Project Lead the Way and Chevron celebrate success

Project Lead the Way and Chevron celebrated the release of ‘Chevron and PLTW: Partnering to Build a STEM community in the Gulf Coast.’ We went inside the classroom at St. Martin High School to see the program in action. The celebration highlighted the work that Chevron, PLTW, and Gulf Coast schools have done to create a unique STEM ecosystem. PLTW…

First BEAR implant surgery for torn ACL performed in the state

Dr. Philip Myers at Singing River Gulfport is the first doctor in Mississippi to perform the BEAR implant. The BEAR implant is a less invasive surgery used to treat a torn ACL, which is a ligament in the knee. Usually, ACL reconstruction surgery involves taking a graft tendon from another part of the body to replace the torn ligament. The…

MGCCC signs memorandum with Mississippi Highway Patrol

Criminal justice technology students at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College now have a direct link to their future careers. MGCCC and Mississippi Highway Patrol signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a program to allow students to train with a state trooper for two semesters while in college. Upon completion, they will have direct entry into highway patrol school. Known…

South Mississippians honored at Dixie Nationals

Two South Mississippi students were recognized this year at the Dixie National Rodeo Junior Round Up Livestock Shows. Calden Ratliff of the Stone County 4H and Stone County FFA was recognized during the sale of junior champions and earned a scholarship for his work during the livestock sale. Claire East of the Hancock County 4H was recognized as a premier…

Hibernia Marching Society Parade in Biloxi

The Hibernia Marching Society Parade is coming up, not this weekend, but next. Grand Marshal Charles Nannery of Ocean Springs and his Colleen Stacy McGuire Thunelius of Biloxi are in studio to discuss the parade. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Hibernia Marching Society Parade

Morning Business Report: March 1st, 2023

A major automaker is cutting jobs and Twitter announces a ‘zero tolerance policy towards violent speech.’ Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report

3/1 – Jeff’s “Warm Pattern Continues” Wednesday Afternoon Forecast

Clouds will thin into this afternoon and very warm conditions are expected again. Breezy conditions this afternoon will subside this evening as daytime heating is lost. Clouds will also build back in as ample moisture and cooling temperatures will bring cloud cover closer to the surface. Fog has the potential to be around again Thursday morning. A dynamic system will…

Black History Month Program designed for the youth in Biloxi

A program was held inside the community center on Howard Avenue in Biloxi to wrap up Black History Month. Ms. Frances Lurvern Gines, a 91-year-old lifelong Biloxi resident, shared her personal experience of past racial oppression with the audience. She was one of the many speakers for tonight’s program. The program was specifically designed for the youth. Organizers hope remembering…

High School Basketball: Picayune vs. Provine

Picayune boys basketball, late tip in the Metro against Provine for the right to go to the 5A State Championship. Picayune-60 Provine-49 Tags: basketball, High School Boys Basketball, sports

NCAA Baseball: Ole Miss vs. Louisiana Tech

In Oxford, defending National Champion Ole Miss hosting Louisiana Tech in the first of two mid-week games. Louisiana Tech holds on for the 6-5 victory. The program’s first win in Oxford since 1989. Game two is set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, Ole Miss, sports

NCAA Baseball: Southern Miss vs. Mississippi State

Over at Trustmark Park, 25th ranked Southern Miss looking to make it six out of nine against Mississippi State, dating back to 2019. MSU scores four in the eighth to win it 10-9. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, mississippi state, Southern Miss, sports

Mississippi’s top ranked basketball player decommits from Ole Miss

The top ranked high school basketball player in the Magnolia State is reopening his recruitment. Josh Hubbard, out of Madison Ridgeland Academy, has been released from his National Letter of Intent following the firing of Head Coach Kermit Davis. Hubbard recently became the all-time leading scorer in Mississippi with more than 4,200 career points and says the Rebels will still…

USM Head Basketball Coach Jay Ladner flipping the script in 2023

A player on USM’s 1987 NIT Championship team, the head coach of the 2011 4A State Championship team at St. Stanislaus, and the head coach of the 2014 National Championship team at Jones College, it always felt like a safe bet that Jay Ladner’s success as head coach at Southern Miss was only a matter of time. But even Ladner…

St. Martin Upper Elementary hosts Book Club debate

At St. Martin Upper Elementary students and their families gathered for the annual Book Club Debate. Students spent the evening trying to convince one another that their book was best. Book club members meet once a week and have been preparing for the debate since September after reading multiple books and writing a critique of their favorite. Tonight was the…

MGCCC opens ‘Marking Seams’ exhibit on Perkinston campus

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston campus opened an art exhibit for one of the school’s very own instructors. The Marking Seams art exhibit was created by MGCCC Graphic Design Technology instructor Tracy Williams and was officially opened to the public. The opening night began at the School of Visual and Performing Arts with a performance by the MGCCC Woodwind…

A look at growing cannabis at Southern Grown Therapeutics

How do you even grow medical cannabis? News 25’s Brooke Parker is taking us inside a medical cannabis cultivation facility in Ocean Springs to find out. Clean, safe, and secure work is the first priority at Southern Grown Therapeutics. Everyone is sprayed with isopropyl alcohol upon entering the facility to kill any bugs. Southern Grown Therapeutics President Tommy Krumland said,…

Pass Christian Elementary students celebrate Black History Month

Pass Christian Elementary students celebrated Black History Month by hosting a program inside the gym. The performance was titled ‘Yes, You Can,’ which highlighted the idea that students can do anything they put their minds to. The students sang, danced, and gave short speeches. We’re told they spent several weeks preparing for this performance. The program allowed students a chance…