Spring begins later today, but first, Mother Nature has one last grip of winter on us. Temperatures will max out 15 or so degrees below seasonal averages this afternoon. Clear skies and light winds will allow for another cold night. High pressure providing a slight southerly component to our winds should keep temperatures from bottoming out as cold as this…
A TRUE winter morning on this final day of the season, as a FREEZE WARNING is in effect through 10 am. Temperatures will rebound quickly after sunrise and all locations should be above freezing by about 10 am. With the upper pattern turning more zonal, cold air advection will shut off and afternoon highs will rise into the mid to…
The late season chill will stick around for a little longer across South Mississippi. A Freeze Warning is in effect for all of the Southern Six counties until 10 AM tomorrow morning. Clearer skies and lighter winds will allow for more efficient cooling overnight. If winds can become very light and allow for radiative cooling, a lot of the area…
Busy week for the New Orleans Saints, some of these free agency updates were already a done deal, but here’s some of the headliners. Saints retain tight end Juwan Johnson and quarterback Jameis Winston to back up new QB1 Derek Carr. Some other newcomers, former Chiefs defensive tackle Khalen Saunders, signing for three years up to $14.5 million, and then…
Biloxi High School alum Colt Keith continues to mash in his first taste of Major League spring training, hitting his second home run today for the Tigers, 427-foot solo shot to the bullpen in right center. The former Indian was drafted in the fifth round by Detroit back in 2020. Keith is scorching hot at the plate, hitting .353 during…
Rain, rain go away, and it did, just in time for Battle at the Beach to carry on at MGM Park with a revised schedule, starting with two local teams, Harrison Central and Resurrection Catholic. Word on the street is that the Shuckers got a new tarp this year, and it’s already coming in handy, 6A Red Rebels taking on…
On Wednesday night, the Mississippi State women’s basketball team won its first NCAA Tournament game since 2019. Since the Lady Bulldogs are already there, why not win another one? 11-seed MSU taking on 6-seed Creighton in South Bend, Indiana. Lady Bulldogs win big, 81-66 final. They’re bracket busting all the way to the round of 32. Mississippi State takes on…
The streets of Ocean Springs were filled with green and a little bit of gold as locals continue to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The festivities lasted all day long in the City of Discovery and it’s ending with a street-wide party. Twenty-one different businesses in Downtown Ocean Springs participated in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl. Hundreds of people…
The City of Biloxi announced plans to build a new hotel at the State of the City address. The Tullis Gardens Hotel is named after the original 19th century Tullis-Toledano Manor, which was washed away during Hurricane Katrina. The hotel will be 11 stories high, include a restaurant deck, and gardens. The building will incorporate a lot of architecture Biloxi…
Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have both collapsed, proving that you are never too big to fail, but what does that mean for our local banks in South Mississippi? Recent bank failures may have you wondering if your local bank is still a safe haven for your hard-earned money. News 25 spoke with officials at Keesler Federal Credit Union…
Cold front has cleared pretty much all land areas in Louisiana and Mississippi and continues to push eastward through the coastal waters. A broad band of light to moderate showers is still affecting southern Mississippi with spottier showers across southeastern Louisiana. These showers will continue to progress eastward as well and the vast majority of the land area should be…
People in Downtown Ocean Springs aren’t letting a little rain get in their way of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. News 25’s Ansley Brent takes us to a sea of green for the St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Ocean Springs, st. patrick’s day, St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl
March 19th for the Pickens family will always be a day they will never forget. Howard Pickens, a husband, father, and community barber, was the first Mississippian to die from COVID. Pickens, also known as Fade, only showed one symptom of COVID when he caught it. During the time, testing for COVID was only given if all the symptoms were…
Some college students like to go to the beach or maybe hit the mountains for spring break, but for some students, they use their time to give back. Phyllis Madden’s prayers of fixing up her house were finally answered after waiting five years. A grandmother who is raising her three grandchildren will have a newly renovated house inside and out…
More than 400 high school students attended the Experience CTE for the 21st Century event on the MGCCC Harrison County campus. At the event, students learned about the more than 50 careers and technical education programs the college offers in a one and two year format. These CTE programs provide students the opportunity to enter a career sooner and find…
Match Day is here and Memorial Health System Graduate Medical Education welcomed its 2023 family medicine and internal medicine resident physicians. Match Day marks the day when eagerly awaiting medical gradates find out which residency program they have matched with to begin their post-graduate training. Memorials’ graduate medical education program provides progressive training and invaluable experience. At the Match Day,…
A St. Joseph Altar is an offering of love, labor, and sacrifice, honoring the patron saint of the Sicilians and the universal church. Its origin begins in Sicily during a time of drought and famine. In dire need, people turned to St. Joseph for a helping hand and prayer. When it rained and crops began to bear fruit, an altar…
More than half of Americans hire a professional to help them with their taxes and weekly jobless claims still show a tight labor 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
In just a few weeks, the Pink Hearts Fund will have the ribbon walk and butterfly release on April 29th. Here to tell us more about the event is JoAn Niceley. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Butterfly release, Pink Hearts Fund, Ribbon Walk
This St. Patrick’s Day we are celebrating Irish heritage through dance. Director and Instructor at Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dance Amy Bowman and dancers from the school are in studio to help celebrate! Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dance, st. patrick’s day
On Saturday, Waveland will keep the St. Paddy’s Day fun going with a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the heart of the city. The parade rolls at 1 p.m. It begins at the corner of Bienville Drive and North Beach Boulevard and follows a route that takes the fun through Nicholson, Central, and Coleman Avenues before ending at Elwood Bourgeois…
It’s St. Patrick’s Day and events are going on today all around the Coast to help you celebrate the patron saint of Ireland. Ocean Springs has dining and shopping deals as well as a pub crawl that starts at 4 this afternoon. Pascagoula will be parading downtown tonight at 7 p.m. for O’Blarney’s Parade. The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum will have beer…
Tonight, students, past and present, will gather to pay their respects to Kathy Mangin, a beloved music and choir director at St. Alphonsus Catholic School. She used her talents to inspire students for more than three decades. She died Saturday in a car accident in Ocean Springs at the age of 66. Visitation for Kathy is today from 5 p.m….
A line of showers/t-storms to the west associated with an approaching cold front will move into through area this morning into early afternoon. A surface low pressure system is moving through the mid-west with a front stretched back to the southwest. Locally, heavy rainfall will begin to move in shortly after sunrise. The overall issue with getting severe weather is…