Hundreds of men and women from across the country traveled to the Coast to celebrate freedom from addiction and a milestone for a local recovery organization. The Home of Grace Homecoming brings together alumni and friends of the addiction recovery program to share in each other’s successes. News 25 spoke to one alum who graduated from the program 28 years…
Saturday’s block party ‘Grillin’ on the Green’ featured a barbecue cook-off, art vendors, and plenty of live bands to keep the party rocking after the parade. The smell of seafood, brisket, ribs, and other delicacies filled the air drawing in hundreds of people to the Biloxi Town Green. Conveniently located next to the parade, those attending the festivities were able…
There was a sea of green in Downtown Biloxi celebrating Irish Heritage on the Gulf Coast this weekend. People of all nationalities came out to support the Hibernia Marching Society’s annual St. Patrick Day Parade Saturday. The celebration featured close to 80 units, including a horse and carriage, bag pipers, Jeeps, and more. For Haley Schultz, she says it was…
A second victim has died in a Pascagoula shooting that happened a little more than a week ago. It comes as Pascagoula police make several new arrests in the case, but they’re still looking for one more murder suspect. Omar Santiago Lopez is charged with two counts of murder. He’s one of five people facing charges after the March 4th…
A famous ice cream treat sold at Disney Parks will soon be making its grocery store debut. The Dole Whip is typically a pineapple-flavored soft serve ice cream. It will soon be available to buy at local grocery stores. Store-bought Dole Whip will come in three flavors: pineapple, mango, and strawberry. No exact date for store arrival has been set….
The cold front pushed through last night and brought a much cooler airmass with it. Temperatures will max out just below seasonal averages this afternoon under clearing skies. Elevated winds in excess of 20 MPH will continue. After sunset, winds will back off a bit but they will remain elevated the next couple of days. Wind chills will be in…
As last night’s cold front continues downstream, cold air advection will continue to be the story, along with decreasing clouds later in the afternoon from northwest to southeast. Temperatures today will actually be below climo for the first time in a while, so it may seem a bit chilly out there, especially going into the evening when temperatures begin to…
Showers and a few thunderstorms are making their way through South Mississippi as a cold front transits the region. High wind gusts and small hail can be expected with these. The activity will exit our area tonight with the cold front. Colder air will work in overnight and be with us through the first portion of this week. Skies will…
140 high school baseball games on the docket over the next week-and-a-half for the seventh annual Battle at the Beach. Ten of those games being hosted by MGM Park in Biloxi, including one of the best rivalries on the entire Gulf Coast in the Battle of the Back Bay at Battle at the Beach. Biloxi and D’Iberville chopping it up…
We’ve officially had a cold front make it’s way through our area and can expect colder and drier conditions behind the front for a brief period of time. Main weather for this period comes on Sunday. A stronger cold front will be approaching the CWA as a fairly deep upper low and trough moves through the Great Lakes and Mississippi…
Everyone was grooving and moving inside the West Harrison Community Center in Long Beach. Camp Awesome campers held a reunion and built-up excitement for their upcoming camp. This summer camp strives to make everyone feel included and part of their camp family. Camp Awesome is for children and adults with special needs and they host two overnight camps yearly at…
In the early game, Pass Christian taking on Etowah out of Alabama. Pass Christian wins 5-1. Pass 2-0 in Battle at the Beach.
Mississippi Gulf Coast softball home double header against Mississippi Delta. Lady Bulldogs take game one 9-2 and game two 9-0. They’ve now won five games in a row and 12 out of their last 13. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: MGCCC, softball, sports
A hockey legend was welcomed back to the Gulf Coast with opened arms! Former professional hockey player and coach Bruce Boudreau was honored on the ice right before the Mississippi Sea Wolves hosted the Delaware Thunder. Fans from both sides of the rink gave him a standing ovation as he dropped the puck and was given a customized jersey. Boudreau’s…
A shortage of medication used to treat asthma and respiratory symptoms is continuing to affect hospitals and pharmacies. The asthma medication albuterol was added to the shortage list by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 2022. Last month, the generic drug manufacture Akron Pharmaceuticals shut down its operations in the U.S., leaving Nephron Pharmaceuticals as the sole producer…
We’ve officially had a cold front make it’s way through our area and can expect colder and drier conditions behind the front for a brief period of time. Main weather for this period comes on Sunday. A stronger cold front will be approaching the CWA as a fairly deep upper low and trough moves through the Great Lakes and Mississippi…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College continues to excel as one of the top schools in the country. MGCCC has been named to the military friendly schools list, ranking third in the nation as one of the largest community colleges. This is the 4th time the college has been ranked in the top ten and the 13th time in school history…
Picayune Police Department solved a 30-year-old cold case. In 1992, a baby girl was found in a dumpster in Picayune by a farmer. DNA testing was fairly new, leading the case to go cold. 30 years later, this case was solved through forensic genetic genealogy, advanced DNA testing. Mississippi Bureau of Investigations Special Agent Christa Groom was able to help…
A slow economy has slowed progress on a mixed-use development in downtown Gulfport. Leaf River Group of Jackson announced a $50 million project in 2020 that would include luxury apartments, retail, restaurant space, along with parking. It would be located at the corner of Highway 90 and Highway 49. Leaf River Group President Stewart Speed says the ‘challenges of a…
You may have seen her on Miss America or getting crowned as Miss Mississippi in 2021, but now you will see her on NBC’s The Voice as one of the contestants. Holly Brand has been singing since she was a little girl. She started out in a church singing gospel music. She always knew she wanted to become a singer,…
A young philanthropist from Long Beach is trying to make the Gulf Coast a better place with his own t-shirt business called ‘Traveling American.’ Inspired by the Long Beach community trying to save an oak tree, Michael McGill started making t-shirts two days ago in hopes of bringing people together regardless how they feel about the tree. He started with…
Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence held a ceremony and reception dedicating Jane’s House in honor of former executive director Jane Philo. Philo headed the Gulf Coast Women’s Center for Nonviolence from 1983 until 2004. Philo pounded the pavement, working tirelessly to ensure women in abusive situations found a way out and received proper care. More than 20,000 women, children, and…
Vinyl records outsell CDs for the first time since 1987 and Americans racked up a record $180 billion in new credit card debt in 2022. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Saturday, hundreds of men and women from across the country will be coming to the Gulf Coast to celebrate their freedom from addiction. It’s an annual event for Home of Grace. Here to tell us about this weekend’s homecoming is Todd Trenchard. The homecoming event takes place at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Biloxi. For more information visit homeofgrace.org…