Ocean Springs Lady Greyhounds hosting St. Martin Lady Yellowjackets in some Friday night hoops! Lady Greyhounds pull away late, taking this one 49-39, Ocean Springs ending the game on a 6-0 run. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: basketball, High School Girls Basketball, sports
The Mississippi Aquarium joined in on the Carnival festivities with the annual lighting of the sails. This is the third year in a row where the aquarium invited guests along the Coast to watch as the sails lights are switched to the classic purple, green, and gold. Gulf Coast Carnival Association’s Captain Keith Wade, Lt. David Harris, and Queen Madison…
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Human trafficking is an unlawful act typically in the form of forced labor or sexual exploitation. The Human Trafficking Hotline website states in 2021, 10,360 cases were identified and 16,710 victims were involved in cases. Dr. Tamara Hurst at the University of Southern Mississippi tells News 25 anyone can experience trafficking in any community….
Quiet weather through the first half of the weekend with cool mornings and warm afternoons. Only minor tweaks made to the forecast with this package as forecast reasoning hasn`t changed and model guidance remains in fairly good agreement through the first 35 hours. High pressure will continue to shift eastward tonight. With light winds and clear skies, temperatures should fall…
Gulfport Singing River Hospital was gifted their first Cuddle Cot. The Naff family lost their son John Ellis 35 weeks into the pregnancy. Elisabeth Naff suffered from a liver disorder that only appears during pregnancy. It was not caught in time to save her son. Her experience is why she created the Hope for John Ellis Foundation. “In today’s culture,…
Center Stage in Biloxi is expanding and sprucing up thanks to a Fine Arts Grant and generous donations. The entire front porch will become a lobby area to accommodate large crowds. Center Stage is also making their bathrooms larger so they are ADA accessible. The building was converted into a theatre in 1975 and is no longer up to code….
The Mississippi Aquarium is joining the Carnival festivities by switching the lights on the sails to Mardi Gras colors. News 25’s Rick Gogreve is at the aquarium with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Carnival, mardi gras, Mississippi Aquarium
Littering is a worldwide problem that’s not only unsightly on our highways and streets, but it also impacts our economy and environment. The Mississippi Department of Transportation spends more than $3 million cleaning up litter each year. Litter is not only expensive, but also can be hurtful to people, wildlife, and marine ecosystems due to entanglements, toxicity, and ingestion. Litter…
The team at Memorial tells us that they have seen an increase in COVID-19 cases at the hospital. While the number of cases has gone up, we’re told that most of the cases involved minor symptoms. This increase, however, did not surprise the staff due to it following the holiday season. Team members, both patient-facing and non-patient-facing, are back to…
Program Believe is a nonprofit that serves vulnerable, low income, and immigrant communities along the Gulf Coast. The program is currently enrolling for its adult literacy classes in computer, ELL, GED, and citizenship. Program Believe will be enrolling individuals who qualify now until January 13th. Classes start on January 16th. Along with helping adults, Program Believe also helps children with…
St. Rose de Lima Catholic Church is hosting a fish fry fundraiser next week to help the families of Bay St. Louis fallen officers Sgt. Steve Robin and Officer Branden Estorffe. All the funds and proceeds will go to the Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District Fallen Officer Fund in support of the families of Sgt. Robin and Officer Estorffe….
Today is Epiphany which traditionally marks the start of Mardi Gras. All of our aquatic friends at the Mississippi Aquarium are finding their own way to usher in the Carnival season. Here with more is Jeff Clark. Tags: mardi gras, Mississippi Aquarium
Americans are pampering their pets and companies want a piece of the pie and Bed Bath and Beyond says it may not survive. Monica Malpass is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
It’s about that time once again! Time to indulge in the delicious variety of Girl Scout Cookies. Joining us in studio is Jennifer Rothert to talk about Girl Scout Cookie sales. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Girl Scout cookies, girl scouts
Carmody holds a high place in the rich and proud football tradition at Southern Miss, whose legacy contains some of the finest and most dominating defensive football teams to ever play the game. He also is the grandfather of current Pass Christian High School head football coach Chase Carmody. From 1978 to 1987, Carmody was the architect of one of…
It’ll be another chilly evening with temperatures tonight bottoming out in the low 40’s. We’ll continue to see clear skies throughout the night and into tomorrow as well. Friday should be a carbon copy of today (sunny and seasonably mild) with only a few subtle differences. Toward the end of the period, upper level heights will gradually start to increase…
Last month, Southern Miss running back Frank Gore Jr. took home Game MVP Honors and Daylen Gill took home Defensive MVP following USM’s victory over Rice in the Lending Tree Bowl. Now that the rest of the bowl games have played themselves out, those two individual performances still standing tall amongst the rest with both players earning a spot on…
In sports, the newfound perspective that comes with a fresh slate at the turn of a new year can fade away very quickly after the first loss of a new year. However, that first win can set the tone for what’s shaping up to be a pretty good New Year’s resolution. 23rd ranked Pearl River hosting East Central in some…
As a rookie in 2011, Saints Defensive End Cam Jordan recorded his first career sack and that was it, but since then, he has the most quarterback takedowns in the entire league during that time frame. Yesterday, Jordan took home NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors for his three sacks on Philadelphia Eagles back up QB Gardner Minshew. That…
One of the best wideouts to ever come out of the Coast, St. Martin’s Noreel White added another division I offer to his bag this week in the form of UNLV. That makes seven total, the others being LSU, Florida State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Troy, and Arkansas State. The former News 25 Student Athlete of the Week can truly…
The first big name recruit during Will Hall’s tenure as Southern Miss Head Football Coach, Quarterback Ty Keyes announced his decision to enter the transfer portal. He will have three years of eligibility left. Formerly a four-star recruit out of Taylorsville, Keyes flipped from Tulane to USM after Hall landed the job in Hattiesburg. He was seemingly a star in…
On the Diamond, Southern Miss ace pitcher Tanner Hall earning First-Team All-American Honors today, courtesy of Perfect Game. A consensus post-season All-American last year, Hall is coming off a 9-3 season with a squeaky clean 2.81 ERA and 146 strikeouts, good for fourth in the nation. Hall was also named Conference USA Pitcher of the Year and Ferriss Trophy Winner…
Carnival royalty and citizens gathered for an annual tradition in Biloxi. The city held its Twelfth Night Celebration. Twelfth Night is the traditional festival on the night before epiphany, the official start of the Mardi Gras season. Crowds rallied at the Biloxi Visitors Center to watch as the Christmas lights surrounding the Biloxi Lighthouse were turned off, signifying the end…
January is National Blood Donor Month! In 1969, President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation designating the first month of the year as National Blood Donor Month. It’s an opportunity to recognize the roughly three percent of the U.S. population who donates blood each year. Blood donation is key to keeping people alive and healthy. Hospitals everywhere use blood, often in…