Students throughout Harrison County School District are celebrating Red Ribbon Week which is one of the largest drug-abuse prevention campaigns in the country, targeting K-12 students. Each year from October 23rd to October 31st, students and teachers wear red to shed light on drug prevention. Schools throughout the district are recognizing National Red Ribbon Week through themed days and discussing…
The Mississippi Science Teachers Association held their annual state wide conference today at the Golden Nugget. Science teachers from all over the state had the chance to interact with one another, attend several seminars, and visit different types of educational booths. This two-day event is hosting 350 teachers as they attend 80 different sessions that are being led by Mississippi’s…
The search for a new president at Southern Miss is finally over. The Board of Trustees of IHL voted to name Dr. Joe Paul as president. Listening sessions held on Hattiesburg and Long Beach campuses showed the community thought Paul was the right person to fill the role. The board also issued an online survey to allow as many students,…
Since the death of 15-year-old Jaheim McMillan, community activists have come together to fight for answers. A press conference was held Monday in front of the Gulfport Police Department to discuss the current situation involving the death of Jaheim McMillan. Family and friends gathered in front of the Gulfport Police Department this afternoon, demanding justice for the death of the…
The Highway 49 closure in Gulfport we’ve been telling you about is now in effect. It’s going to be causing major detours for the next two weeks. The northbound lanes of 49 at the tracks near I-10 are officially closed. This is the railroad crossing near Creosote Road and the entrance to the Gulfport Premium Outlets. The northbound lanes of…
Throughout the first seven weeks of the season, Ole Miss had been struggling to put it together for all four quarters and the Rebels finally played a team that could take advantage of their inconsistency on the road at LSU. Ole Miss coming into Death Valley with a perfect 7-0 record, LSU at 5-2 with losses to Florida State and…
Crowds gathered on Harrah’s Great Lawn in Biloxi for the annual Gulf Coast Equality Festival. The festival is put on by members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies and aims to unify while celebrating diversity. Attendees enjoyed the live entertainment, food, drink, craft vendors, and drag shows. News 25 spoke with Miss Gulf Coast Pride 2022, Catastrophe Nicole Knight. She…
Families biked through the trails in Gulfport’s Brickyard Bayou wearing spooktacular attire for the first ever Boo Ride. Bikers rode through the kids trail in Halloween costumes, collecting candy and goodies throughout the route. The Brickyard Bayou trail opened in 2020 and consists of three miles of dirt path ideal for a bike ride or stroll. Gulfport works alongside bicycle…
If you’re looking to get into the Halloween spirit, there are still plenty of opportunities. Over the weekend, families were spending their weekend at the Williams Family Farm in Wiggins. The farm has u-pick pumpkins and sunflowers, a corn maze, a farm playground, a cow train, a jump pad, an animal barnyard, and a hayride. The Williams family has opened…
Gautier’s biggest festival returned to the grounds of the old Singing River Mall property. The annual Mullet and Music Festival celebrates the city’s rich fishing heritage and features live music, vendors, and free games for families to enjoy. One of their sponsors, the Gautier Men’s Club, cooked 1,200 pounds of fried mullet this year. The festival isn’t only about fun…
A wave of pink washed through Downtown Gulfport during the annual Carter’s Champions Pink Dress Run. Participants took off wearing their prettiest pink dresses, racing and raising awareness for breast cancer. This year, there were almost 600 participants. The organizers were overwhelmed by the community’s support considering that when they started it six years ago, there were only 15 participants….
Driving down the Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge Saturday night you may have noticed a glow from the pedestrian walkway. That’s because hundreds of Girl Scouts were illuminating the night during the annual Glow Walk. The girls walk the bridge every year in October to honor their organization’s founder Juliette Gordon-Low. Her birthday is October 31st. There are dozens of Girl Scout…
Many U.S. workers are asking for overtime to make ends meet and millions of Americans can save more in retirement accounts next year. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report.
“We Are Moss Point” celebrated hometown heroes on Saturday night at the 8th Annual Legends Ball. The event, held at First Presbyterian Church, honored J.B. Carter and Gwendolyn Beard. Leshaunda Randle and ‘Worship Without Worry’ performed, along with Tina Seawright and Tenishia Gibbs. CEO and founder Charlotte Brown said the event started in a back yard with four people and…
Thursday night you can try food from many of the Coast’s best restaurants all in one place. It’s the Taste of Long Beach at the Long Beach Senior Center. Here with the city’s chamber of commerce is Matti Rae Seymour with details. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, taste of long beach
A humid flow has taken hold on our pattern. Winds out of the southeast are ushering in a warm and humid airmass ahead of a cold front. Temperatures today will reach the low-80s in our area. Winds will be out of the southeast around 10 to 15 MPH with gusts in the 20 MPH range this afternoon. Tonight will be…
The main weather impacts for the local area come in Tuesday as an upper level disturbance digs south through the 4 Corners region will begin heading eastward today. Some of the initial pull east appears to come from absorption of moisture from the Baja of California as well as the remnants of Roslyn currently in northern Mexico. An upper level…
One last quiet day allowing for another pleasant Sunday and weekend as a whole. Not expecting much in the way of impacts for the next 24-36 hrs but we will begin to see things pick up just a tad before the threat of severe weather hits the area Tuesday. Models continue to speed up just a tad with Tuesday`s system…
The clear and cool conditions will continue this weekend with morning lows in the 50s and 60s and high temperatures in the low 80s. Low-level moisture is returning as winds have shifted to southerly due to the surface high propagating eastward over the last day. This has brought dewpoint temperatures back into the mid 50s and a gradual increase into…
Bay High playing host to Moss Point and both of these teams could really use a win when it comes to the final playoff push. Moss Point beats Bay High 54-13. Ocean Springs-49 St. Martin-24 Hancock 14- Harrison Central 10 Vancleave-44 Pearl River Central-17 Picayune-56 George County-7 Poplarville-20 Columbia-18 St. Stanislaus-34 Perry Central-14 Chickasaw-24 St. Patrick-14 Mount Olive-26 Resurrection Catholic-15…
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so the playoff picture must be worth a thousand highlights. We’re starting to get that picture in week nine of the Friday Night Showcase. Tons of big games this week, but none bigger than Gautier hosting East Central in what could turn out to be the difference in a first-round home…
All the high schools in our viewing area have been invited to take the Friday Night Showcase theme song ‘High School Football is Everything’ and create their own customized video for their school. We are happy to showcase these submissions on our show. Tonight, we present the Long Beach Bearcats. Tags: high school football, Long Beach Bearcats, sports
Region 8 Class 4A title on the line between Pass Christian and visiting Stone, winner stays unbeaten in district and stays in the driver’s seat heading into the final week of the regular season. Stone wins 38-0. Categories: Friday Night Showcase Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, Pass Christian Pirates, sports, Stone Tomcats
Gulfport rolling out the welcome mat for D’Iberville as the Admirals look to keep pace with Ocean Springs atop Region 4. Gulfport defeats the Warriors 33-14. Categories: Friday Night Showcase Tags: D’iberville Warriors, Friday Night Showcase, Gulfport Admirals, high school football, sports