With Valentine’s Day around the corner, dating app scams are becoming a higher risk. A romance scam is when someone you’ve matched with online uses dishonest connection to get you to do what they want. This scammer’s goal is to establish a relationship with their victim before asking for money or personal information. Since the victim feels like they know…
Tomorrow night, the North Woolmarket Baptist Church will be rolling out the red carpet for those with special needs. After shutting down for two years because of COVID, the Night to Shine Prom is back in our area. The Tim Tebow Foundation sponsored event now has more than 137 registered guests ready to dance the night away. The prom will…
Every year on February 9th, pizza lovers come together for National Pizza Day. A broken oven did not stop Brooklyn Pizzeria from serving the City of Gulfport. Customers continued lining up for a taste of some signature style New York pizza. The pizzeria was serving pizza by the slice, whole pizza pies, and even sub sandwiches. After mastering his skills…
Heavy sand brought in from Picayune is being laid on top of the sand beach in Biloxi to help keep sand from blowing onto Highway 90. The heavy sand is part of a $3 million beach project that has been going on for several years. The sand is being dumped from Oak Street down to the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor….
The Pass Christian Police Department is adding a new officer to their patrol. This new officer has a tail that wags and a furry face. Meet Pass Christian PD’s new K9. He’ll be hard at work as a narcotics detection dog, as well as strengthening the department’s bond with the community. Police Chief Daren Freeman said, “This type of dog,…
The state Senate passed a bill that will allow teachers who are trained to carry weapons at school. The bill would create the Mississippi School Safety Guardian Act, which would allow for armed, trained teachers in public and private schools. The bill, if passed in the House and signed by the governor, would create a firearms training and licensure program…
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Harrison County gymnasium is currently hosting the Career Pathways Experience to give students a chance to learn more about different careers they may want to dive into in the future. News 25’s Rick Gogreve is at the event with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Career Pathways experience, careers, education
Hancock County officials say there is no truth to a woman’s claim that her dogs were mistreated and abused by a neighbor in the Kiln. The woman’s six dogs were taken by Animal Control as well as three others owned by the neighbor after responding to a complaint January 21st about a neighbor abusing the animals. Animal Control officers testified…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed lawsuits Thursday in Mississippi, accusing the state auditor and two national sportscasters of defaming him in public discussions about the misspending of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in one of the poorest states in the nation. The lawsuit against Auditor Shad White says…
More than $50 million Americans are projected to bet on the Super Bowl and Disney will fire 7,000 workers as executives reveal a sweeping revamp of the business. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Ingalls Shipbuilding is holding a hiring event. Vice President of Human Resources Susan Jacobs is in studio with more on all the opportunities available at the shipyard. The hiring event takes place Monday, February 13th from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Ingalls. For more information go to hii.com/careers. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: hiring event, ingalls
The Mississippi Department of Revenue is hiring! Here to tell us about an upcoming career fair is Kesha Smith. The career fair takes place Wednesday, February 15th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Biloxi Visitors Center. Bring your resume and/or transcript. To register visit www.dor.ms.gov.
Lambda Xi Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated will host a public prayer vigil and balloon release this Sunday to honor those youth who have lost their lives to violence. Guests will hear from local community leaders as well as families who’ve been affected. The event is to not only pray and remember those youth who have lost…
If you have some old paint or car batteries lying around, go ahead and gather them up. Harrison County is bringing back its Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day. It’s happening Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the Harrison County collection site off Lorraine Road, just north of the drawbridge. Acceptable items include: Paint Aerosol cans Batteries Light bulbs Motor…
The next phase of Artemis rocket testing is underway at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. NASA is hoping it’s newly redesigned engine will help bring astronauts to the moon and back. The space agency conducted a hot fire test of its newly redesigned RS-25 engine yesterday for future flights of the space launch system rocket. Engineers fired the engine…
With the cold front east of the area and the upper level support moving north-northeast, the front won’t make a lot more progress much further eastward today. Drier air will move into western portions of the area, but some question as to how much eastward progress it makes. Forecast moisture flow values will show quite a range across the area,…
The upper system is quickly lifting northeastward through Missouri toward the Great Lakes, with the next disturbance quickly on its heels moving through the northern Rockies. Line of prefrontal convection has moved eastward into Alabama and our eastern coastal waters. Spotty rain will continue through mid/late morning under cloudy skies. With the upper trough and surface low moving north-northeast, the…
With the gates of Pete Taylor Park opening in just nine days, the preseason accolades are rolling in for Southern Miss. Coaches of the Sun Belt chose Southern Miss as the conference favorites for the 2023 regular season. Along with the one-seed prediction, right hander Tanner Hall was named the preseason pitcher of the year. Hall is included on the…
You’ve probably heard of a closing pitcher coming in to seal the deal on a baseball win, but have you ever heard of an anchor in bowling? That’s the job of this week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week, Lilly Sprinkle. The game of bowling is typically thought of as just another hobby or a casual competitive activity among family…
The biggest concern in the short term is the potential for severe through the remainder of this afternoon and overnight tonight ahead of an approaching cold front. Already seeing scattered to numerous showers and storms across portions of the area, especially west of I-55. Still looks like the main threat from any storms that do become severe will be damaging…
Pearl River Central Head Football Coach Jacob Owen stepping down after leading the Blue Devils for five seasons. Owen tweets that holding this position was an honor and a privilege and he wishes the kids, school, and community nothing but the best as they move in the next direction. Owen posts an overall record of 13-38. Pearl River Central has…
Over at Picayune, home of the two-time defending 5A state champion Maroon Tide, Jamonta Waller is the recipient of yet another Division I offer, this time courtesy of the Alabama Crimson Tide. That makes a whopping 17 total offers for the junior defensive end and his seventh SEC offer along with Arkansas, Auburn, Missouri, Mississippi State, South Carolina, and Ole…
The Harrison County Soil and Water Conservation District announced its back for its annual Arbor Day Tree Distribution. This event, held at the Lyman Community Center in Gulfport, will allow community members to drive through and collect a bundle of trees and plants for just a $5 donation. The plants in the bundle include live oak trees, magnolia trees, blueberry…
The Mississippi Department of Education released a report stating that chronic absenteeism is becoming a problem for Mississippi. The amount of students with excessive absences has grown from 13 percent in 2019 to 28 percent in 2022. MDE states that this jump is likely because of the COVID-19 pandemic as students are continuing to adjust to being back in school….