D’Iberville High Senior Cheer Captain Makinzee Gilbert is taking her talents to the Division I level at Western Kentucky. Western Kentucky is home to the reigning DIA All Girl UCA National Champions. Gilbert is a base for the Warriors and says she has been cheering since she was six-years-old. Her favorite high school memory is winning state in ninth grade…
The Crawfish Music Festival begins today. The gates open at 5 tonight. Everything is ready for the crowds this weekend. The five-day festival features a full range of carnival rides and food and plenty of musical acts including Jordan Davis, Ashley McBryde, and Bailey Zimmerman. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or on ticketmaster.com. Tickets cost $10 for Wednesday…
Two people are dead in what is an apparent murder-suicide on Kelly Avenue in Gulfport. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said 46-year-old Rachel Lott and 38-year-old Robert Henry, both of Gulfport, were found inside an apartment after police were asked to make a welfare check. The couple had not been heard from and friends were worried. First responders found them…
There is upper troughing over the northwest and northeast corners of the country with high pressure over the northern Mississippi River Valley. The shortwave that moved across the local area yesterday is now over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. At the surface, high pressure was centered over southern Georgia. Low pressure was centered over southern Nebraska, with a dry line into…
The Long Beach boys soccer program has been one of the best around over the last half-dozen years, having played for the 5A state championship six years in a row and winning it all the last three years. Tonight, the Bearcats announced Matthew DeFillips as their next head coach to continue the winning tradition left by Andee Wilburn. Having most…
All season long, the Pass Christian baseball team has been chasing its first district championship in program history. Tonight, those dreams on the brink of being realized in a home game against Stone, who is chasing its first district title since 2021. Pirates hosting the Tomcats. Pass takes home the Region 8 Class 4A title with a win or a…
Over at Gulfport, it’s senior night for the Lady Admirals in a non-district game against Vancleave before the playoffs. Lady Admirals win 8-0. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: High School Softball, softball, sports
Cloud coverage will dissipate overnight as a disturbance is weakening under the influence of high pressure. Expect mostly cloudy skies to turn to a few clouds by daybreak tomorrow. The cloud coverage plus increasing humidity will help keep temperatures slightly warmer overnight. The next couple of days will be very typical of spring across our area. Humidity will be on…
The Coast Observer returned once again to host the hottest award ceremony along the Mississippi Coast, the Covey Awards. This award ceremony began in 2004 to honor those in the food industry, music industry, entertainment industry, and more across the Coast. This year, the ceremony featured 46 different categories. Residents of the Coast were able to vote for their favorite…
Gulfport High School had their Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps flag ceremony today. The ceremony was to teach the students the proper way to dispose a flag. The students read a flag retirement ritual and the meaning behind the flag history. Students took turn cutting the strips and then placed it in the fire. They read the name of each…
Every year the Coast community gets together to award the best of the best at the annual Covey Awards. News 25’s Ansley Brent is at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for the red carpet. Categories: Local News, News Tags: covey awards
Cloud coverage of the mid-level and upper-level variety has moved in thanks to a disturbance to our west. Clouds and increasing moisture via southerly flow will help make it less chilly tomorrow morning. Expect mostly cloudy skies to persist tonight and low temperatures in the upper-50s. Skies will clear out tomorrow as the disturbance will dissipate under the influence of…
Pascagoula High School Prom Queen Ky’Aziah Alexis-Thompson chose to give her classmate Martina Nelson her crown since Nelson had always dreamed of being prom queen. Prom night is one event that seniors look forward to, not only to dance and have fun with their friends, but to see who will get crowned queen and king. The ballot to vote had…
Crawfish lovers and country music enthusiasts, here’s your reminder that the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Crawfish Music Festival begins tomorrow. The crew at the coliseum finished setting up this evening. Gates will be open for the public on April 19th and 20th from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., April 21st from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., April 22nd from 1 p.m….
To celebrate Earth Week, students at Hancock Middle School got their hands a little dirty sprucing up their school garden. Volunteers and students at Hancock Middle School stepped outside the classroom and helped rehab the raised garden beds in the school’s garden. Volunteer Mark Lasalle said, “They have these garden beds and what’s neat about them is they are using…
The Biloxi City Council met today to discuss the future of Black Spring Break and the events that unfolded over the weekend. Throughout the weekend, city police received more than 600 Spring Break related calls. At least 40 of those were related to firearms. Chief of Police John Miller told the council how the event has escalated. “I tried to…
McDonald’s is making big changes to five classic burgers and the earnings season is off to the best start in a decade. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report.
Get ready to dress to the nines and don your best derby hat! Rotary of Bay St. Louis is taking us to the races. Here to tell us about this inaugural jazz brunch and fashion show is Heather Dubuisson. The event takes place April 21st from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bay St. Louis Community Center. Categories: Community…
They are out of space and desperately need your help. The Jackson County Animal Shelter has hundreds of animals ready for their new forever home right now. Maridee Mallette is in studio with this week’s Pet of the Week, Olivia. Tags: jackson county animal shelter, pet of the week
Three years after the Long Beach Harbor was destroyed by Hurricane Zeta, the city has received money to move forward with restoring it. The city was awarded a combined $6.6 million from the state this year to make repairs to the harbor. It includes money from the Restore Act, Tidelands Trust Fund, and GOMESA Funding. This is on top of…
More funding could be coming to Mississippi hospitals and health care workers soon as three new health care related bills are set to become law. Governor Tate Reeves recently signed House Bill 271 and Senate Bills 2371 and 2372. House Bill 271 provides $103 million in funding to the new Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant program and Senate Bill 2327 sets…
Ocean Springs police say Sunday night’s shooting in a downtown parking lot was likely accidental. According to our media partner, the Sun Herald, police haven’t found any evidence the shooting was related to those series of shooting earlier in the night in Biloxi. Instead, police say the 22-year-old man from D’Iberville may have accidentally shot himself in the leg. The…
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce honored those making a difference withing their community at the One Coast Awards Ceremony this morning at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino. Community leaders and business professionals gathered in Beau’s Magnolia Ballroom to honor the Top 10 Business Leaders Under 40 and the Top Oustanding Community Leaders at the annual awards breakfast. One…
A weak disturbance moving across Louisiana will move across the local area late this afternoon and tonight. Considering the dry airmass, I don’t anticipate any precipitation, but cloud cover will increase late in the day. The question will be whether it arrives soon enough to stop temperatures from reaching forecast highs. Forecast soundings show high level moisture becoming significant enough…