A Harrison County native was recognized by the state for his leadership earlier this week. Secretary of State Michael Watson gives out the John Lewis Youth Leadership Award once a year to recognize a gifted, civic-minded young individual. For the first time, the award was given to two individuals and one recipient was Gulfport’s very own Bobby Hudson. Hudson gives…
The Mississippi Coast Coliseum is getting ready to have a good time at the PCA Rodeo Finals! Rick Gogreve is at the Coliseum with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: PCA Rodeo, PCA Rodeo Finals
The Federal raises interest rates again and it may not be the last time. Amazon is expected to report its first unprofitable year since 2014 today. 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 may not look like great boating weather right now, but at the Coast Coliseum Convention Center, boats are all the rage. Melissa Miller is in studio to talk about the Biloxi Boat Show going on this weekend. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Biloxi Boat Show, Coast Coliseum
Biloxi Main Street is planning to redevelop a space at Howard and Hopkins Avenues to turn it into an arts and entertainment venue. Kay Miller with Main Street is here with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: biloxi, Biloxi Main Street, How Hop
The PCA Rodeo Final starts today at the Coast Coliseum and runs through this Sunday. The first performance begins at 7 tonight and lasts until 10. There will also be a contestant party at Hard Rock Biloxi after the performance. Tomorrow, there’s a school kids learning rodeo, followed by the second round of performances tomorrow night with a full schedule…
The final round of what has been a string of overnight closures on Highway 90 takes place tonight as work continues to build the Coast Transit Authority tram, pedestrian, and bicycle bridge that will eventually link the Mississippi Aquarium with Jones Park. Crews have been installing girders and supports for the bridge piece-by-piece which requires them to shut down all…
The theatre program at one local high school is growing at a fast pace and tonight they debut their latest production, a show that is the brainchild of the school’s theatre teacher. We’re hitting the stage today as St. Patrick High School theatre students are set to debut their newest production. The lights are up and the stage is set…
Areas of rain including a few t-storms will move in this afternoon as a low pressure and attendant cold front lifts NE. The low pressure will move NE out of the gulf and directly over our area today. The rainfall will still be the bigger concern although not as much as previously thought. There could still be a strip of…
Finally seeing the models come into solid agreement on every variable and this has caused some sudden moderate changes in severe wx and rainfall risk levels and placement from yesterday. The features that will eventually affect the area today will be a low pressure and attendant cold front, the surface low is very weak at the moment. The low pressure…
When you get to the South State Championship round of any high school sport, you don’t typically expect to blow out the other team, but that’s exactly what happened in St. Patrick’s 7-1 win over OLA last night and sophomore sensation Anna Katherine Thriffiley was in the middle of all of it. “I started playing soccer when I was five…
Upper level analysis shows a ridge centered just south of Florida, a broad trough over the northern half of the country east of the Rockies and a closed low south of Arizona. That low will open up as it gets picked up and absorbed by the broad trough Thursday into Friday. This process will take the base of that low…
Biloxi alum Colt Keith is heading to Major League Spring Training, less than three years after getting drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the fifth round of the 2020 Draft. Keith is one of just four top 30 prospects in the organization to get the call fresh off his scorching hot Arizona Fall League Run in which the former Indian…
The start of the Biloxi Shuckers season is just over two months away and a familiar face is returning to the dugout. The Milwaukee Brewers announced Mike Guerrero as Shuckers skipper for the seventh straight season and his 25th as a Minor League manager overall. In 2022, the Shuckers finished just a half-game under .500 at 67-68, still in search…
Biloxi High senior Defensive Back Damaryion Fillmore put pen to paper with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Fillmore has been a varsity contributor for the Indians ever since his sophomore year, closing out his Big Red career with big time numbers, 142 total tackles and six interceptions on defense and then 580 yards and six touchdowns rushing on offense as…
In 2021, Vancleave High School was home to the state’s second-leading rusher Dayan Bilbo. In 2022, the Bulldogs replaced one workhorse back with another in the form of John Peterson, who proceeded to win the state rushing title en route to fulfilling his collegiate football dreams. The former News 25 Student Athlete of the Week joined at the National Signing…
At St. Stanislaus, the Rock-a-Chaws sending a quartet of football standouts to the next level and all four student-athletes played a big role in SSC’s first playoff win since 2017. Starting with QB1, Hudson Osborne signed with Northeast Mississippi, alongside a pair heading to Mississippi Gulf Coast, Fulton Ascherl and former News 25 Student Athlete of the Week Chandler Chapman,…
As one of the biggest high schools in the state of Mississippi, Ocean Springs consistently produces some of the biggest National Signing Day classes in the state and on the Gulf Coast. This morning, the Greyhounds sending 11 standout student-athletes to the next level across six different sports. Starting with football and teammates twice over J.P. Coulter and Keshawn Thomas,…
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch kicked off the second phase of a statewide campaign to end human trafficking. It continues to haunt our streets, human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery that exploits humans for profit. Men, women, and children can all be sold into captivity. It’s one of the most lucrative industries in the world making more than…
The filing deadline for Mississippi candidates has officially passed. Harrison and Hancock counties will have races for sheriff. For Harrison County, it is officially a two-man race between Republican Louis Elias and Republican Matt Haley. For Hancock County, it a four-man race between Ricky Adam, Johnny R. Raffeo Jr, Channing Reynolds, and Nathan ‘Corky’ Hoda, all of whom are Republicans….
A paralyzed veteran from the Gulf Coast area was the first to demonstrate Re-Walk equipment for staff at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Biloxi. Re-Walk is a wearable robotic exoskeleton that provides powered hip and knee motion to enable individuals with spinal cord injury to stand and walk. The veteran has been going to Pensacola Rehab Clinic for several months…
Upper level analysis shows a ridge centered just south of Florida, a broad trough over the northern half of the country east of the Rockies and a closed low south of Arizona. That low will open up as it gets picked up and absorbed by the broad trough Thursday into Friday. This process will take the base of that low…
Hanshaw Road in Ocean Springs has officially closed. The closing went smoother than expected for the Ocean Springs Middle School, having less traffic build up than expected. The road is closed to repair a sewer force main that was damaged during a collection of soil borings. The City of Ocean Springs wants to remind everyone to be mindful of extended…
Orange Grove Elementary received a generous donation to pay off school meals from the fall semester. Buster and Nelda Tindel donated $2,700 to their local elementary school. What was a small amount to them, is actually the largest donation to a Harrison County school in the last five years. Orange Grove Elementary officials said the donation equates to about 900…