High School Softball: Vancleave vs. Hattiesburg

Up in Vancleave, Lady Bulldogs hosting Hattiesburg in the first round of the 5A playoffs. Vancleave wins this one in five innings, 11-0. Lady Bulldogs looking for the sweep tomorrow. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: High School Softball, softball, sports

High School Baseball: Ocean Springs vs. Petal

Today is April 22nd, 2022, lots of twos, which is pretty fitting considering today is the start of the second season for both high school baseball and softball across the state. Two-seed Ocean Springs baseball playing host to three-seed Petal. Ocean Springs wins 4-1. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, High School Baseball, sports

Live music is back at the Crawfish Festival

Today is Friday which means the tunes are bumping at the Crawfish Music Fest. Today, guests were able to see a wide variety of country singers including Morgan Tyler Band, Bones Owens, and the headliner of the night Whiskey Myers. Tomorrow will feature performances by Ernest and Jelly Roll and Sunday will feature Koe Wetzel, Kolby Cooper, and Pecos and…

4/22 – Rob Martin’s “Any Weekend Rain?” Friday Evening Forecast

High pressure just to our east (and building) continues the strong southeasterly breeze through the weekend.  As result, the coastal flood advisory for low-lying areas has been extended into Sunday. This means that tides will continue running 1-2 feet above their normal levels through the weekend. This will result in nuisance flooding during high tides in a few areas susceptible….

Pearl River Central teacher surprised with $25,000 Milken Education Award

Pearl River Central High School teacher Chayna Adams received the surprise of a lifetime today. This morning, she was awarded a $25,000 Milken Educator Award at an assembly in the school gym. The Milken Awards, created in 1987, recognize teaching excellence to inspire educators, students, and communities about the teaching profession. Called the ‘Oscars of teaching,’ the award is presented…

First public transit electric bus unveiled in Gulfport

Coast Transit Authority and Mississippi Power unveiled the first battery electric bus in Mississippi. This bus, manufactured by Gillig, is zero-emission and 35-feet long. The green and clean electric bus builds on a progression of CTA’s environmentally friendly fleet since 2003. CTA currently operates with a fleet of hybrid electric and dual-fueled (gas and propane) buses on fixed and demand…

Body found on Keebler Road confirmed to be Dorothy Burks

Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer has confirmed that the body found off Keebler Road on Wednesday is 75-year-old Dorothy Burks. Miss Burks body was found in the woods behind a residence on Keebler Road in Lyman, the same road where Burks was last seen from video on a door security camera. Burks was reported missing on March 23rd near 5th…

Morning Business Report: April 22nd, 2022

Elon Musk says there’s one group he wants to get rid of if he is successful in buying Twitter and Old Navy says it won’t raise prices on kids back to school clothes. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report

Jackson County Heart Walk is Saturday

The Jackson County Heart Walk is back in-person this year so you may to want head to Beach Park first thing tomorrow morning and participate. The event helps the American Heart Association raise money and awareness for cardiovascular disease and stroke. Check in time is 8 tomorrow morning at Beach Park in Pascagoula. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Jackson County…

15th annual Walking on Water fundraiser

Tomorrow, Coast Young Professionals is hosting its Walking on Water fundraiser. The walk across the Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge will start at the Point Cadet Pavilion in Biloxi. The event raises money for Feeding the Gulf Coast, a group that in turn helps people dealing with food insecurity across South Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Walking on Water is tomorrow from 9…

Crawfish Music Festival continues throughout the weekend

There’s plenty more crawfish to fill you up at the Crawfish Music Festival at the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. The gates are open from 5 to 11 Friday and again Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 8 p.m. The event features carnival games, exciting rides, and delicious food including some hot boiled crawfish. Tickets can be found on StubHub or…

Long Beach School District added to Early Learning Collaborative

Long Beach School District will introduce a pre-K early learning program next year, thanks to a grant from the Department of Education. The $750,000 grant will allow Long Beach to add the Pre-K4 classes starting this fall. The Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013 established the Early Learning Collaborative Program, which provided funding to establish, expand, support, and facilitate the…

4/22 – Britt’s “Lovely” Friday Afternoon Forecast

An upper level ridge is building in and across the southeastern CONUS with the center passing across the CWA today.  As a result, onshore flow becomes well established and and 500mb heights rise. Those 2 changes will enhance moderating period that started a couple days ago. The deterministic NBM high forecast falls on the higher side of guidance each day…

4/22 – Britt’s “Muggy” Friday Morning Forecast

An upper level ridge is building in and across the southeastern CONUS with the center passing across the CWA today.  As a result, onshore flow becomes well established and and 500mb heights rise. Those 2 changes will enhance moderating period that started a couple days ago. The deterministic NBM high forecast falls on the higher side of guidance each day…

4/21 – Rob Martin’s “Weekend Preview” Thursday Night Forecast

Southeast breezes will diminish temporarily tonight, but our seasonal Bermuda high pressure will extend further into the eastern gulf and across the southeast through Saturday. As a result, onshore flow continues the strong breeze off the water. This will keep our coastal flood advisory in place through most of Friday, with tides still running 1-2 feet above normal. Forecast temps…

Devin Booker out 2-3 weeks with quad injury

According to EPSN, Moss Point alum Devin Booker is out for games three and four in New Orleans with a grade one hamstring strain. Overall, he could miss between two to three weeks, putting his ability to return for the Phoenix Suns’ first round playoff series against the Pelicans very much in doubt. Booker has missed 11 games over the…

Ocean Springs QB Bray Hubbard offered by Florida Atlantic

Both football and baseball very much still on the table for Ocean Springs quarterback Bray Hubbard. Today, the junior received a football offer from Florida Atlantic, his seventh offer overall and his second this month, just a week removed from landing one with Navy. Currently committed to Southern Miss for baseball, Hubbard also sitting on football offers from USM, Nicholls…