Seashore Highlands in Gulfport celebrated its tenth anniversary with a barbecue. Not only did the retirement community celebrate an anniversary, but also the Coast now has its very first green house. The green house serves ten elders who are still under the care of nurses. It’s a home with individual bedrooms and bathrooms, a huge living and kitchen area, and…
The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdale horses returned to the Mississippi Coast to join in on some coastal parades. Today, the horses traveled down to Bay St. Louis where eight of them were hooked up to the classic Budweiser wagon and rolled down the municipal harbor to the train depot. This parade was only one of several locations the horses are making…
Mad Potter’s Garden Club hosted a morning foraging expedition on the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art campus. Guests were able to enjoy sampling food grown in the community garden, get a tour of the foraging garden established at the museum, and learn about the native plants that were used by Native Americans. Guests learned about what they can and cannot eat…
Today has been a lovely, breezy, and warm day across the coast. Clouds have been few and far between while winds are southerly. The southerly flow has helped moisture recover quite well ahead of a storm system in Texas. Its warm front lifted through our area earlier today. Clouds will increase tonight and temperatures will remain mild. Thunderstorm chances increase…
School kids spent the day watching baseball at MGM Park, but they were not playing hooky. The Biloxi Shuckers hosted Education Day as they battled out on the diamond against the Mississippi Braves. The Mississippi Aquarium, Mississippi Forestry Commission, and Merit Health Biloxi set up shop along the concourse for students to learn a little more about sea creatures, what…
D’Iberville State Champion Archer Patrick Bingham extended his archery career by signing a college scholarship. Bingham, who has been on the D’Iberville High School archery team for four years, is taking aim at college, signing with William Carey University. He earned the highest male average for the archery team for two straight years and has served as a mentor for…
Volunteers with Mississippi Power, Beau Rivage, Harrah’s Gulf Coast, Golden Nugget, and Hard Rock participated in a clean up day at Deer Island. Since 2005, Mississippi Power’s ‘Renew our Rivers’ program has removed more than 362 tons of debris from about 20 waterways. Company volunteers have worked with nearly 40 corporate, community, and governmental partners. Because many of the Coast…
Pearl River Community College’s A Capella group ‘The Voices’ is receiving recognition for their recent album. PRCC’s The Voices has received a nomination for best mixed collegiate album from the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, which are like the Grammys for A Capella. They went up against some fierce competition like Harvard. Director of Choral Activities Dr. LaDona Tyson said,…
Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann met with community leaders and government officials today in Gulfport to discuss the 2023 legislation session. Hosemann said the legislature had more than $200 million allocated across the Mississippi Gulf Coast and will be available to spend July 1st. Money will be used to fix harbors, create new roadways, and parking garages, and for education, and…
Construction work at the Long Beach Harbor has begun on the outer wall. Construction started Tuesday, pulling out rip rap and they will test pilings by the end of this week. The city does not have money to repair the actual harbor yet, but the city is taking it upon themselves to mitigate the outer walls to protect the harbor…
The Budweiser Clydesdales are in Bay St. Louis tonight for a parade. News 25 Rick Gogreve is in Bay St. Louis with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Budweiser Clydesdales
The Picayune Police Department is getting a new station. The current station was built in 1978 and is shared with the Picayune courts. The new police department and courthouse will be on Highland Parkway and Wildwood Drive. Once the police and courts are moved, the current station will need to be torn down because of asbestos in the flooring and…
Long Beach Mayor George Bass made a public announcement last week that he has cancer. The cancer he is diagnosed with is Non-Hodgkin’s B Cell Lymphoma, which affects part of the immune system where white blood cells called lymphocytes grow abnormally and can form tumors throughout the body. He said the cancer was discovered when he went to have what…
Global military spending just hit a record high and Americans are getting worried about the job 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
Every other Wednesday we feature a pet up for adoption at the Humane Society of South Mississippi. Katie King is in studio with this week’s Pet of the Week, Doug. Categories: Pet of the Week Tags: Humane Society of South Mississippi, pet of the week
Moss Point will be celebrating its past and traditions this weekend at the River Jamboree. Joining us to tell us more this afternoon is Donna Joseph. The jamboree takes place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the riverfront. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Celebrate Moss Point, River Jamboree
This afternoon will bring pleasant conditions as sky condition will vary between partly/mostly cloudy skies. Much of the focus is on Thursday as severe weather seems like it could be on the table. The aforementioned disturbance looks like it will sag southeastward towards the lower Mississippi valley during the morning and early afternoon on Thursday. The most confident part of…
Today will bring a fairly quiet weather pattern with cloud coverage varying through this evening with slightly warmer as low-level winds start turning more onshore flow. The influence from a disturbance will also lift the stationary boundary along the coast and turn it into a warm front. Both the warm frontal passage and the onshore flow will make temperatures noticeably…
On the high school baseball diamond, Gulfport Admirals hosting St. Martin for game one of round one of the 6A playoffs. Gulfport wins 5-0. The Admirals will hit the road to St. Martin Friday for game two. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, High School Baseball, sports
Biloxi alum Colt Keith is picking up right where he left off from his red-hot Major League Spring Training, taking home Eastern League Player of the Week honors for the Double A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, the Erie Seawolves. Keith is scorching hot at the plate, hitting .542 over his last six games with two home runs, a triple,…
Two local gymnasts are heading to nationals! Fifteen-year-olds Sadie Rose Joachim and Brooke Perkins from Lanier’s Gymnastics fought hard through the state and regional competitions to earn a spot in the Level 9 Eastern National Championship in Orlando, Florida. Both girls leaving regional’s quite decorated, Joachim, from Biloxi, placing second all-around and Perkins, from Biloxi, taking home third all-around. Excelling…
Southerly flow is establishing itself on a regional scale across the South. Slightly higher moisture content means temperatures will not be as cold for tomorrow morning. Expect on and off cloud coverage tonight into tomorrow. Humidity will be on the increase beginning tomorrow and temperatures will warm towards 80 degrees for your Wednesday. A system to our west will move…
Governor Tate Reeves signed Senate Bill 2359 giving main street associations the ability to apply for state grants. The Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program Act will allow cities to apply for grants for downtown revitalization. These applications will be reviewed by the Mississippi Main Street Association. Each city’s main street or downtown association could receive a maximum of $500,000…
The spectacular Circus Delman is in town and set up in the parking lot at the outlet mall in Gulfport. The Circus Delman was founded in Mexico City and presented throughout Mexico, Central and South America and is now traveling in the U.S. You can expect a new and different show with circus acts that you will never forget and…