The 2023 Mississippi Gulf Coast parade schedule has been released! Festivities begin on February 4 in Ocean Springs for the Elks Club Parade. That will start at 1 PM. Parades will be held until Mardi Gras Day. Be on the lookout for February 18 — WXXV will be at the Krewe of Neptune Night Parade in Biloxi. That parade will…
Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s time for Christmas music, Christmas trees, and Santa Claus! That’s right, boys and girls will be waiting for the man with the bag to deliver their gifts Christmas night, but in the meantime did you know you could visit him now? Santa Claus is at Edgewater Mall excited to meet all the children on…
November 26 is Small Business Saturday, a day to celebrate and support small businesses. The Pecan House is a local business ran by family that has been passed down from one generation to the next. Originally the Peace House started in McHenry, where most production still takes place. In 2015, they opened up another store located in Gulfport on Lorraine…
The Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival has kicked off for the holiday season in Jones Park! News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf was live there with more. Categories: Local News, News
We’re learning more about an early morning shooting that left a man dead at an Ocean Springs bar on Bienville Boulevard. Shots rang out just before six this morning. Jackson County coroner Bruce Lynd Jr. confirms one person was killed at Kahuna-OS Bar & Grill. Lynd confirmed the victim was Chase Galloway — aged 34 — of Ocean Springs. According…
Latest radar shows scattered light showers/mist across portions of the local area. Deeper analysis shows an undular bore/gravity wave initiated this activity by providing enough lift to support these showers. Expecting the showers tot persist for no less than a few more hours before dissipating. Once gone, it`ll remain a cloudy evening and overnight period. A saturated ground combined will…
While some people stood in line early for electronics, clothes, and gaming systems, others were in line to score an exclusive album. Record Store Day is a day to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record stores like Marley’s Music. The official Record Store Day is actually in April, but each Black Friday record stores host an additional Record…
The weather didn’t stop shoppers from getting out early and heading to the mall to see what Black Friday deals they could find. Edgewater Mall wasn’t too crowded but stores like Bella Rose Boutique had a line as early as 1 o’clock this morning according to owner Haley Ruiz. Shoppers were waiting to snag deals up to 50% off. Ruiz…
Cloudy skies will continue this afternoon with breezy conditions from the North at 10-20 mph. Tomorrow, a stronger system will move across the Southern Plains, finally pushing the cold front through the area. Once again, showers and thunderstorms will move into the area ahead of the front, some of which could produce periods of heavy rainfall. In addition, the storms…
The main issue continues to be the heavy rain threat across the area as showers and thunderstorms continue to move from west to east across the area. Area wide, the rainfall has waned but near and along the coast and over the coastal waters, there continues to be some rather storm thunderstorms. Overall, many areas picked up some much needed…
Tonight will be a wet one. We’ll see an 80% chance for scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms as convection over Texas/West LA moves east, with a surface low developing. A warm frontal boundary will lift ahead of the system. There will be more widespread showers and thunderstorm as the front lifts and the system move into the western half…
The Hattula family in the St. Martin community kicked off its Christmas light display. From now until New Year, you and your family can turn on 101.7 FM and drive to their home for a light show. The address is 6917 Southwind Drive. The radio station plays Christmas music synced to the light display. The family spends over 350 hours…
Four high school football teams from the six Coastal counties are hours away from their date with destiny in South State. With the help of our News 25 Friday Night Showcase theme song, high school football is everything. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: high school football, sports, thanksgiving
Runners got up bright and early to enjoy the Mississippi Aquarium’s third annual Otter Trotter 5K. Over 200 runners lined up to get active before indulging in a Thanksgiving meal. The route this year was a little different due to construction taking place. Once the race was over, each participant was presented a medal and early entry into the aquarium….
Fat Bottom BBQ put their BBQ sauce and smoked meats to the side and substituted those for a nice Thanksgiving feast today. Management put away its regular menu and instead cooked an entire Thanksgiving feast to feed to coast residents for free. The meal consisted of turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, green beans, and much more. This feast’s tradition began with…
It’s official — the Hattula Home is lit for Christmas Today was their kick-off light show. News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf was live in Biloxi to talk about the extravagant display. Categories: Local News, News
Soria City Masonic Lodge 542 in Gulfport prepared over 200 plates of free food for those in the community. The grill was smoking as plates were prepared, filled with favorites dishes including ham, turkey, green beans, dressing, potato salad, and a dinner roll. The lodge has been giving away Thanksgiving meals for many years and wanted to keep the tradition…
The Mark Seymour VFW Post in Ocean Springs held their own Thanksgiving celebration with free meals for the community. Guests at the post took a free Thanksgiving meal including turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, pie, and much more. While some chowed down, others took time to pose for early Christmas photos with St. Nick himself — Santa Claus. The post is…
The Kelly’s had turkey, gumbo, gravy, dressing, potatoes, corn, pumpkin pie — you name it! Julie Massengill and her family is keeping a tradition serving free Thanksgiving lunch alive. The tradition started 39 years ago at her sister’s restaurant, Mr. C’s in Bay St. Louis. Once the family got out of the restaurant business, Massengill — along with her five…
The system today has progressed slightly slower this afternoon. For tonight, convection over Texas/West LA will move east, with a surface low developing. A warm frontal boundary will lift ahead of the system likely between 00-02Z. There will be more widespread showers and thunderstorm as the front lifts and the system move into the western half of the CWA. The…
This morning and likely into the early afternoon will remain dry and quiet before our next weather maker brings widespread rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Sky cover and moisture have been increasing this morning and will continue to do so today as a warm front sitting off the Louisiana coast begins lifting onshore throughout today. Moisture quickly rise above seasonal…
WIGGINS, Miss. — For the first time since 1991, the Stone football team is practicing over Thanksgiving, fresh off its first district title since 1994. After starting the season with back-to-back losses – albeit against 6A teams – the Tomcats have ripped off nine straight wins, the first seven of those coming by double digits. Their playoff victories include Sumrall,…
We’re on tap for a cool, quiet, and overall mild night, with the exception of morning fog. The quiet and dry conditions will be short lived though because beginning tomorrow afternoon, we’ll see scattered showers in the area throughout the afternoon and evening hours. Efficient rain makers and heavy rainfall will be possible tomorrow which is why our area is…
PICAYUNE, Miss. — The Picayune football team is still the defending 5A state champions until proven otherwise, and so far, no one has proven otherwise as the Maroon Tide finds itself back in the South State title game for the second year in a row and the third time in four years. But the Tide hasn’t necessarily had an easy…