Criminal justice technology students at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College now have a direct link to their future careers. MGCCC and Mississippi Highway Patrol signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a program to allow students to train with a state trooper for two semesters while in college. Upon completion, they will have direct entry into highway patrol school. Known…
A sinkhole that opened up at Beauvoir Road and Highway 90 is under repair. Biloxi officials said the hole was first spotted yesterday about 4 p.m. and was no more than a pothole at first glance. Engineers who went to inspect it saw it was a washout because of the area’s high water table and sandy soil. The hole had…
Two South Mississippi students were recognized this year at the Dixie National Rodeo Junior Round Up Livestock Shows. Calden Ratliff of the Stone County 4H and Stone County FFA was recognized during the sale of junior champions and earned a scholarship for his work during the livestock sale. Claire East of the Hancock County 4H was recognized as a premier…
The Hibernia Marching Society Parade is coming up, not this weekend, but next. Grand Marshal Charles Nannery of Ocean Springs and his Colleen Stacy McGuire Thunelius of Biloxi are in studio to discuss the parade. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Hibernia Marching Society Parade
A major automaker is cutting jobs and Twitter announces a ‘zero tolerance policy towards violent speech.’ 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 time for this week’s Pet of the Week! This week, we’re featuring two pets looking for their forever homes! Katie King from the Humane Society of South Mississippi is in studio with Bane and Persephone.
In Slidell, the owner of an ice cream truck was arrested after meth was found in the vehicle. Slidell officers pulled the truck over after noticing it had no brake lights and an expired license plate. That’s when they found the meth in a freezer, along with melted ice cream and other drug paraphernalia. The owner of the truck, 42-year-old…
Clouds will thin into this afternoon and very warm conditions are expected again. Breezy conditions this afternoon will subside this evening as daytime heating is lost. Clouds will also build back in as ample moisture and cooling temperatures will bring cloud cover closer to the surface. Fog has the potential to be around again Thursday morning. A dynamic system will…
Continued unseasonably warm conditions will persist for the next few days as the surface high over the Bahamas causes southerly surface flow into the area. The main focus of the short term will be the severe weather threat Thursday night and into Friday morning. By Thursday, the trough that had been traversing over the west coast and southwestern US looks…
A program was held inside the community center on Howard Avenue in Biloxi to wrap up Black History Month. Ms. Frances Lurvern Gines, a 91-year-old lifelong Biloxi resident, shared her personal experience of past racial oppression with the audience. She was one of the many speakers for tonight’s program. The program was specifically designed for the youth. Organizers hope remembering…
Picayune boys basketball, late tip in the Metro against Provine for the right to go to the 5A State Championship. Picayune-60 Provine-49 Tags: basketball, High School Boys Basketball, sports
In the high school softball ranks, really good non-district match-up between St. Patrick and Vancleave. Lady Bulldogs win 9-6. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: High School Softball, softball, sports
In Oxford, defending National Champion Ole Miss hosting Louisiana Tech in the first of two mid-week games. Louisiana Tech holds on for the 6-5 victory. The program’s first win in Oxford since 1989. Game two is set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, Ole Miss, sports
Over at Trustmark Park, 25th ranked Southern Miss looking to make it six out of nine against Mississippi State, dating back to 2019. MSU scores four in the eighth to win it 10-9. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, mississippi state, Southern Miss, sports
The old frontal boundary from the prior system that mostly bypassed our area currently resides across portions of MS and LA this afternoon. On the backside not much of a cool down, but there is a fairly tight moisture gradient from dew points in the upper 40s in a few spots in interior south MS to the lower 70s across…
The top ranked high school basketball player in the Magnolia State is reopening his recruitment. Josh Hubbard, out of Madison Ridgeland Academy, has been released from his National Letter of Intent following the firing of Head Coach Kermit Davis. Hubbard recently became the all-time leading scorer in Mississippi with more than 4,200 career points and says the Rebels will still…
A player on USM’s 1987 NIT Championship team, the head coach of the 2011 4A State Championship team at St. Stanislaus, and the head coach of the 2014 National Championship team at Jones College, it always felt like a safe bet that Jay Ladner’s success as head coach at Southern Miss was only a matter of time. But even Ladner…
At St. Martin Upper Elementary students and their families gathered for the annual Book Club Debate. Students spent the evening trying to convince one another that their book was best. Book club members meet once a week and have been preparing for the debate since September after reading multiple books and writing a critique of their favorite. Tonight was the…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston campus opened an art exhibit for one of the school’s very own instructors. The Marking Seams art exhibit was created by MGCCC Graphic Design Technology instructor Tracy Williams and was officially opened to the public. The opening night began at the School of Visual and Performing Arts with a performance by the MGCCC Woodwind…
How do you even grow medical cannabis? News 25’s Brooke Parker is taking us inside a medical cannabis cultivation facility in Ocean Springs to find out. Clean, safe, and secure work is the first priority at Southern Grown Therapeutics. Everyone is sprayed with isopropyl alcohol upon entering the facility to kill any bugs. Southern Grown Therapeutics President Tommy Krumland said,…
The old frontal boundary from the prior system that mostly bypassed our area currently resides across portions of MS and LA this afternoon. On the backside not much of a cool down, but there is a fairly tight moisture gradient from dew points in the upper 40s in a few spots in interior south MS to the lower 70s across…
Pass Christian Elementary students celebrated Black History Month by hosting a program inside the gym. The performance was titled ‘Yes, You Can,’ which highlighted the idea that students can do anything they put their minds to. The students sang, danced, and gave short speeches. We’re told they spent several weeks preparing for this performance. The program allowed students a chance…
Libby the Sailing Cat isn’t like other cats, she’s a cool cat! Five-year-old Libby has lived on a sail boat for most of her life. What is another cat’s nightmare is Libby’s dream. While she’s not willing to take a dip in the water, Libby has no problem with being surrounded by it. Libby likes to spend her days sun…
Exciting news for adventure-lovers here on the Coast. Margaritaville’s Paradise Pier Fun Park in Biloxi is opening in just a matter of days. News 25’s Janae Jordan gives us a sneak peek into the park. Paradise Pier Fun Park is almost ready to open its doors just in time to kick off the travel season here along the Coast. Chief…