Carl Grotton with the Mississippi Gulf Coast Kennel Club is here to tell us about the Bark N’ Good Times at the Harrison County Fairgrounds this weekend. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Bark N Good Times
One week from today, the Biloxi Shuckers will take the field for the first game of the season. That game will be up in Jackson, but you can see them in action here at home before that. Here to tell us about a special exhibition game on Wednesday is the new voice of the Shuckers Javik Blake. Categories: Community Headlines…
WXXV and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to spotlight one outstanding chamber business each month. This month, we are all smiles after visiting the staff at Smile Doctors Orthodontics in Gulfport. Categories: Chamber Member Spotlight
At the surface, high pressure was centered off the Virginia coast. Low pressure was centered over Nebraska with a trailing cold front to west Texas. Moisture has been surging northward all night, with temperatures and dew points elevated across the area. The surface low will track from Nebraska into Michigan by Saturday. The main forcing will remain well to the…
High pressure covers much of the Gulf of Mexico, extending northward toward the Great Lakes. A deep upper disturbance extends from Montana to the Four Corners area. At the surface, high pressure was centered off the Virginia coast. Low pressure was centered over Nebraska with a trailing cold front to west Texas. Moisture has been surging northward all night, with…
On the baseball diamond, Mississippi State and ninth-ranked South Carolina getting things rolling a day early, Bulldogs still looking for their first SEC win of the year. State losing its 18th consecutive SEC game, dating back to last year. Gamecocks take this one 6-4 final from Starkville. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, mississippi state, sports
D’Iberville softball hosting St. Martin in a crucial Region 8 Class 6A affair. Lady Warriors get the 5-0 shutout over the Lady Yellowjackets. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: High School Softball, softball, sports
On the high school softball diamond, Vancleave hosting George County in a Region 8 Class 5A matchup, visiting Rebels coming in with an impressive mark of 15-2. The Lady Rebels improve to 16-2 with the 11-6 win. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: High School Softball, softball, sports
The University of Southern Mississippi is marking the 113th anniversary of its founding. The university was charted on March 30th, 1910 by legislative act. Originally being named Mississippi Normal College, the school was created to train teachers for the public schools in the state. Celebrations for the day include the annual student awards ceremony as well as the swearing in…
Sailors from across the country head to Ocean Springs to compete in the annual regatta. Sailors were seen warming up for the stiff competition that will take place on Front Beach this weekend. The Hobie Midwinters East and April Fools Regatta has returned. The Ocean Springs Yacht Club hosts the competition and this year is their biggest ever with 66…
A Biloxi business owner is taking his time to get the community to help with tornado relief in north Mississippi. Owner of Joe’s Garage, Joe Krivanec, decided to help out the City of Rolling Fork, which was impacted by the tornados on Friday after talking to his daughter who is a nurse practitioner in the city. Since then, Krivanec has…
With return flow becoming more established, airmass modification and warming trend will continue tonight with lows a solid 10 to 15 degrees warmer than last night. With low level moisture on the rise, also expect some lower clouds and possibly some patchy fog to develop late tonight toward daybreak. Tomorrow will be warm and muggier. Clouds will be on the…
It was a scary situation this morning at Harrison Central High School where a lockdown ended up being a false call. It prompted a lot of panic, especially for parents. Parents of students at Harrison Central High School were in an uproar after a false lockdown was made. Many parents and students were trying to figure out exactly what happened….
Merit Health Biloxi made a donation to Back Bay Mission in honor of Doctor’s Day. In honor of Doctor’s Day, many hospitals give tokens of appreciation and gifts to physicians, but Merit Health decided instead of using that money towards their physicians, they would make a donation to a charity in need. The medical staff was able to vote for…
The Gautier community has stepped up to help donate prom dresses for Gautier High School. What started out as a Facebook post from Monica Mingo, the owner of That Gumbo Life, asking for other businesses to help get dresses for prom turned into a successful contribution, collecting over 200 dresses and also $7,000 worth of casual clothes for spring break…
As the weather continues to warm up, you can expect to see more bugs! Around this time of year, homeowners start seeing an increased presence of pests creeping and crawling around their homes. Carpenter bees, termites, mosquitoes, the American roach, and other insects are some of the many calls exterminators receive during the spring invasion. Stark Exterminators say if your…
Emma Helmert, a Gulfport High School senior, was awarded a four-year college scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Helmert is one of the 60 graduating high school seniors out of 5,600 applicants to receive the scholarship and the only student chosen from the state of Mississippi. This year’s recipients will receive up to $55,000 annually to cover costs associated…
Volunteers gathered at the Lyman Community Center this morning to pack up donations from this month’s March of the Mayors Food Drive. For the past four weeks, 11 mayors have asked people in their cities to donate food. Those four weeks have led up to this massive packing party, where volunteers are filling boxes up for food pantries. Mayor Billy…
St. James Catholic School is helping Rolling Fork after tornados destroyed the town last Friday. Students helped pack up a U-Haul with diapers, blankets, and Easter baskets. The students at St. James have been collecting these items throughout the week. Easter is coming up next weekend and the students wanted to make sure the children in north Mississippi have a…
Jane King is at the Nasdaq with today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
More than 100 artists will be displaying their wares this weekend in Pass Christian. Here with details on this year’s Art in the Pass is Anita Giani. Art in the Pass takes place Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Memorial Park in Pass Christian. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Art in the Pass
More relief rolls up in Rolling Fork, Mississippi as the community continues to pick up the pieces after last week’s deadly tornado. A crew from Harrison County Fire Rescue is there now. They just posted pictures this morning, showing some of the work they’re doing to assist in the recovery effort. The devastation is so widespread and the team is…
The Mississippi Senate has chosen not to confirm Dr. Robert Taylor as State Superintendent of Education. The Senate has questioned the process the State Board of Education used to select a candidate. A search firm assisted in identifying seven semifinalists, selecting Dr. Taylor who began serving in the position on January 17th. The State Board of Education will schedule a…
High pressure will continue to move east today with the axis crossing the local area late this afternoon and tonight. This will allow winds to turn to the southeast and south later today and tonight, returning moisture back to the area. We’ll be mostly sunny today with comparatively low humidity levels and highs in the mid and upper 70s. Mid and…