If you’re headed over to Ocean Springs for the Peter Anderson Festival, some roads will be closed to thru-traffic for the event. The purple on the map indicates the festival area, along Washington Avenue and Government Street. The green line shows the residential routes for residential traffic only. Starting Saturday at 3 a.m., Washington Avenue will be closed from Bienville…
More than 30 local businesses set up booths to help shoppers find the perfect gifts on their Christmas list. The 26th annual Holiday Boutique in Pass Christian has everything from arts and crafts to clothes and food. While you shop until you drop, the boutique has some fun activities for the kids tomorrow, like story time and photos with Santa….
This weekend, dogs of all sizes and breeds will be competing in the 11th annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Kennel Club Dog Show. Each dog will be judged individually with the winners of each breed going on to compete in seven groups. The groups winners will then compete for the best and reserve in show. More than 500 dogs will compete…
A man charged in the death of a man found on property of Parkdale Drive last month has been extradited back to Mississippi. Twenty-year-old Adrian McCrimmon was arrested October 17th in Albany, New York by U.S. Marshals. He was one of three people charged in the death of 19-year-old Zachieous Stephens, who was found dead on Parkdale Drive in Gautier…
First-time U.S. home buyers are the oldest on record and the least diverse since 1997. UPS is having a hiring blitz. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
If you’re a dog lover, you’ll want to head over to the Harrison County Fairgrounds this weekend for the 11th annual Southern Harvest Cluster Dog Show. In studio with more about it is Carl Grotton of the Gulf Coast Kennel Club and Astro! Categories: Community Headlines Tags: 11th annual MS Gulf Coast Southern Harvest Cluster Dog Show
Linus, Sally, Lucy, and Charlie Brown are all coming to life this Christmas season. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is hosting a Charlie Brown Christmas on stage at the IMPAC Center. Jessica Crosby is in studio with details. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Charlie Brown Christmas, MGCCC
Today, some of the items the City of Biloxi will be auctioning off tomorrow were out for a preview. Hundreds of items will go to the highest bidder regardless of price. The city is getting rid of surplus items including vehicles, office equipment, and items from the police evidence vault. All of it will be up for grabs. The auction…
To honor veterans, Hickory Hill Country Club in Gautier is hosting a day of free golfing for veterans. Some veterans were up early this morning getting signed in and getting ready to enjoy a full day of golf. Breakfast burritos, donuts and bloody Mary’s were served up to get the veterans started. Along with breakfast, a fish fry and pulled…
Tomorrow’s Gulf Coast Veterans Parade in Gulfport has been canceled. Organizers decided to cancel this year’s parade due to the rain we’re expecting in the area tomorrow. There will not be a veterans parade this year. Categories: Local News, News Tags: canceled, gulf coast veterans parade
Gulfport hosting Biloxi in this Region 4 Class 6A finale to determine who gets a first-round home playoff game. Gulfport was able to secure the victory, beating the Indians 33-24. Categories: Friday Night Showcase Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, sports
All eyes begin to shift to the northwest later this afternoon and through the overnight tonight. The region will be situated between a high pressure over the central Gulf of Mexico and northwest Caribbean and a rather deeply amplified disturbance across the central US. With the trough starting to butt up against the ridge, there will be some questions in terms…
The primary story this Friday morning is visibility concerns. Widespread fog, some dense has developed generally along and north of the I10/12 corridor east of I55 this morning. The fog is developing mainly in the coolest locations where the boundary layer moisture surge has developed overnight. In fact, most of these areas have warmed about 4-6 degrees respectively as warm air…
The warm conditions will continue and the average overnight lows tonight will be about 8-12 degrees warmer than seasonal average. We’ll have clear skies tonight but then heading into tomorrow we’ll start seeing an increase in cloud coverage with temperatures well above seasonal average yet again. Another weekend cold front is expected coming in Friday afternoon/evening into Saturday with areas…
So much for a championship hangover, Picayune still roll tide rollin’ right into the final week of the regular season with a perfect overall record of 10-0 and a district mark of 6-0. But there’s only room for one unbeaten team in Region 4 Class 5A as Gautier comes to town with the same perfect mark of 6-0, winner-take-all for…
The results are in, Mississippi High School Activities Association adding Class 7A for the first time. And six Coast schools making the cut, based on grades 9-11 enrollment: Ocean Springs, Gulfport, Biloxi, Harrison Central, D’Iberville, and St. Martin. Seven local schools in 6A. Those being Hancock, West Harrison, Pascagoula, George County, Pearl River Central, Picayune, and Long Beach. So, George…
A belated signing day ceremony out of Hancock High School from yesterday as the Hawks send four to the next level. Adrianna Cuevas with Copiah-Lincoln softball and the rest baseball. Peyton DeWitt and Tanner Ladner with Mississippi Gulf Coast and then Max Garrett with East Mississippi. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, Hancock High School, softball, sports
Here come the offers for Cam Thomas, the sophomore running back from Mississippi Gulf Coast, getting the call from Nicholls State, following one of the best regular season performances in the country. The former News 25 Student-Athlete of the Week out of Picayune, third in the nation with 754 yards and tied for sixth with eight touchdowns. Back in September,…
Christmas is coming to Gulfport. Crews are preparing for the Harbor Lights Winter Festival at Jones Park where Santa’s Village is under construction. The day after Thanksgiving, Santa lands in Gulfport through New Years Eve. The annual winter festival adds more lights each year and is bringing back the talking reindeer that stole the show last year. The price for…
The Moore Community House Women in Construction hosted the First Women’s Resource and Employer Fair in Biloxi to support women in the community. Their organization, Women in Construction, is a free job training program that prepares women for careers in non-traditional career paths. Since the first class in 2008, the program has trained more than 700 women. The organization is…
The quiet weather is expected to continue as high pressure continues to sit over the northern gulf coast. Temperatures will remain about the same as the previous days and not expecting any rain today. Moist air from the gulf continues to filter in today which could cause some fog issues tomorrow. Another weekend cold front is expected coming in Friday…
The largest fine arts festival in the state is back this weekend! The 44th annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival will take place in Downtown Ocean Springs Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Festival organizers are expecting almost 150,000 people over the weekend and almost 400 vendor booths from all over the United States. Vendors will…
The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday. Retail outlets are seeing an increase in foot traffic as wanna-be jackpot winners buy tickets in hopes of hitting it big on Saturday. As more and more people buy into Powerball fever, the jackpot will continue to grow and that means the cash registers at…
The Picayune football team is still roll tide rollin’ right into the final week of the regular season with a perfect district mark of 6-0. They aren’t the only unbeaten team in Region 4 Class 5A as Gautier comes to town for a winner-take-all district title game tonight. News 25’s Jeff Haeger is at the home of the defending state…