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….
Elevated winds have backed off somewhat this evening. Cloud coverage will continue to build, and lower again overnight. Warm and muggy conditions will be around in the morning with low clouds, and some patches of light fog present. A cold front will stall in our region. There will be a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms for Thursday afternoon and…
Singing River Health System is kicking off Donate Life Month with a celebration. Pascagoula Singing River hosted ‘Gifts of Healing’ to celebrate the first Singing River wound care patient treated with birth tissue. Women who have c-sections are able to donate their placenta to help treat unhealing wounds and burns. If not donated, the placenta is considered medical waste. You…
A Jolly good time is less than six weeks away. Today, members of the Bacot Foundation hosted their annual kickoff party. The Jolly is a golf tournament set for May 12th and 13th. The event raises a couple hundred thousand dollars. The money raised goes back to charities and organizations in South Mississippi. Party attendees witness firsthand how the Bacot…
Many pets were displaced in the aftermath of the tornadoes that rolled through the Delta last week. The City of Rolling Fork was left in ruins after a series of tornadoes came through. In addition to homes and businesses, South Delta Animal Rescue and Veterinary Clinic is gone. Seven dogs were inside the shelter and everyone was sure they were…
Dolce Bakeshop in Long Beach is expanding and opening their second location in Bay St. Louis. Brooke Rester, the owner of Dolce Bakeshop, started baking classes in 2006 and fell in love with it, which then led her to make cakes for friends and family. Rester ended up opening her own bakeshop in 2017 where she bakes and makes personalized…
Warm and breezy conditions have been present much of the day with very limited, if any sunshine. Clouds will dissipate slightly this evening only before the clouds build and lower overnight. Light fog will be possible along the beachfront. Some mixing out of clouds will be possible tomorrow. A front will be making a closer approach to our area. That…
A Jolly good time is less than six weeks away as members of the Bacot McCarty Foundation are kicking off their Jolly McCarty Memorial Charity event. News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf is at the event with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: bacot mccarty foundation, Jolly McCarty Memorial Gala, the jolly
Gulfport High School had its ninth annual Rising Stars as a final gift for seniors before graduation. The event is designed to give students life skills and prepare them for the workforce. Multiple sessions were broken up within the school. Upstairs, seniors had the opportunity to get practice and advice from over 40 businesses on applying and interviewing for jobs….
Ribbons and medals were up for grabs in Ocean Springs as swimmers competed against each other at the 2023 Special Olympics Qualifying Swim Meet. The Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA has been hosting this Special Olympics event for over 30 years. Close to 50 athletes gathered at the John and Mary Alice Miner Natatorium to swim in a variety of races….
It’s crawfish season and Ocean Springs is ready! The city is hosting a crawfish competition later this month. Here to tell us more about ‘Boilin’ on Da Beach’ is Ravin Nettles, administration and community relations coordinator for the City of Ocean Springs. The competition takes place April 29th at Fort Maurepas in Ocean Springs. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Crawfish Competition,…
A tasty combo you can’t go wrong with: a bud and burgers! The popular burger competition is coming back to the City of Discovery this month. Here to tell us more about the event is Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Cynthia Sutton. Buds and Burgers takes place Saturday, April 15th from 5 to 8 p.m. at the L&N…
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and Canopy Children’s Solutions South Mississippi Advocacy Center in Gulfport hosted an open house for guests to get a glimpse into what goes on within the center and learn more about child abuse prevention. Banners were placed throughout the center, giving statistics and information on how many children have been served locally and in…
Our Lady of Fatima Elementary and Preschool broke ground on their new gymnasium this morning. Board members, city officials, students, and teachers gathered for the ceremony and say they’re excited for this long-overdue gym. The process started about four years ago, but COVID hit and put everything on hold. The new 12,000 square foot facility will host indoor sporting events,…
Police officers, firefighters, and city officials from D’Iberville are in Amory today. A group of about 20 city employees left early this morning to travel to the tornado-ravaged town. The crew will feed about 800 people and deliver two trailers full of supplies as part of the tornado relief effort. The city collected water, tarps, diapers, wipes, paper products, and…
We’re getting an update today from the Mississippi Department of Transportation on several large road projects. The biggest one is over in Jackson County where MDOT is spending more than $200 million on improvements to Highway 57. That project includes repaving and grading nine miles of the highway, stretching from I-10 to Vancleave. Highway 57 will also be widened from…
Warm & windy conditions will continue as a cold front to the west has slowed dramatically. This means that just about all of the associated dynamic energy will press away from our area with time leaving a slowing cold front drifting into the LA/AR/MS region today, as frontal orientation transitions into nearly parallel to the mean wind flow aloft. Going…
Passover begins at sunset tonight. The annual eight-day Jewish celebration ends at nightfall on April 13. Passover celebrates the birth of the Jewish people following the liberation of the Israelites from 210 years of slavery in Egypt. The week marks the time in which Moses performed miracles upon the exodus from Egypt. A meal called a seder is shared among…
A cold front drapes south into the southern Plains where severe weather is ongoing across the AR/OK/MO region and will continue NE into the Ohio Valley region today. This means that just about all of the associated dynamic energy will press away from our area with time leaving a slowing cold front drifting into the LA/AR/MS region today, as frontal…
Biloxi Shuckers baseball is right around the corner and as the excitement for Opening Day continues to grow, so does the excitement for the highest-ranked prospect to ever come through the Gulf Coast. Introducing Jackson Chourio, the 19-year-old phenom from Venezuela, also the top-ranked prospect in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system and the third-ranked prospect overall, according to Baseball America….
On the gridiron, George County alum Marquez Dortch announced his decision to hit the transfer portal and leave Mississippi State. The former four-star recruit originally signed with the Bulldogs in December 2021, but was also previously committed to Ole Miss. Dortch still has all four years of eligibility remaining, logging just one catch for one yard in one game in…