What better way to celebrate Mardi Gras than eating a wide assortment of King Cake? The Ocean Springs Chamber is hosting its annual King Cake Contest! Until February 28th, people are invited to come inside the visitors center, taste the Mardi Gras treats available, and then rate the dessert on a scale of one to five. The desserts switch out…
An upper low currently near the 4-Corners region will deepen as it crosses the southern portion of the Rocky Mountains. As this upper low moves across the Central Plains Wednesday and Wednesday night, a surface low will develop on the leeside of the Rockies and track right along with the upper low. Those features far proximity from the CWA means…
A Mississippi icon in the writing and poetry world had her legacy cemented in Coast history after years of inspirational work. Gulfport native Natasha Trethewey has been a writing and poetry icon across the nation for years. Now, her legacy is officially cemented on the Coast. Friends, family, and fans of her work gathered at the Ship Island pier in…
There’s no better time to donate blood than Blood Donor Awareness Month! The Blood Center hosted a blood drive at First Presbyterian Church on behalf of Singing River Health System. There has been a nationwide blood shortage since COVID-19 and the blood amount needed is constantly struggling to be met. The Blood Center is located in New Orleans, but a…
Every January, the Women’s Resource Center in Gulfport hosts a Baby Bottle Boomerang Drive to help fund the services the nonprofit clinic offers. The center supports those facing unplanned pregnancies and their babies, from free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds to getting help with baby resources or prenatal and parenting classes. Any business, church, or person wanting to participate in the…
Reticent Warriors Tactics, a company based out of Savannah, Georgia, came to the Coast to help law enforcement improve and advance their skillsets. The courses and seminars teach mindset, shooting skills, and tactics that work in the real world. For the last two days, Bay St. Louis Police Department practiced fundamentals of patrol and tactical rifles and then will move…
Beginning today, all U.S. military veterans in suicidal crisis are eligible for free care at any VA or private facility. Unlike for most other medical benefits, veterans do not have to be enrolled in the VA system to be eligible for the free emergency mental health care. That means more than 18 million veterans in the U.S. could be eligible….
Travelers with food allergies want to board planes earlier than other groups and a glut of toys sparks massive discounts. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
The National Council of Negro Women-Gulfport Section and partner organizations will host a Men’s Health Day on Saturday. The health screening event will feature: stroke assessment, vision/hearing testing, blood pressure checks, COPD/asthma, body fat analysis, oral health, and more. Door prizes, free healthy foods, and lunches will also be distributed. Attendees are asked to bring their prescription bottles or a…
Looking ahead to tomorrow, a stretch of Government Street in Ocean Springs will be closed for a few days for sewer repairs. Starting at 8 tomorrow morning, one block of Government Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue to Magnolia Avenue will be closed until Sunday at 5 p.m. so crews can make those repairs, that’s the block between the…
Good news for Biloxi drivers, Beauvoir Road is open ahead of schedule. Here’s a recent look of the road from Biloxi City Councilman Paul Tisdale. You may recall, the southern portion of the road closed back on November 1st for water and sewer line work and then the road was repaved. This work was expected to keep the road closed…
Good news for Ocean Springs swimmers: after two months of renovations, the YMCA pool is open once again. The concrete pool has a brand-new coat and seal. Tiles that were coming undone have also been fixed. Along the outside, the pool has new paint and light fixtures. The renovation cost $140,000. The pool reopened bright and early at five this…
Ingalls Shipbuilding announced their 2022 academic year STEM grant recipients today during a special breakfast. The Ingalls Shipbuilding Division awarded 26 schools in Mississippi and Alabama with a check toward their STEM-related initiatives. Ingalls makes this annual investment for the future of STEM education. This year, Ingalls awarded $100,000 in grant money. Ingalls has awarded more than $1.1 million in…
Temperatures are poised to climb well into the 70s across South Mississippi this afternoon. There will be peeks of sunshine along with breezy conditions. Winds will back off this evening and mild temperatures will remain. If winds can back down enough overnight, there is the potential for sea fog to develop and be a problem south of I-10. Wednesday will…
A low pressure system over Wisconsin is dragging a cold front north of the !-20 corridor. Isolated rain south of the boundary exists all the way down to Hattiesburg. High pressure along the GOM will build northward a bit during the day. Some sunshine possible during the afternoon with most areas getting into the mid and upper 70s. Can’t rule out…
An offer from Mississippi State going to Pascagoula Defensive Lineman Jeffery Rush Jr., who is now up to ten Division I offers total. The four-star junior defensive lineman also has looks from Ole Miss, Arkansas, Missouri, Florida State, Southern Miss, Austin Peay, Central Arkansas, Samford, and Texas. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: football, Jeffery Rush Jr., sports
George County Quarterback Deuce Knight is in the midst of another heavy wave of Division I offers adding Mississippi State and Tulsa to his bag. The sophomore gunslinger is now up to five offers total, the others being Indiana, Ole Miss, and Tennessee. Knight flashing the Power Five potential in 2022, throwing for over 1,900 yards and 11 touchdowns to…
One of the best to ever do it at Southern Miss is calling it a college career, but not a football career. Over the weekend, Southern Miss Defensive Back Malik Shorts declared for the 2023 NFL Draft after playing in 49 games over the last five games. Shorts is coming off his best season as a Golden Eagle, leading the…
The Pearl River Community College cheer squad bringing home more hardware as the Universal Cheerleaders Association Open All-Girls National Champions for the second year in a row. The Wildcats placed fourth in Saturday’s semi-finals before roll river rolling all the way to the top of Sunday’s standings. Pearl River beating out seven other schools to claim its second title all-time,…
After spending a year in Hattiesburg, Southern Miss QB Dustin Allison running it back with Pearl River Community College as a reverse transfer. Prior to his time at USM, Allison spent two seasons in Poplarville, redshirting in 2020 before appearing in six games in 2021 with a couple of touchdown passes. The raw talent has always been there for the…
Busy weekend for St. Martin Wide Receiver Noreel White, raking in not one, but two Division I offers from Arkansas and Tulsa. The four-star recruit is already high on LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and Florida State, where he was previously committed early in his high school career and has other offers from Troy, Arkansas State, and UNLV. The former…
Tonight will be much warmer than compared to this weekend. Temperatures will bottom out in the low 60’s with mostly cloudy skies and we’ll see a 20% chance for showers in the area during our overnight hours. Tomorrow, the low end rain potential and mostly cloudy skies will stick around, as will the warmer temperatures. Come Wednesday night/Thursday morning, a…
With everybody off school for MLK Day, not too many local sporting events to cover, especially at the high school level, but an extra special MLK Classic in the Metro today, known as the Rumble in the South. Biloxi taking on Raymond at Mississippi College in what’s being considered a top 20 match-up. Unbelievable matchup in the Metro,73-30 Raymond in…
It’s King Cake season and one local plant-based café specializes in making King Cakes that are ideal for individuals with dietary restrictions. Makin’ Groceries on Howard Avenue in Biloxi dishes out vegan and gluten-free King Cakes during Carnival season, both of which are dairy-free, egg-free, and refined-sugar free. News 25 caught up with Owner Lauren Turner as she was putting…