The Biloxi Fire Department is ‘Heatin’ up the Holidays’ by teaming up with the Blood Center as they urged more people to donate blood. In a room full of first responders and volunteers, every participant came to help with the national blood shortage. Within the first couple of hours, the Blood Center had reached its halfway goal from the generosity…
JACKSON, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves today announced 15 new RESTORE Act projects totaling $49 million for Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. “I remain fully committed to ensuring that every dollar meant for our Gulf Coast, stays on our Gulf Coast,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “Mississippi’s economy is thriving in every region across our state, and this includes our Gulf Coast. These 15…
Tears were shed during a tree planting ceremony in Pascagoula in honor of those who died while in hospice. Every year in November, which is National Hospice Month, the Hospice of Light honors those that passed in the last year. Families gathered to watch as the names of their loved ones were dropped in a hole around the oak tree…
Summerhouse Bay Cove invited the crew with Comeback Coolers to host a cooler packing party on the property. Residents of Bay Cove and guests in the community headed over to the party where they were able to decorate a cooler for the organization. These coolers are stuffed with a variety of items such as emergency supplies and even toys for…
About a hundred people gathered at the Military Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby today for a ceremony to dedicate an exhibit to the only female Mississippi killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Camp Shelby Joint Force Training Center hosted a memorial event and statue unveiling in honor of fallen Marine Lance Corporal Casey Casanova. Casanova is a McComb native…
Disability Connection hosted their 13th annual Art Ability Fair at the Biloxi Civic Center. More than 350 kids from 26 schools were able to learn about and take part in arts and crafts activities that centered around space. Disability Connection serves more than 15,000 people annually from six counties of Mississippi that support those in need, especially those with disabilities….
A search warrant is executed and a man is now behind bars charged with drug trafficking. Brandon Vega was arrested by Harrison County deputies yesterday. He’s charged with aggravated trafficking of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. His home was searched and we’re told officers found cocaine packaged for distribution as well as…
Tesla drivers will be able to make Zoom calls from their car and seasonal hiring is expected to nosedive during inflation and recession fears. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Tags: business, morning business report
The Parade of Homes Show is happening this weekend. It will feature the structure and interior designs of the most highly regarded professionals in our area. Now we welcome into our home, the president of the Home Builders Association of the Mississippi Coast, Kyle Tootle. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: The Parade of Homes Show
If you love arts and crafts, you won’t want to miss this opportunity. More than 75 vendors will be participating in this year’s Mermaids Arts and Crafts Show at the Historic Train Depot in Bay St. Louis. Here to tell us more are Mary Ann Pucheu and Jeanne Richardson. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Mermaids Arts and Crafts Show
To honor and celebrate its modern-day heroes, the Mississippi Aquarium will offer free admission for both veterans and all active military. Starting Friday, veterans and active military personnel can explore the wonders of Mississippi Aquarium at no charge. The free admission continues Saturday and Sunday. Accompanying family members will also receive 20 percent off general admission tickets as part of…
This morning, seniors gathered at Donal Snyder Community Center as Biloxi Parks and Recreation Department threw their annual Seniors Thanksgiving Breakfast and Fellowship. Anyone over the age of 50 was invited to enjoy a yummy breakfast and spend some quality time with friends. Along with enjoying breakfast, seniors got to hear from city leaders including Mayor Gilich, Biloxi Police Chief…
One of the top high school volleyball players in the state is taking her talents to the next level. Early morning signing for Gulfport’s Sydney Mitchell, who is heading to the division I level with Southeastern Louisiana. Having transferred from Oak Grove prior to her sophomore season, Mitchell was an instant difference maker for the Lady Admirals, who set a…
After a chilly start, temperatures have warmed quite nicely in South Mississippi. High temperatures will reach the mid-70s across the area with partly to mostly cloudy skies. Winds will become breezy out of the north this afternoon. The clouds stick around overnight as temperatures will cool off to the 50s inland, to around 60 on the coast. Partly cloudy skies…
The change in flow has has brought a noticeable difference to our weather. With Nicole and an area of high pressure well to our northeast interacting, a cooler, drier airmass has taken hold. The upper-level cloud shield from Nicole is bringing jupper-level cloud cover to our area. However, the low levels have dried out significantly. Temperatures in the 50s this…
A lot of times in sports you hear the phrase ‘Mr. Do it All’ and on the Gulf Coast it’s hard to find a better example of that than this week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week. Resurrection Catholic’s Daniel Pickens can play just about every position in more than one sport and is now less than 48 hours away…
The offers just keep on coming for Picayune running back Dante Dowdell, adding Texas A&M to his bag today. The four-star senior now has offers from more than half the schools in the SEC, including Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Auburn, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Missouri although he’s been committed to Oregon since May. The Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game selection has…
The warm snap we’ve been under is officially over and sweater weather is ahead! Tonight, we can expect temperatures about ten degrees cooler than last night. Heading into tomorrow though, we’ll still max out in the mid 70’s which is still technically above the average for this time of year so not quite sweater weather tomorrow. But, on Friday night…
When Pascagoula dual-sport standout Keilon Parnell was just a freshman, he gave his verbal pledge to Mississippi State baseball. Now a senior, the former News 25 Student Athlete of the Week is finally making good on that commitment almost three years later. “After I committed, that relieves some stress. But signing and making it official, you feel part of the…
The Pass Christian Police Department posted on Facebook they are resuming their ‘R U OK’ Program. The program assists community members who are at home and would like officers to check on them through daily visits or phone calls. While any resident in Pass Christian is eligible for the program, police would like to focus their efforts on the elderly…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s culinary and pastry arts program put on a holiday tasting for the community. MGCCC’s annual Holiday Hobnob is an opportunity for culinary students to show off their creativity, allowing the community to taste some holiday delicacies and pastries. The students really stuck with the holiday theme. Dishes were prepared by pastry and culinary students. Students…
After record heat the past few days, more fall-like weather is underway today across the area as a drier air mass is advected in from the east around the southern periphery of a large surface high sprawled over the eastern CONUS. Upper-level cloud cover is increasing over the area today in association with the outflow of Tropical Storm Nicole situated…
A popular event is making a return after a two-year pandemic related hiatus. The Highland Games and Celtic Music Festival is this weekend at the Harrison County Fairgrounds. The event will be held at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Athletic events, storytelling, animal events and demonstrations, as well as live music…
The Humane Society has a busy weekend coming up in their efforts to celebrate National Adoption Week. The wellness clinic is doing a community pop up pet resource wellness fair at Bayou Landing apartment complex in Gulfport where they will give the first 100 pets free vaccinations and microchips. It will be this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m….