For something early on Saturday, head over to the Mississippi City Cemetery. From 10 to noon, students from Central and Pass Road Elementary Schools will host a cemetery tour. Adults will be dressed up as featured residents such as the Blues Man, Blind Roosevelt Graves, former Harrison County Sheriff A.J. Ramsey, and many others. If you’re interested, the cemetery is…
If you’re looking for something spooky, the Biloxi Fire Museum is the place to be. Today from 6 to 9 p.m. and then tomorrow at the same time, the museum will be turned into a haunted house. Tours will cost $10 a person, but any children under eight will cost $5. Anyone younger than eight must be with an adult….
Happening today in Pascagoula, the public is invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pascagoula’s Alien Abduction. Running from 6 to 9 p.m. in downtown Pascagoula, the community is invited to remember the 1973 abduction of Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker. Alien costumes and flare are encouraged for all, there will be face painting for kids as well. The City…
Joining us this morning are Mississippi Gulf Coast Pickleball Ambassador Tom Linenberger and Southern Pickleball Co-Founder Mark Spackman. They’re here to tell us about a pickleball tournament coming up this weekend at the Popps Ferry Courts in Biloxi. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Gulf Coast Pickleball Tournament
Every Thursday on WXXV, we have the great honor of highlighting high school athletes along our beautiful Gulf Coast. When looking over the submissions for Student Athlete of the Week, it isn’t out of the ordinary that we come across extremely talented dual-sport athletes, but very rarely do we come across an athlete that’s as busy as this one. Introducing…
CVS has pulled popular cold medicines from store shelves and Walmart and Aldi will lower their Thanksgiving dinner prices. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Joining us in studio is Jackson County Toys for Tots Coordinator Tracey Powell and Terra Watson from Ms. Audry’s Southern Kitchen to talk about the upcoming Christmas luncheon benefitting Toys for Tots of Jackson County and the big sponsor for this inaugural event. The luncheon is Saturday, November 18th at the Jackson County Fairgrounds. Tickets are available now. Categories: Community…
The axis of the upper disturbance extended from the Great Lakes to the Florida Panhandle early this morning with upper high pressure over the Rockies. If one was going to plot a cold front early this morning, it’d be from Vicksburg to Lake Charles. It’s more of a gradual drying and cooling trend than anything, though. There is some patchy…
Jackson County’s Cook Road connector is now officially open and is already bringing new business opportunities to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. “Today is a great announcement to cut the ribbon to open the road, and its just positive because it an infrastructure project that opens up development on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “You’re going to see…
It is spooky season and those interested in paranormal activity had the opportunity to interact with ghosts at one local library. Shadowz Paranormal held a presentation at the St. Martin Public Library, giving residents in the area a chance to learn more about the science behind paranormal investigating. Guests saw first-hand encounters with entities, also having the chance to share…
A few clouds will be present from time to time as we await the arrival of a weak cold front. Friday will start off fairly mild with any cloud cover clearing out. It will be warmer than average with many spots achieving low-to-mid 80s under plenty of sunshine. The cold front will bring temporarily lower humidity into the weekend but…
d The fourth day of the workweek moved along smoothly in many areas, the weather department being one of those. Stability around the horn continues into the evening hours, though a few changes are possible in the upcoming days. Tonight: An abundance of sunshine was once again readily available Thursday. Luckily for Coastians who hate fall and cooler temperatures, the…
Central Elementary School in Pascagoula was celebrating its fifth year as an A-rated school this week when they got a little bit more to celebrate. South Mississippi Smiles presented Principal Angela Burch with a check for $3,000 for school supplies. Ginger Christian with South Mississippi Smiles presented the check during the school’s ‘CES Panther Era Celebration School Wide Party.’ Staff…
The White House Hotel presented plans to the Biloxi Development Review Committee to expand its hotel and amenities. Our media partner, the Sun Herald, said the plan is for an 11,600 square foot, three-story addition to the hotel on what is now the parking lot north of the existing building. The expansion will add 55 rooms. The addition will keep…
Gulfport is gearing up for the most wonderful time of the year. They’ve already started setting up for the Gulfport Harbor Lights Festival, you’ll be able to see those familiar trees of light driving down Highway 90 very soon. The City of Gulfport is doing a couple things different this year. They’ll be having all their discount days Monday through…
A naturalization ceremony was held in Gulfport, welcoming in 25 new citizens. It was the end of a journey, but the start of an adventure as people took their oath of citizenship and joined our nation. Twenty-five applicants from 11 different countries were joined by friends, family, and U.S. District Judge Taylor McNell to take their last step toward citizenship….
Joining us this morning are Kimberly Cruz and Dr. Stephen Farrow to tell us more about the program’s available at NDORI. You can learn more about NDORI by visiting their website here. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: NDORI
The Biloxi VA was the site this morning for a Walk-a-Thon in honor of person-centered care. The ninth annual event is to celebrate the progress made in making person-centered care a reality for veterans and families who use the VA. Participants were asked to wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness month or purple for domestic violence awareness. The…
At the surface, high pressure currently extends along the Atlantic Coast into the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Low pressure over Wisconsin had a cold front to near Kansas City into north Texas. The upper disturbance to our northwest will push across the area later this afternoon and evening. It gets increasingly difficult to find a legitimate frontal boundary across the local…
The Lapointe-Krebs House and Museum in Pascagoula has received an exciting award. The Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians has awarded the house with their highest distinction: the Best of the South Preserving Southern Excellence Award for 2023. A little background information on the home, it was built during the French Colonial Period in 1757 and may be…
United is shaking up its boarding process and the 30-year fixed mortgage rate just hit 8% for the first time since 2000. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Pretty soon music lovers will be gaining access to classic and vinyl records at one local library thanks to this music shop. This Saturday, Maynard’s Music is dedicating a free community record shop to the Ocean Springs Library System. Visitors will be able to donate and share their classic CDs, cassettes, vinyl records, and other music formats with the community….
Joining us this morning is Brenda Long, president of the Pink Heart Funds, to tell us about a benefit coming up next weekend called Pink out the Park.
An area of upper level high pressure is centered over the Appalachians and over Nevada this morning with a sharp disturbance running from the Great Lakes to the Iowa-Illinois border to north Texas. At the surface, high pressure extended along the Atlantic Coast into the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Low pressure over Wisconsin had a cold front to near Kansas City…