Two people are wanted by the George County Sheriff’s Department for an alleged commercial burglary. The incident happened on December 13th off Highway 613 in the Agricola community. Charles Mott and Tiffany Steele are wanted for allegedly stealing items from a home that’s being renovated. Mott was identified as the driver of a car that ran from deputies later in…
A Coast man created a casket to honor his sister earlier this year and it led him to wrapping more than 60 caskets. His two most recent designs are the caskets of the two fallen officers in Bay St. Louis. Casey Lawhon recently celebrated four years in business with KC Vinyl Wraps, where he does color change and customer graphic…
Heading into the overnight hours and into early Tuesday the surface low will approach the LA coast and ride along it as it progresses eastward. This brings a second round of showers, more to southern parts of the area, that will continue through Tuesday morning. This second round will have more instability to work with, so thunderstorms are likely to…
If you’re not in the Christmas spirit just yet, we have just the thing for you! WXXV Anchor Meggan Gray is performing tonight at the Beau Rivage’s Broadway style musical ‘Finding Christmas.’ News 25’s Sabria Reid has more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: beau rivage, Finding Christmas
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources 2023 marine information calendars are available at locations along the Coast. The agency held a photo contest earlier this year and those chosen are featured each month and on the cover as well as on collage pages in the calendar. This year’s calendar features the offices and programs that the MDMR administers to protect…
The D’Iberville St. Martin Chamber of Commerce has been hard at work putting together Christmas baskets to help people in need. Donations from local organizations, businesses, and schools helped fill the baskets. This year, D’Iberville Elementary held a food drive to collect donations. The boxes are filled with canned goods, pies, bread, and a turkey. For 40 years, the chamber…
This morning, families arrived at the Salvation Army Bridge Center in Biloxi to receive their Angel Tree gifts. The Salvation Army Angel Tree Program helps provide Christmas gifts for hundreds of thousands of children around the country each year. Families must apply for the help and their wish lists are shared with donors in the community. Along with gifts like…
Outgoing Waveland Mayor Mike Smith received an early Christmas present today. His doctors have scheduled him for a kidney transplant on January 9th, 2023. Smith served two terms and Jay Trapani will be sworn in next month. Smith was diagnosed with stage five kidney failure. His wife of 43 years, Melanie, was tested to be a donor and the couple…
While the nation as a whole has seen a drop in rent prices this year, the state of Mississippi has gone in the opposite direction. According to a study done by Lending Tree, the average cost of rent in the state has gone up ten percent since January with the average one-bedroom apartment price increasing to $849. Since 2020, the…
Porch pirates stole an estimated 260 million packages in the last year and Elon Musk asks Twitter to decide if he should step down. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
What started off as a hobby is now a running business for 14-year-old Zoe Bailey. Bailey and her sister came up with the idea of making their own slime, but as Bailey’s sister got older, she lost interest, giving Bailey full control of rebranding and processing the slime. Bailey tells News 25 it’s the best way to cope with her…
It’s been a long three years in the making, but the Mississippi Antique Galleria is officially open for business in Gulfport. Known also as ‘The Mag,’ it’s now Mississippi’s largest antique mall where more than 80 vendors are selling a variety of not just antique items, but clothes and modern items. Owner Jourdan Nicaud says he was inspired to open…
Volunteers from Seymour Law Firm and the Demoran Group at Keller Williams were hard at work in the kitchen for the fourth annual Pusharatas for Possums fundraiser. Tina Seymour Demoran never thought her mother’s recipe would be a success in helping the nonprofit organization Wild at Heart Rescue. Demoran is the general counselor for Wild at Heart and came up…
They say records are made to be broken and Southern Miss running back Frank Gore Jr. would have to agree, breaking or tying six USM bowl records and then some en route to the program’s first bowl game win since 2016. Southern Miss faced off against Rice in the Lending Tree Bowl at South Alabama’s Hancock Whitney Stadium. The Black…
It was a somber day in Jackson County as Coach Lee Tingle was laid to rest. Family and friends gathered for the funeral of longtime Coach Lee Tingle. On December 2nd, Tingle died from a rare brain disease at the age of 52. Lee was involved with Pascagoula youth sports for over 15 years where he enjoyed coaching soccer and…
We’re switching gears for this month’s Class Act. After months of highlighting amazing and inspiring middle and elementary school teachers in South Mississippi, it’s time to go to high school, specifically Gulfport High. This time, we’re not taking you to any ordinary classroom, but a construction shop. Our Class Act this month uses the lessons he learned during his service…
Rain is moving into South Mississippi this afternoon. An area of low pressure to our west is increasing moisture across the Gulf South. Light to steady rainfall will overspread the area later this afternoon into the evening. Efficient rainmakers will provide for heavy rainfall at times overnight. Rain will be in the picture until Tuesday evening once the system moves…
Today a surface high pressure will shift eastward as a disturbance pushes into the region. A second disturbance will follow quickly behind into Tuesday. This energy brings the chance for rain showers, including the possibility of heavy rainfall for some local areas. Moisture flow will surge up into the 1.25-1.40 range today ahead of the rainfall. This could help a few…
Tonight will be another cold night with temperatures in the 30s. Clouds streaming in will allow for temperatures to not bottom out as low as Sunday morning. Monday will be the start of an unsettled couple of days. A system forming to our west will provide for increasing clouds throughout the morning with the cloud layer lowering. Light rain will…
Tonight, cold conditions yet again with temperatures bottoming out in the low 40’s. We’ll see an increase in cloud coverage in advance of a minor shortwave that’ll make it’s way through our area tomorrow. Tomorrow, we’ll have cloudy conditions and a 20% chance of light showers courtesy of the s/w. The next real shot of rain potential will be as…
Moss Point Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Eugene Harmon is set to retire effective today as first reported by our media partner the Sun Herald. In six years as head man of the Tigers, Harmon posted an overall record of 28-38 which is deceptive given their non-district strength of schedule. His teams had tremendous success in Region 8 Class…
In the second game of Biloxi’s Jackie Laird Christmas Tournament, Gulfport taking on Oak Grove. Gulfport wins 60-58. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: high school basketball, Jackie Laird Christmas Tournament, sports
The holiday season is upon us which means the holiday hoops season is upon us. Today, Biloxi High hosted three games on the first day of its annual Jackie Laird Christmas Tournament. Third and final game of the day, home team Indians taking on the Vigor Wolves out of Alabama. Big Red wins 68-37 final over Vigor. Categories: Local Sports,…
There is not a single player on the Southern Miss football roster that has experienced a bowl game win at Southern Miss. Beyond that, only 18 players were a part of USM’s last bowl game appearance in 2019 and some of them were most likely on a redshirt. The point being that the Golden Eagles have a real opportunity to…