After a slight, brief cool-down over the weekend, the pattern will return to a much warmer one. Moisture will increase overnight thanks to a stationary front moving into our area from the south. Clouds will increase towards daybreak. Not only that, but fog has the potential to develop across our area. Monday will be a very warm one across South…
Back in January, News 25 caught up with former Biloxi baseball star Colt Keith ahead of his first invitation to Major League Spring Training. Moral of the story, the former Indian keeps hitting over .300 everywhere he goes and he’s doing it again with power. In the eighth inning of today’s game between the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies, Keith…
Picayune Maroon Tide, the last team standing from the Coast, as your 5A football state champions and now one win away from winning the 5A state title in boys basketball. Maroon Tide taking on Hattiesburg for the right to hoist up a gold ball. Hattiesburg wins 55-50. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: High School Boys Basketball, picayune maroon tide, sports
Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament, 3-seed Southern Miss taking on 11-seed Arkansas State, semi-final berth on the line. Southern Miss wins 79-72. They play again Sunday at 2 p.m. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: Southern Miss, Sun Belt Conference, women’s basketball
The Due South Tattoo Expo is taking place in Biloxi this weekend. Walking through Studio B in the IP Casino, you’ll see plenty of live tattooing from artists from across the country and artwork occupying every corner of the expo. Due South was started eight years ago by Matt Stebly, the owner of Twisted Anchor Tattoo in Ocean Springs. He…
Mississippi’s longest running and largest science fiction, fantasy, and gaming convention is currently on the Gulf Coast. CoastCon has made its 45th return to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It started off as a literary convention, but due to the huge fan base it has evolved to include authors, artists, celebrities from movies, and so much more. CoastCon also has one…
Gulfport alum Derick Hall put a big exclamation point on his first-round draft stock today at the NFL Combine. The Auburn Tiger ran an official 4.55 40-yard dash time, that ranks tied for seventh amongst all edge rushers and one of the guys faster, West Jones alum Byron Young with a 4.43. After coming back for his senior season at…
That’s another one for St. Martin wide receiver Noreel White, adding an offer from Tulane, making that 14 Division I looks for the four-star recruit. White has already announced his top five schools, those being Florida State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Arkansas with other offers from Troy, Arkansas State, UNLV, Tulsa, Southern Miss, Louisiana, Jackson State, and Liberty. The…
The center of the high will pass to our north on Saturday but the ridge axis will move overhead. The high will continue to progress eastward through the rest of the weekend, eventually retreating off the Mid-Atlantic coast by Sunday night. With the high in control of our regional weather pattern, little cloud cover (aside from some stratocu across…
In the SEC ranks, 4-seed Ole Miss taking on 13-seed Texas A&M for the right to go to the semi-finals of the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament. Rebels get the dub and they’re moving on 77-60 blowout victory. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: Ole Miss, sports, women’s basketball
After allowing just three runs through the first four games of the season, Southern Miss has run into some big bats, allowing 45 runs across their last four games. But USM has been putting up some crooked numbers as well, still boasting a plus-eight run differential through eight games. 25th ranked Golden Eagles back at home against Dallas Baptist, looking…
The Mosaic Church community participated in a service project called Feed My Starving Children. The goal of Feed My Starving Children is to turn hunger into hope by packing nutritious meals for hungry children around the world. Packing events happen every weekend all across the United States and Mosaic Church has brought the fun to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Volunteers…
It’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week, there are multiple eating disorders, but the most common and detrimental are anorexia and bulimia. We are sharing tips on how to get help for someone with an eating disorder. News 25 spoke with Gulfport Behavioral Health about treatment options available on the Coast. While they provide several inpatient and outpatient mental health therapy programs,…
Current surface analysis shows the cold front has moved east of the forecast area and was near Mobile Bay as evident by the veered westerly winds behind it vs southwesterly ahead of it. Winds are still gusting 20 to 25 mph along and east of I-55 but not nearly as strong as it was this morning. Winds will continue to…
The Budweiser Clydesdales are coming back to the Mississippi Coast! In partnership with Biloxi and Keesler Air Force Base, these signature draft horses will be performing in the ‘Thunder over the Sound’ air show. The Clydesdales have represented Budweiser since 1933. Anheuser-Busch brewing owns about 250 Clydesdales. Eight-horse teams are hitched to the iconic beer wagons for appearances, but the…
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce kicked off Women’s History Month by hosting ‘Generations of Elegance: A Celebration of Women of All Ages’ panel discussion. The panel was made up of four different generations of women who discussed the importance of working together to achieve a common goal, no matter the age difference. The event gave women a chance…
MGCCC hosted second graders at the IMPAC Center, where they enjoyed a performance by Grammy-nominated artist Valerie June. June is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, and author who began her career in Memphis. June’s music has some folk, soul, blues, and traditional Appalachian elements blended into a refreshingly timeless sound. June serenaded the crowd with music and read her…
Mississippi’s longest running and largest science fiction, fantasy, and gaming convention is currently on the Coast. News 25’s Ansley Brent takes us to CoastCon. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Coastcon
Margaritaville’s Paradise Pier is officially open to the public. Paradise Pier cut the ribbon before letting everyone up to the pier for fun. Congressman Mike Ezell and Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich were there to welcome guests in, alongside Margaritaville’s staff. After years of preparation, rides were finally filled and running. Guests enjoyed ice cream, rides, the pool, and the view!…
Wild at Heart and Dr. James Askew were able to save the life of a bird that washed ashore. The double-crested cormorant was found on the beach with a catfish and a hook lodged in its throat. Catfish are known to stick their barbs out when in danger. The bird was unable to swallow or spit it out. Wild at…
Which college majors had the highest starting salaries and Ford is seeking to patent technology to lock out drivers who are late on car payments. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Volunteers from Mississippi Power, Chevron, and Ingalls Shipbuilding were out this morning cleaning up in the community. The volunteers started at 8:30 and spent the morning at the Pascagoula River Audubon Center for a spring cleanup. They power washed concrete, cleaned the wood around trees, cleaned out landscape areas and replaced some plants. Katie Walsh Fetzer with the Pascagoula River…
Pass Christian High School students are being exposed to new career paths. Close to 40 businesses and organizations were recruiting high school students to give them insight into career opportunities. Students were able to learn about how their education can be of use in the real world. They were able to try simulators to give them a hands-on experience as…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College held a summit this morning, geared toward non-traditional students. More than 175 students from high schools across the Coast attended the annual ‘Making Waves on the Gulf Coast Hospitality Summit.’ It gave high school students an opportunity to learn more about MGCCC’s non-traditional programs, things like baking and pastry arts, massage therapy, cosmetology, culinary arts,…