The results are in, Mississippi High School Activities Association adding Class 7A for the first time. And six Coast schools making the cut, based on grades 9-11 enrollment: Ocean Springs, Gulfport, Biloxi, Harrison Central, D’Iberville, and St. Martin. Seven local schools in 6A. Those being Hancock, West Harrison, Pascagoula, George County, Pearl River Central, Picayune, and Long Beach. So, George…
A belated signing day ceremony out of Hancock High School from yesterday as the Hawks send four to the next level. Adrianna Cuevas with Copiah-Lincoln softball and the rest baseball. Peyton DeWitt and Tanner Ladner with Mississippi Gulf Coast and then Max Garrett with East Mississippi. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, Hancock High School, softball, sports
Here come the offers for Cam Thomas, the sophomore running back from Mississippi Gulf Coast, getting the call from Nicholls State, following one of the best regular season performances in the country. The former News 25 Student-Athlete of the Week out of Picayune, third in the nation with 754 yards and tied for sixth with eight touchdowns. Back in September,…
Christmas is coming to Gulfport. Crews are preparing for the Harbor Lights Winter Festival at Jones Park where Santa’s Village is under construction. The day after Thanksgiving, Santa lands in Gulfport through New Years Eve. The annual winter festival adds more lights each year and is bringing back the talking reindeer that stole the show last year. The price for…
The Moore Community House Women in Construction hosted the First Women’s Resource and Employer Fair in Biloxi to support women in the community. Their organization, Women in Construction, is a free job training program that prepares women for careers in non-traditional career paths. Since the first class in 2008, the program has trained more than 700 women. The organization is…
The quiet weather is expected to continue as high pressure continues to sit over the northern gulf coast. Temperatures will remain about the same as the previous days and not expecting any rain today. Moist air from the gulf continues to filter in today which could cause some fog issues tomorrow. Another weekend cold front is expected coming in Friday…
The largest fine arts festival in the state is back this weekend! The 44th annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival will take place in Downtown Ocean Springs Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Festival organizers are expecting almost 150,000 people over the weekend and almost 400 vendor booths from all over the United States. Vendors will…
The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday. Retail outlets are seeing an increase in foot traffic as wanna-be jackpot winners buy tickets in hopes of hitting it big on Saturday. As more and more people buy into Powerball fever, the jackpot will continue to grow and that means the cash registers at…
The Picayune football team is still roll tide rollin’ right into the final week of the regular season with a perfect district mark of 6-0. They aren’t the only unbeaten team in Region 4 Class 5A as Gautier comes to town for a winner-take-all district title game tonight. News 25’s Jeff Haeger is at the home of the defending state…
Movie buffs along the Coast have something to look forward to with a brand-new drive-in movie theatre! The property, located across the street from the Silver Slipper sign on Highway 90, is currently being cleared. Once the clearing is completed, the crew will begin construction of phase one which includes a concession stand, arcade, and a 60 foot by 34…
Guests from the groundbreaking event got a glimpse into what’s going to be the largest model railroad museum in the country at the new building for the Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum. The new 44,000 square foot building down Pass Road from where the existing museum is will be a place where children can play and be introduced to workforce…
Gallery 782 in Biloxi will have a new art exhibit titled ‘Pigments of my Imagination’ opening tomorrow. Marguerite Pivarnik is the artist behind the exhibit with over 20 years of experience in painting, exhibiting, and teaching. Gallery 782 is a nonprofit organization that promotes art in the community. Pivarnik primary mediums are watercolor, photography, and pastels. In this exhibit, she…
The pool at the Blossman Family YMCA in Ocean Springs has been serving the area for more than 40 years and is in need of a major renovation. The pool is in need of replastering, retiling, and painting. CEO Jara Miller says they are investing more than $100,000 in the project. She tells us the pool gets a lot of…
The holidays are back at Starbucks today and the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for a sixth time 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
This weekend you can experience the culture of a Native American tribe from Philadelphia, Mississippi at the Stone County Fairgrounds. It’s the Heritage Farm Live Festival featuring all kinds of things grown, raised, crafted, and made. Director Dick O’Neal is in studio with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Heritage Farm Live Festival
This morning, Gautier High School hosted its annual Veterans Breakfast as students honored those who served our country. Students had a chance to shake hands and greet veterans before the assembly began. For the past 23 years, students have shown their appreciation by saluting the veterans, performing, and serving up breakfast and hot coffee. There were moments of celebration, silence,…
The University of Scouting is holding a big training day for Boy Scouts this weekend. Here to tell us all about it is Greg Stewart from the Boy Scouts Spanish Trail District. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Boy Scouts, Training Day, University of Scouting
No winning tickets were sold in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing. The next drawing is Saturday night. The prize now stands at an estimated $1.5 billion. That’s a cash value of just over $745 million and that jackpot could still grow if enough tickets are sold before the drawing. There have now been 39 straight drawings without a jackpot winner since…
At least two people were killed and three others injured during a shooting in Hattiesburg. Police responded to reports of shots fired shortly before 7 last night on West 5th Street, less than a mile from Hattiesburg High School. When they arrived, they found multiple people who had been shot. A 48-year-old male and a 57-year-old female were pronounced dead…
A moist air from the gulf continues to filter in this afternoon which could cause some fog issues tomorrow morning. Showers are expected to come in Friday afternoon although some of the most western parts of the region might have it a little earlier than that. Another weekend cold front is expected coming in Friday afternoon/evening into Saturday with areas…
Another day of relatively quiet weather is expected as high pressure continues to sit over the northern gulf coast. Temperatures will remain about the same as the previous days and not expecting any rain today. Moist air from the gulf continues to filter in today which could cause some fog issues tomorrow morning. Showers are expected to come in Friday afternoon…
When college football coaches sit down with a recruit, chances are they’re telling that player he can win a ring at school x, y, or z. At Mississippi Gulf Coast, that happens to be true, now coming off its fourth straight season with a least a share of the MACCC South division crown. On Thursday, the Bulldogs took down previously…
We’re on tap for a clear, cool, and muggy night. Tomorrow, we’ll have rain free and sunny conditions yet again with warm temperatures. Subtle changes will begin on Friday when we’ll begin to see increasing moisture and cloud coverage. A cold front and accompanying squall line continue to move into the area. The upper low that these features are associated…
Back in March 2021, the St. Stanislaus baseball program retired Jacob Lindgren’s number 19 jersey, which now hangs on permanent display in left field. The next generation of Rock-A-Chaws see it everyday at practice and it makes those childhood dreams of playing Major League Baseball, or at the very least collegiate baseball, seem that much more possible. Today, four SSC…