over the last half-dozen years, having played for the 5A state championship six years in a row and winning it all the last three years. Tonight, the Bearcats announced Matthew DeFillips as their next head coach to continue the winning tradition left by Andee Wilburn. Having most…
All season long, the Pass Christian baseball team has been chasing its first district championship in program history. Tonight, those dreams on the brink of being realized in a home game against Stone, who is chasing its first district title since 2021. Pirates hosting the Tomcats. Pass takes home the Region 8 Class 4A title with a win or a…
Over at Gulfport, it’s senior night for the Lady Admirals in a non-district game against Vancleave before the playoffs. Lady Admirals win 8-0. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: High School Softball, softball, sports
Cloud coverage will dissipate overnight as a disturbance is weakening under the influence of high pressure. Expect mostly cloudy skies to turn to a few clouds by daybreak tomorrow. The cloud coverage plus increasing humidity will help keep temperatures slightly warmer overnight. The next couple of days will be very typical of spring across our area. Humidity will be on…
The Coast Observer returned once again to host the hottest award ceremony along the Mississippi Coast, the Covey Awards. This award ceremony began in 2004 to honor those in the food industry, music industry, entertainment industry, and more across the Coast. This year, the ceremony featured 46 different categories. Residents of the Coast were able to vote for their favorite…
Gulfport High School had their Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps flag ceremony today. The ceremony was to teach the students the proper way to dispose a flag. The students read a flag retirement ritual and the meaning behind the flag history. Students took turn cutting the strips and then placed it in the fire. They read the name of each…
Every year the Coast community gets together to award the best of the best at the annual Covey Awards. News 25’s Ansley Brent is at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for the red carpet. Categories: Local News, News Tags: covey awards
Cloud coverage of the mid-level and upper-level variety has moved in thanks to a disturbance to our west. Clouds and increasing moisture via southerly flow will help make it less chilly tomorrow morning. Expect mostly cloudy skies to persist tonight and low temperatures in the upper-50s. Skies will clear out tomorrow as the disturbance will dissipate under the influence of…
Pascagoula High School Prom Queen Ky’Aziah Alexis-Thompson chose to give her classmate Martina Nelson her crown since Nelson had always dreamed of being prom queen. Prom night is one event that seniors look forward to, not only to dance and have fun with their friends, but to see who will get crowned queen and king. The ballot to vote had…
Crawfish lovers and country music enthusiasts, here’s your reminder that the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Crawfish Music Festival begins tomorrow. The crew at the coliseum finished setting up this evening. Gates will be open for the public on April 19th and 20th from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., April 21st from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., April 22nd from 1 p.m….
To celebrate Earth Week, students at Hancock Middle School got their hands a little dirty sprucing up their school garden. Volunteers and students at Hancock Middle School stepped outside the classroom and helped rehab the raised garden beds in the school’s garden. Volunteer Mark Lasalle said, “They have these garden beds and what’s neat about them is they are using…
The Biloxi City Council met today to discuss the future of Black Spring Break and the events that unfolded over the weekend. Throughout the weekend, city police received more than 600 Spring Break related calls. At least 40 of those were related to firearms. Chief of Police John Miller told the council how the event has escalated. “I tried to…