Student Athletes of the Week: Gulfport basketball’s Kylan and Jylan Howze

Today is a special Wednesday because it is the first time we’ve named two people the Co-WXXV Student Athletes of the Week! Twins Kylan and Jylan Howze are seniors on the Gulfport boys basketball team! “Yeah, this is my little brother.” “Nah.” Technically, he’s telling the truth, but failed to include that he’s only older by 20 minutes. Identical twins…

12/7 – Brittany’s “Dense Fog Advisory” Wednesday Night Forecast

Once again, fog will be the main forecast problem for our overnight hours. We’ll be under a DENSE FOG ADVISORY from 9pm through 10am tomorrow morning. Temperature wise, the unseasonably warm temperatures will stick around with lows tonight bottoming out in the low 60’s and highs tomorrow maxing out in the 70’s. No change in the pattern tonight through Friday…

EV charging stations come to Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport

The Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport adds a new electric amenity. On the third floor of the parking garage, there are now two level 2 charging stations with the power to charge four cars. The airport partnered with Mississippi Power’s electrical charging station rebate program to make this available to flyers. The growing number of electric cars in South Mississippi made it…

2022 International Christmas Pastry sale

Do you have a sweet tooth? The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Biloxi is having their International Christmas Pastry Sale this weekend. Every holiday season for the past 40 years, Greek pastries, Greek bread, tiropita (cheese pies) and spanakopita (spinach pies) have been sold along the Gulf Coast. Normally, the pastries are sold along with Greek food at their…

Biloxi VA Medical Center Director is leaving for new role in Arizona-

It was an emotional day for Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System employees as they said goodbye to their medical center director. Bryan Matthews, medical center director, will be departing Friday to take on his new role in Phoenix, Arizona working at their veterans center. Under Matthews’ leadership, there have been many accomplishments the healthcare center has celebrated which include a…

Christmas elves tip Port City café servers $3,400

A pair of hardworking servers will have a brighter holiday this season thanks to a group of Christmas elves. The elves, a group of 30 or so Coast friends, enjoyed breakfast this morning at Port City Café in Biloxi. The servers who took care of the group were floored to find out that instead of a standard 20 percent tip,…

Morning Business Report: December 7th, 2022

The number of stay-at-home dads is growing in the U.S. and Walmart’s CEO warns company will close stores if theft doesn’t slow 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

Kiwanis Club of Gulfport host 66th annual Pancake Day

The Kiwanis Club of Gulfport is serving up their hot, fluffy pancakes as they host their 66th annual Pancake Day. This is the club’s largest fundraiser of the year and all the funds raised go toward supporting local programs for students across the Coast. Students from Gulfport High School Key Club are helping serve and pack plates. Guests have the…

Coast Electric celebrates Operation Round Up

Coast Electric held a ceremony to celebrate its Operation Round Up program and the fact it has now invested more than a million dollars into the community. Since Coast Electric began rounding up participating members’ bills in December of 2018 more than $1 million has been invested into our community in the form of grants for charitable organizations that make…

Waveland elects new mayor in municipal elections

The city of Waveland will have a new mayor and two new aldermen following yesterday’s municipal elections. Unofficial results show Jay Trapani is Waveland’s next mayor after receiving nearly 80 percent of the vote against two other challengers. Micah Tinkler came in second with 16 percent of the vote, followed  by Brice Philips with four percent of the vote. Trapani…

Southern Miss embracing bowl game close to home

Coming into the 2022 season, one thing the Southern Miss football program really needed was a bowl game. Now that USM is on its way to its first bowl game since 2019, another thing the program really needs is a bowl game win. The Golden Eagles are on their way to the Lending Tree Bowl to take on their old…

12/6 – Brittany’s “Pleasant” Tuesday Night Forecast

Tonight will be yet another mild and cool night with the above seasonal norm temperatures sticking around. Heading into tomorrow, it’ll be another quiet but rather warm day as highs peak into the upper 70`s for some with partly cloudy skies again. Meanwhile, surface high pressure over the Mid Atlantic states begins to retrograde slightly towards our area or generally…

Saints Report: New Orleans blows 13-point 4th quarter lead to Bucs

For whatever reason, ever since Tom Brady got to Tampa Bay, home games against the New Orleans Saints have followed a certain formula. Last night’s primetime showdown was following that same formula for the first 57 minutes of the game until it wasn’t. Prior to their week 13 loss on Monday Night Football, the Saints had dominated the Buccaneers on…

Attorney Michael Crosby defends Mark Wells after alleged assault

The man accused of biting the nose off another man during a fight last week wants to set the record straight on what happened. He hopes to get the charges dismissed. News 25’s Sabria Reid sits down with the defendant’s lawyer, Michael Crosby, for his side of the story. According to Attorney Michael Crosby it appears the incident is a…

12/6 – Brittany’s “Mild” Tuesday Evening Forecast

Tonight will be mild and cool while Wednesday promises to be another quiet but rather warm day as highs peak into the low 80`s for some with partly cloudy skies again. Meanwhile, surface high pressure over the Mid Atlantic states begins to retrograde slightly towards our area or generally across the northern Gulf with time. This in turn helps to…

Bay St. Louis PD hosted Coffee with a Cop event

It was a beautiful day for coffee and conversations in Bay St. Louis. The Bay St. Louis Police Department put on an event called ‘Coffee with a Cop.’ This event is for the citizens of Bay St. Louis to meet members of law enforcement as well as build connections with them. This is way for people to meet police officers…