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,…
TOP TIER WEEKEND AHEAD… Behind the front this afternoon, winds will be gusty and we return back to more normal temperatures. These gusty winds and dryer conditions will be a fire weather concern, but should not reach critical thresholds. High pressure builds into the area and we will be in zonal flow aloft, so expect the rest of the short term…
Currently there is a narrow line of showers across western Louisiana. Expect that to continue to move off to the east through the late morning hours. Most of the models are show this only being a broken line of showers as it moves through the area. Otherwise, the development of a 55-60 kt low-level jet should occur over the area…
Some weak convection has developed over the MS Sound and near the Pearl River this afternoon. This is likely in response to steel low level lapse rates/enhanced low level instability and increasing low level flow. Looking upstream, a strong and further amplifying trough will continue into the ArkLaTex region later tonight and early Friday. This parent trough will send a…
About 25 members of the Buddy Sports program, along with several Harrison County sheriff deputies, headed over to Academy Sports in Gulfport to get ready for the department’s annual fishing rodeo. Each of the buddies was given a $100 gift card provided by Academy, which they were able to spend on all the fishing gear they needed for the rodeo…
Pearl River Community College three-year football standout Elijah Jenkins is the proud owner of his first Division I offer, courtesy of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. During his 24 games in Poplarville, the 6’0 230 linebacker posted 76 total tackles and seven-and-a-half sacks to go along with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. The one they call grave digger, hailing from Picayune,…
Harrison Central and Picayune going head-to-head in some non-district softball. Red Rebelettes hosting. Harrison Central wins 12-2. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: Harrison Central, picayune, softball, sports
Let’s head to Greenville, South Carolina for the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament, 5-seed Mississippi State taking on 13-seed Texas A&M. Mississippi State goes down by the final score of 79-72, now sitting with an overall record of 20-10. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: basketball, mississippi state, sports, women’s basketball
When you score more runs than the other team, you win, that’s just how baseball works. Except that’s not how it worked yesterday in a mid-week game between Ole Miss and Louisiana Tech. The latter is not too happy about it. Head Coach Lane Burroughs going on record saying his program won’t be scheduling the Rebels again after losing a…
A young mermaid is giving up her life under the sea for love with a human prince. The Pascagoula High School choral department’s rendition of The Little Mermaid is being performed tonight through Sunday for the general public. Students auditioned in November and have been rehearsing since January. Kindergarten and first grade classes were the first to catch a glimpse…
To ensure that employees practice safety on a daily basis, Waste Pro offers incentives for their drivers. Waste Pro’s Gulfport division is celebrating two drivers who have earned the company’s coveted safety award of $10,000. Commercial front load driver DeAnna Deflippo and roll-off truck driver Gary Hudson were each awarded their prizes during a steak dinner for the company. To…
Some weak convection has developed over the MS Sound and near the Pearl River this afternoon. This is likely in response to steel low level lapse rates/enhanced low level instability and increasing low level flow. Looking upstream, a strong and further amplifying trough will continue into the ArkLaTex region later tonight and early Friday. This parent trough will send a…
Today is Dr. Seuss’ birthday and it is celebrated with World Reading Day. At St. James Catholic Elementary in Gulfport, teachers asked parents of students to read to a class. WXXV’s very own Meggan Gray went to St. James to read to her son’s first grade class. Many of the students came to school dressed as their favorite Seuss storybook…
Gulfport is approving an engineering contract to widen Landon Road from Highway 49 past Sam’s Club to alleviate the bottleneck in that area. Mayor Billy Hewes tells News 25 this plan has been a long time coming. The project is out for bid right now. The city is hoping to get started in May or June. The construction will start…
Gulfport High School has a unique class that allows their juniors and seniors to do more hands-on activities with first responders. Today, the class worked with the Gulfport Fire Department. Jeremy Necaise’s class is not like any other class at Gulfport High School. His ‘law and public safety’ elective gives students an opportunity to work with first responders in our…
Thanks to the Department of Justice ‘Cops Grant’ worth half a million dollars, Pearl River County schools have increased their security. Teachers and staff can now call for help with the push of a button with crisis-alert, which is a safety solution by Centegix. The badges for teachers and administrators can be used for several different types of scenarios, including…
To prepare for the Youth Fishing Rodeo on Saturday, several Harrison County deputies headed down to Academy Sports to get some fishing gear with the children participating in the competition. News 25’s Rick Gogreve is at the store where he will let us know how the shopping spree went! Categories: Local News, News Tags: Harrison County deputies, Youth Fishing Rodeo
A New Orleans man is riding his bike across the country to raise money and awareness for his nephew who has Down Syndrome. Chris Sweeney left New Orleans Wednesday to start his Ride for Reid journey, cycling 6,500 miles. Seven-year-old Reid was born with Down Syndrome and is Chris’ youngest nephew. “Ever since he was born, I wanted to do…
The Inflation Reduction Act, which caps the price of insulin at $35 a month, is helping a non-profit help more clients. Insulin sold under Humalog and Lispro by Eli Lilly Corporation is being reduced 70 percent in price to help patients better afford their medicine. Humalog is now being capped at a monthly fee of $35 or less for those…