Starting the last Friday morning of July with cloud coverage in the area, due to a disturbance over the eastern portions of Florida off the coast. High Pressure is to our south in the gulf and is the most dominate feature today into the weekend. Today and Saturday will be hot with the chance of an isolated afternoon shower and…
The Jackson County Fire Vancleave Station has finally unveiled their new updated station. The new and improved station has updated living quarter space for firemen, updated living food and kitchen, and exterior façade improvements. They were also able to add new additions to the facility to better store what they have and to continue to grow as a station. A…
Congratulations to Ocean Springs alum Avery Weed, soon to be Mississippi State freshman, who just won the Mississippi Women’s State Amateur Championship. Weed, a former News 25 Student Athlete of the Week, shooting 11-under par, also taking home low round medalist and junior medalist trophy. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: Avery Weed, golf, Mississippi Women’s State Amateur Championship, sports
The Stone football team made all kinds of history in 2022, but a lot has changed over the course of just one off-season, starting with a new head coach, but that doesn’t mean the expectations have changed for the Tomcats at stop number seven on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 Days. “When we first met him that day, people…
Skies will be mainly clear the rest of tonight with warmer temperatures as compared to last night. Tomorrow will become hot and humid again with cloud coverage thickening up through the morning. Partly cloudy skies and a 30% chance of thunderstorms will be the case for tomorrow afternoon. Heat and humidity will continue to build this weekend into next week….
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art is dedicated to empowering lifelong curiosity and connection to the natural world through art. One way they do that is by pouring into the younger generations. There’s a little time to create and a time to remember the past, but with the Public Art Enterprise Summer Camp, students get to do both at the…
Moss Point Mayor Billy Knight addressed a crowd about the state of the city. Some of the most notable advances of the city include the development of a new recreation center and waterfront amphitheater. The most impressive item is that the City of Moss Point has not had an officer involved shooting since November 2021. The main stream of police…
Gulfport police are advising citizens to make sure they lock their doors to their vehicles and reminding them of the ‘9 p.m. routine.’ The police department has seen an increase in vehicle burglary crimes in the past few weeks. Officers state these crimes are happening throughout the city in no particular area. Gulfport police are informing citizens to remove any…
Memorial Hospital opened a new sleep center for patients in Wiggins. Memorial Hospital in Stone County features state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and board-certified sleep specialists. The facility features private rooms and sleep specialists are available to evaluate and recommend appropriate treatment options for individual needs according to the sleep study outcomes. The center has two rooms with a queen-sized bed, recliner,…
A symposium took place in Gulfport in hopes of helping military veterans get back into the work force. The Work for Warriors Symposium brought out business leaders, local employers, Navy reserve employment directors, and HR directors to learn more about what the ‘Work for Warriors Project’ is all about. It’s a program that provides employment for currently serving national guardsmen…
A local attorney has been elected president of the Mississippi Bar. Jenny Tyler Baker has been elected to serve as the 118th president of the Mississippi Bar for 2023-2024. She was installed on July 20th. Baker has been in practice for 19 years and her platform emphasizes her calling to serve within her profession and community. Throughout her tenure as…
It’s the final countdown to the City of Gulfport’s 125th anniversary and this weekend’s big celebration. The City of Gulfport was founded by William Harris Hardy and Joseph Thomas Jones. Over the course of the past 125 years, the city has grown to become a vital business and port hub for the Magnolia State. Friday is the anniversary of Gulfport’s…
Spotty to isolated shower/thunderstorm chances will be around early this evening. Rain chances will drop off and skies will clear out tonight. Temperatures will be a tad warmer than this morning because of increasing humidity. The pattern is changing back to a more typical humid summertime pattern. Partly cloudy skies will build in with more isolated thunderstorm chances. Rain chances…
The Mississippi Department of Education released the Kindergarten Readiness results for this school year. For spring 2023, 61.42 percent of pre-K students were ready to pass kindergarten. According to the test results for Fall 2022, only 34.87 percent of pre-K students passed. The benchmark score for kindergarten readiness also raised. In Fall 2022, it was 530, but in Spring 2023,…
Tonight, Moss Point Mayor Billy Knight will update other local leaders and River City residents on the state of the city, especially in the aftermath of last month’s tornado. His address begins at 6 p.m. at Pelican Landing Conference Center on Highway 613. This address is open to the public and the theme this year is ‘celebrate Moss Point.’ Categories:…
The Mississippi High School Activities Association has mandated new rules for keeping student-athletes safe in the heat. The wet-bulb globe temperature method, which has been a recommendation for the past five years, is now mandated across all MHSAA schools. It works differently than a normal thermometer, considering humidity, wind speed, and average heat index. Right now, the mandate is only…
A new study reveals how much Americans spend in impulse purchases every month and a four-day workweek experiment finds more work does get done. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Will Kreppner and Hasan Khader with Slim Chickens are here to talk wings ahead of National Chicken Wing Day on Saturday. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: National Chicken Wing Day
We could just maybe have a possible shower this afternoon but very LIMITED activity through Friday. High pressure will continue to be the main factor shaping the forecast into the final weekend of July…more so into early August, as RECORD HIGH temperatures will be expected next week. Heat indice values will continue to be on the manageable side into the…
The George County football team had to grow up in a hurry last year, but now the Rebels are ahead of schedule into 2023 led by star quarterback Deuce Knight. For the county, it all starts at team camp at stop number six on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 days. “Offense, defense. It’s a competition all three days.” Quarterback…
Not much difference this morning than the past couple of days with another warm and humid start. A possible shower can be expect this afternoon but very LIMITED activity through Friday. High pressure will continue to be the main factor shaping the forecast into the final weekend of July…more so into early August, as RECORD HIGH temperatures will be expected…
Skies will remain mostly clear overnight as temperatures will once again cool to milder readings. Humidity is very gradually on the uptick but it is still a welcomed break from what we had before. Skies will be mainly clear to start tomorrow with partly cloudy skies building by the afternoon. 20% chances of stray showers and thunderstorms can be expected….
The Short-Term Rental Advisory Board passed a plan on to the Pass Christian aldermen that would prohibit people from having short term rentals, such as Airbnb and Vrbo, in residential neighborhoods. New rentals would have to be in the central business district, which is the area from Fleitas and Henderson Avenue, and between Highway 90 and West 2nd Street. Those…
Research scientists at the University of Southern Miss Gulf Coast Campus make room for the Nature Conservancy. The nonprofit organization’s partnership with Southern Miss Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs brings the two departments even closer to one another as the Nature Conservancy continues to foster and preserve the Coast’s landscape and ecosystem. The conservancy works in all 50…