City of Pascagoula still under city-wide boil notice

Pascagoula residents are still under a city-wide boil water notice this evening. In the latest update, released at 2:30, the city says crews have made repairs to the leak, located at Ingalls’ East Bank shipyard. Water samples are expected to be pulled and sent to the lab for 24-hour testing on Tuesday. When the tanks emptied, the chlorinators froze. Chlorine…

Volunteers give back at 33nd annual Feed the Needy Program

Harrison County police and sheriff’s officials hosted its 33rd annual Feed the Needy this weekend. Over 300 volunteers showed up to the Lyman Community Center to help fix plates and deliver meals. This year 1,300 meals were delivered. Six police departments helped out; each assigned a specific duty. The Feed the Needy Program started in 1988. Each plate was filled…

‘Dat Kitchen Too’ in Waveland serves customers on Christmas Eve

Spending Christmas Eve working may not be ideal to some people, but for the staff at ‘Dat Kitchen Too’ it was just like spending Christmas with family. The restaurant is open 364 days out of the year with the exception of Christmas Day when staff enjoy time off with family and friends. On holidays, like Christmas Eve, customers enjoyed southern…

Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $565 million

The Mega Millions jackpot jumps after no winners were announced over the weekend. The prize is now the sixth largest payout and is $565 million. Although no one matched all six numbers drawn Saturday, California and Illinois sold one ticket each with five numbers right and the winners will receive $1 million each. The last two Mega Millions winning ticket…

Harbor Lights Festival in Gulfport reopens tonight

The Harbor Lights Festival at Jones Park in Gulfport will reopen tonight after being shut down over the weekend due to frigid weather. Gates will open at 5:30 tonight for the festive light show. As a result of the winter freeze warnings over the weekend, the festival was closed on Friday and Christmas Day in addition to the regularly scheduled…

Mom to Mom: Christmas Tea Towels

Today at Mom to Mom, we’re making Christmas tea towels! This is a great, easy do-it-yourself gift that you can give to either a grandparent or a coworker, and have your kids get involved and make this. It’s really simple to do, all you need are some tea towels, some cookie cutters, some acrylic paint, some plates, and of course,…

12/26 – The Chief’s “Sunny & Cool” Monday Afternoon Forecast

The word for the next couple of days is moderation. As the high pressure shifts off to the east today, winds will come around to the south briefly, before a “cold” front moves through after midnight. Temperatures aren’t significant colder behind the front, and may actually be warmer. Most or all of the area should still get into at least…

39th annual Gulfport Holiday Classic at Bert Jenkins Gymnasium

We are only two short days away from Christmas Day which means a major basketball tournament for the state of Mississippi is right around the corner. The 39th annual Gulfport Holiday Classic will take place at Bert Jenkins Gymnasium from December 28th to the 30th. The three-day tournament consists of seven teams from Mississippi and one team from Illinois, coached…

Dazzling light display at Penny Lane Estates in Long Beach

Every year, Penny Lane Estates goes all out for Christmas by decorating every house lining Copper Court. The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at Penny Lane Estates. As you can imagine, a lot of hard work goes into putting up the dazzling decorations. Valeria Mueller heads the operation. She preps her fellow neighbors for Christmas, providing the lights,…

Coast woman and daughter granted new home

A Coast woman and her daughter are getting a new home for Christmas thanks to the generosity of the community. Earlier this year, Tyhiriah Brown, also known as Ty, and her husband were working parents with a seven-year-old daughter and a happy life. Then tragedy struck. First Ty’s husband was in a car wreck, followed by a stroke, and then…

NORAD expects smooth travels for Santa Claus this weekend

NORAD doesn’t expect COVID or the bomb cyclone hitting North America to impact St. Nick’s global travels. The North American Aerospace Defense Command is responsible for monitoring and defending the skies above North America, but agency also runs NORAD Tracks Santa, which allows people to follow his Christmas journey through its noradsanta.org website, social media channels, and mobile app. The…

Biloxi Shrimp Company donates to the Mary C. in Ocean Springs

Biloxi Shrimp Company partnered with the Mary C. O’Keefe in Ocean Springs to educate Coast children on one of the region’s natural resources: shrimp! The co-founders of Biloxi Shrimp Company are giving back to the community that inspired their love for the culinary arts, the Gulf Coast’s seafood industry, and the region’s most popular seafood item. More than 50 kid-sized…

Gulfport child donates pop-tops to Ronald McDonald House

After nearly six years, a Gulfport child returned to a place that helped his family in a time of need so he could return the favor. After collecting pop-tops for three years, ten-year-old Zander Spears and his family made a trip to Mobile to donate them to the Ronald McDonald House that helped them six years ago. In 2016, Zander…

Santa Claus stops by WXXV

Who is that wrapped in red with a beard white as snow? It’s none other than Santa Claus! While the elves are hard at work in the North Pole getting ready for the big Christmas Eve ride, Santa paid WXXV a visit. He delivered lots of toys and goodies from his sleigh to the staff and his jolly ol’ laugh…

McMillan family sees body camera footage from fatal officer-involved shooting

The family of Jaheim McMillan, the 15-year-old who died in an officer-involved shooting with Gulfport police in October, has seen the body camera footage taken the day he died. Commissioner Sean Tindell says McMillan’s mother, grandmother, and the family attorney saw the footage of the events as they unfolded now that the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has completed its report….