A food truck vendor ordinance is in the works for the City of Long Beach. Long Beach City Council is looking to dish out an ordinance allowing food trucks. The city council held a work session tonight, listening to draft suggestions. While the meeting was insightful, the council decided they needed more time to gather suggestions for the ordinance. The…
One woman turned her early life’s misfortune into an opportunity to help others who fall down similar paths. Overcoming hardships is an integral part of any person’s life, but for Sharon Robbins, she used those negative experiences as building blocks to create a bright future for her and many others. Robbins began her life on a traumatic path, first being…
Two Coast women are being recognized for accomplishments they’ve made during their careers. Two Coast execs are being honored for their hard work as top businesswomen. LuAnn Pappas, CEO of Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort, and Dr. Mary Graham, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College president, have been named 2023 Top CEOs by the Mississippi Business Journal. Pappas has many accomplishments at…
All is quiet now as we await our next weather system. The upper trough is currently over the Dakotas with a weaker shortwave/jet type feature moving across the southern states. The surface low is up in MO with a front stretched back to the southwest. Locally, clouds will continue to increase tonight with temps increasing initially as the southerly return…
Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich gave his annual State of the City Address. The City of Biloxi has done a lot in the past year, but now they are looking forward to changes in the future. Main water and sewage lines are being added to areas of Woolmarket. Downtown Biloxi is slowly coming together with the outside construction of the Saenger…
A new season for Ship Island Excursions starts this weekend! Employees have been preparing all week, restocking the snack bar on the ferry, and setting up chairs along the island. Last year, the ferry brought more than 50,000 visitors to the island between the months of March and October. The island offers a lot of different beach activities, along with…
A George County welding student is a back-to-back sculptural welding champion. Career and Technical Education bridges the gap between high school and post-secondary plans. George County School District is home to the best CTE program in the state and one class that continues to excel is welding. Instructor Jason Frey said, “I teach second- and third-year welding, so we do…
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. News 25’s Janae Jordan spoke with a cancer survivor and doctor on the importance of getting checked early. “I honestly thought that I couldn’t eat nuts anymore. I thought I had diverticulitis. I didn’t realize that it was something deeper.” Jennifer Dupree was living her life, raising her daughter, not thinking that at just…
Kathy Mangin, the St. Alphonsus music and choir director, died Saturday in a car accident. She was 66. No one is quite sure how many years Ms. Kathy had been teaching, but St. Alphonsus Assistant Principal Lauren Ross remembers sitting in her music class when she was in seventh grade, 30 years ago. “Ms. Kathy was so talented that she…
Pascagoula has emerged from a $14 million deficit just five years after finding the shortfall. The city officially emerged from the red in January. City Manager Michael Silverman and Mayor Dr. Jay Willis spoke to WXXV to talk about how they were able to erase the debt so quickly — and continue to grow as a city during that time….
Gen Z couples are shacking up at record rates and big banks experienced a deposit spike after Silicon Valley bank collapse. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Coldwell Banker Smith Homes is sponsoring a garage sale next weekend to benefit Home of Grace. Jordan Doole and Suzanne Martin are in studio with more. The garage sale takes place Saturday March 25th from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 6913 Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs. A food truck will be on site. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Coldwell Banker-Smith…
The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce is bringing back a popular event this weekend. It’s time to gather the kids for an interactive and up-close encounter with every truck imaginable. Here with details is Long Beach Chamber of Commerce Director Matti Ray. The event takes place March 18th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Long Beach Harbor. Categories:…
The Salvation Army Center of Hope social services programs are in need of donations. The Clean and Fresh program at the center offers showers and a place to wash clothes as well as providing hygiene necessities for those in need. The center washes over 100 loads a month and is low on many necessities including washing detergent, towels, bleach, deodorant,…
Warmer temperatures will affect the area this afternoon as a southerly return flow develops. Expect partly to mostly cloudy skies from west to east as moisture begins to increase. Eyes begin to shift upstream as a strong upper level disturbance starts to amplify. Ahead, warmer moist air will continue to surge into the region keeping our overnight lows tonight very…
Today will be warmer with southerly return flow developing and slightly higher heights aloft. Mostly sunny skies early will give way to partly to mostly cloudy skies from west to east as moisture begins to increase. Eyes begin to shift upstream as a strong upper level disturbance starts to amplify. Ahead, warmer moist air will continue to surge into the…
It’s not everyday that we get to grab our gear and head to the Harrison County Arena, but that’s exactly what happened today! This week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week is Brylee Viars, a very successful barrel racer from West Harrison Middle School. Belt buckles, jeans, and a pair of cowgirl boots is the daily uniform for Brylee Viars….
Don’t look now, but Mississippi State is starting to play like a team that knows how to get hot and stay hot. During their 2021 National Championship run, the Bulldogs had three winning streaks of at least six games and two of at least nine games. Tonight, they’re going for seven in a row against Louisiana in game two of…
A new head basketball coach at Long Beach High School in the form of Kevin Hunt, who was approved by the board of trustees last night. Hunt has 18 years of coaching experience and is seeking the program’s first winning season since the 2018-2019 campaign when Brandon Cobb led the Bearcats to the Region 7 Class 5A title. Categories: Local…
As most of the college basketball world prepares for March Madness, the Ole Miss men’s team is already dreaming about next year and what could be possible with a new head coach. Yesterday, the Rebels introduced Chris Beard at SBJ Pavilion in Oxford, just one day after being named the successor to Kermit Davis. Beard is taking over a program…
Surface high pressure and an upper level ridge are sliding to the east primarily bringing a shift in wind direction through southeasterly and ending up southerly and around 10 to 15 kt by tomorrow afternoon. This is ahead of an approaching cold front that is associated with an upper level low in the upper Great Plains into Canada. Temperatures will…
Late finish to Mississippi State’s First Four Game in the NCAA Tournament last night and it wasn’t the finish the Bulldogs had in mind, missing two great looks at the buzzer ultimately falling to Pittsburgh 60-59. Here’s the post-game reaction from Dayton, Ohio. Head Coach Chris Jans said, “I don’t think he’s gonna wear that very long. I think anyone…
Play ball! Mississippi Gulf Coast Buddy Sports is back on the diamond for the annual Buddy Ball season! The season began with the annual opening ceremony where every team got together on one field at the Gulfport Sportsplex with each player’s name announced to the crowd. One of the players threw out the first pitch and then the teams went…
Gulfport High School’s robotics is making a difference through engineering. Gulfport High School has teamed up with robotics teams across the nation to help others. Chickasaw High School asked Gulfport in August if they could help 3D print leg prosthetics for people in Honduras. They were happy to answer the call. Mechanic Raegan Mueller said, “So, this is my first…