Residents of Bay St. Louis gathered downtown today to honor a community member who served the city his whole life. The Hancock County Community Development Foundation, Bay St. Louis Rotary Club, and other community members gathered outside 200 North Beach Restaurant to help unveil a Heritage Star in honor of the late Ellis Cuevas. Cuevas spent much of his life…
The Gulf Coast community is coming together to support a golf tournament that’s bigger than themselves! For the first time, Mississippi is hosting their inaugural Buddy Cruise Charity Golf event! Buddy Cruise provides educational opportunities and resources for families while promoting awareness, advocacy, and inclusion for individuals with special needs. This mission is important to many on the Coast including…
The front has parked itself across our region. Today provided for more direct sunlight and the warmth and humidity continue. Clouds will move back in overnight. There is a 30% or so potential for isolated showers and thunderstorms overnight. Batches of energy will be riding along the stationary front over the next 48 hours. Rain chances will elevate to around…
Each Easter, hundreds of people impulsively buy bunnies. Months after the holiday, these bunnies are often left abandoned in the wild. That’s why Lola and Friends Bunny Rescue told News 25 all about bunny care so you and your bunny can live together for a long time. Bunnies can be costly animals, which is why adopting an already-vetted bunny may…
The Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport welcomes new animals at a new exhibit. The aquarium adopted three beaver brothers, who can be seen in the front entrance as you walk in. The brothers are named after Blues’ musicians, B.B., King, and Elvis. Ironically enough, the Beavers’ names match up with their personality. Elvis is loud and vocal, B.B. is sweet and…
Ten-year-old Izabellah Smith is one of the youngest entrepreneurs you’ll meet! Izzy is her own boss at Izzy’s Homemade Jewelry, where she sells her friendship bracelets, decorated sunglasses, and more. She started this business so she could have her own spending money, but it has grown into a way to share a little bit of happiness with everyone she meets….
It was an exciting day for Cadence Bank in Gulfport. A grand opening was held at Richburg Hall celebrating Cadence Bank’s partnership with Operation Hope. The nonprofit helps communities with credit repair, money management, and small business financials. City leaders discussed the incredible opportunities that would come with Operation Hope and guests were able to hear from CEO Dan Rollins…
Fire Station 4 on Veteran’s Avenue in Biloxi is getting a kitchen makeover. It’s been 25 years since the Station 4 kitchen was redone and is in desperate need of a renovation. The makeover was made possible through a Home Depot grant. The home improvement store funded the renovation, which includes materials and labor. Some firefighters also volunteered their time…
One local elementary school is getting its students hyped up to show what they know! Students and faculty members lined the hallways of West Elementary, cheering on third, fourth, and fifth graders as they prepare for the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program. The Gulfport High School cheerleaders and jazz band showed up in support of the rally, while staff expressed their…
MGCCC hosted an open house and ribbon cutting to mark the launch of its new Kubota Tech and National Coalition of Certification Centers partnership. The new NC3 and Kubota Tech partnership provides students with a pathway to earn industry recognized certifications focused on the repair and service of Kubota equipment. This will give them the knowledge and skills for employment…
The Gulfport community is coming together to find a solution to teenage violence. Starting April 15th, a teen summit will be held once a month at the Jazz Quarters Café, focusing on gun violence. Dr. Gregory J. Barabino, vice president of Dedicated Men Mentoring, is putting a panel of experts together to help youth with issues they may be dealing…
It’s almost wedding season and guests are budgeting for the big day and Walmart sees high inflation sticking around this year. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
It’s one of the great events held each month in Biloxi and tomorrow’s First Friday celebration is set to be an especially fun one! Here to tell us more about it is Kay Miller with Main Street Biloxi. The party takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. at 932 Howard Avenue in Biloxi. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Biloxi Main Street,…
The American Red Cross is always in need of donors, but this month, there’s a special blood drive happening. A powerful reminder of how vitally important your donations can be. Deidre Johnson from the American Red Cross and Loree Lane are in studio to explain. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Jimmy Gammill Blood Drive
The sixth-grade students at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic School in Long Beach spent Holy Thursday reenacting the 14 Stations of the Cross. The reenactment is a tradition the school has been hosting for more than 20 years and the students, parents, and staff look forward to it each year. Every advent and event Lent, the students participate in a…
Singing River Health System and the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency, or MORA, came together to celebrate National Donate Life Month. This morning, they gathered at the flag pole to hear stories of those affected by organ and tissue donations and to encourage organ donations. After the ceremony, they walked a lap to remember those who have donated organs. Right now,…
Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson and a team of deputies have been in Rolling Fork all week delivering supplies from a recent donation drive and feeding residents and first responders there. These are pictures they’ve posted, showing some of the work they’ve done so far. They are one of many teams from the Coast who have responded in the aftermath…
Tomorrow is International Beaver Day and what better way to celebrate than with Mississippi’s newest residents, the Beaver Brothers! News 25’s Jazell Ladner is at the aquarium to introduce us to the trio. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Beaver Brothers, International Beaver Day, Mississippi Aquarium
The main story for today will be increased rain chances as what has been mentioned for days now as a front slowly drifts east into our area. How this front interacts and plays out with coverage, storm mode, and associated minor threats will be focused on in this portion of the discussion closely, then we’ll transition into Friday where rain…
Starting off with early this morning, recent radar trends illustrate some isolated showers developing generally along the I-10 in coastal MS. The main story for today will be increased rain chances as what has been mentioned for days now as a front slowly drifts east into our area. How this front interacts and plays out with coverage, storm mode, and associated…
For the first time ever on our student athlete segment, we are featuring the great sport of archery! Julia Pryor is the top female shooter in South Mississippi and is one of the top three female shooters in the state. That’s one of the many reasons why she’s our WXXV Student Athlete of the Week. When it comes to a…
Talk about seizing the moment, St. Martin and PRCC alum Leif Moore rising to the occasion Tuesday night in his first-ever Division I start at South Alabama. The right-handed junior dominated from start to finish, throwing five scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and two walks while striking out nine in a 13-0 run rule victory. Categories: Local Sports, Sports…
Now he wasn’t in the highlights tonight, but one of the familiar faces on the Shuckers roster this year is left-handed pitcher Nick Bennett, who’s taking on an unfamiliar role in 2023. A sixth-round selection out of Louisville in 2019, Bennett says he’s making the transition from the starting rotation to the bullpen, where he still poses an interesting challenge…
It’s been a busy off-season for MGM Park, featuring numerous high school baseball games for the Battle at the Beach and sellout crowds for Mississippi State at the Hancock Whitney Classic, but it’s still hard to beat the real deal now that the Shuckers are back for 2023. Biloxi Shuckers taking on Pearl River Community College in tonight’s exhibition game….