Mississippi State University has announced plans to hold a public memorial service to honor the life of Coach Mike Leach. It will be held Tuesday, December 20th inside Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville. The university said it would announce more details about the service, including speakers and parking logistics in the coming days. Coach Leach passed away Monday night following complications…
An 18-year-old Gulfport man has been charged with commercial burglary and motor vehicle theft following a burglary at an Ocean Springs powersports shop. Martaisa Reed was arrested and charged in connection to an incident which took place Monday. A vehicle was taken from the 3000 block of Government Street. Reed was arrested in Gulfport Tuesday in possession of the truck…
The cold front that moved through the area is certainly being felt this afternoon. Temperatures are very cool and a northwesterly breeze is blowing across the area. High temperatures will max out near our seasonal norms in the low-to-mid-60s. They will tumble in quick order this evening following sunset. Friday morning will begin with temperatures feeling like the 30s for…
The storm system that brought yesterday’s volatile weather has cleared the area. Temperatures behind the cold front are over 20 degrees colder than yesterday! Clear skies and high temperatures in the low to mid 60s are expected today. Temperatures will tumble in quick fashion overnight. Expect cold morning lows, along with wind chills in the 30s across South Mississippi to…
As we head into the latter part of our evening, we’re finally seeing clearing conditions behind a dynamic and intense cold front that slowly pushed through our area throughout the day today. Behind the cold front, temperatures will be colder than what we’ve seen recently, with an average overnight low temperature of 49 degrees. The cooler temperatures will stick around…
This week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week is Gulfport girls soccer standout Mary Frances Symmes. Following in her father and brother’s footsteps, Mary Frances Symmes has had a ball at her feet ever since she was four-years-old. Now entering district play as a Gulfport senior, Symmes says she continues to play soccer because of her passion for the game….
Mississippi Gulf Coast running back Cam Thomas made it official this afternoon, giving his verbal commitment to McNeese State. The third-year sophomore out of Picayune had one of the best rushing campaigns in the country this season, ranking seventh with 824 yards and eight touchdowns with no fumbles lost. Back in September, the former News 25 Student Athlete of the…
For the second year in a row, the Gulfport girls soccer program is sending four players off to the next level, which tends to happen when you win two state championships in a row, and this year, the boys team has a future college player joining in on the fun. Starting with Malcom Price, son of head girls basketball Coach…
At the Biloxi VA Medical Center, crews are working to clear debris from several down trees. Driving down Veterans Avenue, tree limbs and debris covered the roads. However, crews stood by to clean up and clear the roads after severe weather passed. There are no reported injuries at this time and no confirmation that a tornado was the cause of…
According to Mississippi Power, electricity is out in 150 Biloxi homes and residences. Tonight’s severe weather tore down several trees in the Hiller community on Hiller and West Drive. Linemen are working to repair down power lines. Linemen tell News 25 it could take at least three hours to restore power. There are no reported injuries at this time or…
This morning, a truck filled with donations rolled up to the Lord is my Help in Ocean Springs. The donations were provided by Girl Scouts serving in troops within the St. Martin-Ocean Springs area. Scouts collected more than 600 items and their donations will be used to stock the shelves of the ministry’s pantry. The food pantry prepares and distributes…
The second prelim for the 2023 Miss America Competition concluded last night and current Miss Mississippi Emmie Perkins’ next stop is the finals. The final event will be held on Thursday, December 15th in Connecticut where Miss Perkins and her 50 fellow competitors compete for the crown and the title of Miss America. Miss Perkins is from Hattiesburg and attended…
With the help from the Project Presents program, more than 30 families and at least 70 kids will have gifts to unwrap for Christmas. Biloxi High School’s Campus Service Council wrapped presents today for the big delivery this Friday. Santa’s helpers wrapped hundreds of gifts, customized with kids’ names and separated by family. Each year, Project Presents spreads Christmas cheer…
Every year, the Heat for the Holidays Giveaway sponsored by WXXV, Geiger Heating and Air, and Trane gives a complete heating and air system to one lucky family on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This morning, News 25 traveled to Moss Point to surprise the lucky winner. Although, this year was different than usual. Phyliss Liddell knocked on the door of…
Following the deaths of the two officers, members of several police and sheriff’s departments across the Coast made their way to the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory in Biloxi this afternoon to escort the fallen officers to their funeral homes. Officers from Bay St. Louis, Wiggins, Biloxi as well as members of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department began their escort at the…
This is video posted to social media just after 9 this morning, showing the procession of law enforcement vehicles escorting the bodies of the two fallen Bay St. Louis officers to the State Crime Lab just off Highway 67 in Biloxi. Flashing lights as far as the eye can see stretched down Highway 605 in a powerful show of respect…
Sgt. Steven Robin, left, and Officer Branden Estorffe (MBI)Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred about 4:30 a.m. this morning in Bay St. Louis. Bay St. Louis Police received a call to the Motel 6, which is adjacent to Ochsner Medical Center Hancock on Highway 90. Officers responding encountered a female suspect, who fatally shot one…
GULFPORT, Miss. –After one of the best three-year runs of high school football the Gulf Coast has ever seen, Ocean Springs head coach Blake Pennock is leaving one powerhouse program for another. As first reported by WXXV, the Gulfport Admirals officially naming Pennock as their next head coach, following John Archie’s decision to step down last week. During his time…
U.S. freelancing surges to a record as 60 million Americans go it alone and Moderna’s cancer vaccine shows promise in preliminary study. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
It’s a special pair of glasses that will have you seeing Christmas! Jason Lindsey explains the science behind holiday specs. Tags: Hooked on Science
If you haven’t been to the Biloxi Visitor’s Center this holiday season, this weekend is the perfect opportunity to pop in. It is all decked out for Christmas and ready for a holiday open house. Here to tell us what to expect is Historical Administrator Bill Raymond. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: City of Biloxi, holiday open house
Significant severe weather and excessive rainfall threats can be expected this afternoon into mid-evening…especially from the Interstate 10 corridor northward. A vigorous system just to the west will slow move east by late evening but no before potentially dumping a good bit of rain along with severe potential. There have been multiple tornado warnings to our north and west this…
Each holiday season, Geiger Heating and Air partners with Trane to donate a complete heating and air system to a winner on the Gulf Coast. This year’s giveaway took an especially heart-warming turn. “We have Ms. Phyllis Liddell here, and her name was drawn as the winner. She informed us yesterday that her system broke and she just got a…
The main forecast issues for the entire forecast package occur in the first 18 hours of the forecast…today and this evening. Significant severe weather and excessive rainfall threats, especially from the Interstate 10 corridor northward. A deep upper low centered over Nebraska and a second near the Texas-New Mexico border. A nearly solid line of thunderstorms extended from northeast Mississippi to…