Moss Point Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Eugene Harmon is set to retire effective today as first reported by our media partner the Sun Herald. In six years as head man of the Tigers, Harmon posted an overall record of 28-38 which is deceptive given their non-district strength of schedule. His teams had tremendous success in Region 8 Class…
In the second game of Biloxi’s Jackie Laird Christmas Tournament, Gulfport taking on Oak Grove. Gulfport wins 60-58. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: high school basketball, Jackie Laird Christmas Tournament, sports
The holiday season is upon us which means the holiday hoops season is upon us. Today, Biloxi High hosted three games on the first day of its annual Jackie Laird Christmas Tournament. Third and final game of the day, home team Indians taking on the Vigor Wolves out of Alabama. Big Red wins 68-37 final over Vigor. Categories: Local Sports,…
There is not a single player on the Southern Miss football roster that has experienced a bowl game win at Southern Miss. Beyond that, only 18 players were a part of USM’s last bowl game appearance in 2019 and some of them were most likely on a redshirt. The point being that the Golden Eagles have a real opportunity to…
The Boys and Girls Club in partner with Dove hosted its first ever My Hair, My Crown self-esteem project. The event, held at the Great Southern Club, hosted over 125 young girls from across the Coast who listened to several panelist. Three separate groups of panelists took the stage for discussions. The first group focused on mental health in young…
Beau River presented three nonprofit local agencies with checks while hosting their employee appreciation holiday party. Funds supporting the grants are the result of contributions made by Beau Rivage and MGM Resorts International employees. Agencies that received checks are De L’Epee Deaf Center, Feeding the Gulf Coast, and Mercy Housing and Human Development, receiving over $30,000 together. Employees at the…
The top 64 junior drag racers in the country are gathered at the Gulfport Dragway for the Junior Dragster Christmas on the Coast. Hundreds of people filled the streets and tracks of the Gulfport Dragway for the Junior Dragster Christmas on the Coast. The race was presented by Bone Shaker Motorsports, which is the business of Hayden Miller, a 13-year-old…
As we get into tonight, we`ll start seeing some higher clouds, as some of the moisture at high levels noted across Arizona starts to reach the area. A shortwave rotating around the Wisconsin upper low will move across the area Saturday and Saturday night. Moisture levels are a little more robust in the NAM and ECMWF guidance than they are…
Three wreath laying events will be happening tomorrow across the Coast. The first one will be in Moss Point at 10:30 a.m. Wreaths across America will be at Griffin Cemetery as a way to honor and remember veterans. Every veteran’s name will also be read aloud. The next two wreath laying ceremonies will be in Biloxi and Long Beach at…
Officers with the Gulfport Police Department headed out today to play Santa Claus for some kids in the community. Partnering with a couple of community members, three officers went down to the Walmart on Highway 49 to give five children with Boys and Girls Club a ‘Shop with a Cop’ shopping spree. Each child was given a gift card to…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Diamondhead. Memorial Hospital reached out to local nursing homes and the Armed Forces Retirement Home to ask what their needs were along with items on their wish lists. Once they received the lists, the items were written out and placed on an ornament. This gave the hospital employees a chance to…
Mississippi Heroes held their first community luncheon today where caregivers were able to listen, network, and talk with other caregivers as well as share resources. Guests heard from speakers Kathy Brown Van Zutphen, a local attorney who specializes in elder care law and estate planning, and Dr. Tracy Daniel-Hardy, author and caregiver. Both speakers talked about their experience being caregivers…
While coping with grief or the loss of a loved one is always a day-to-day challenge, it can pose a bigger challenge during the holidays. The holidays are often thought of as a joyful time of the year, filled with sights and sounds of seasonal cheer. But for people trying to cope with the death of a loved one, the…
New details of the officer involved shooting in Bay St. Louis that claimed the lives of two officers emerged Friday after the Mississippi Department of Public Safety released a timeline of events. Sgt. Steven Robin and Officer Branden Estorffe died after answering a welfare check call to Motel 6 on Highway 90 in Bay St. Louis and speaking with Amy…
Most Americans say their rent is so high that it is preventing them from buying a home and massive changes could be coming to the way the stock market functions. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
The Jewish observance of Chanukah will begin on Sunday. With us today to tell us about the Festival of Lights is Rabbi Akiva Hall. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Chanukah, holidays
Third graders at Coast Episcopal School in Long Beach were so inspired by a book they read they decided to create a Little Free Library for those in the community. After reading Uma Krishnaswami’s book ‘Uncle and Me,’ which tells the story of a precocious girl who helps a community member after his lending library is shut down by the…
Law enforcement agencies across the Coast are joining a nationwide drive to keep drivers safe over the holidays. The national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign kicks off today and will run through Christmas and New Years. The campaign is an effort to reduce the number of accidents caused by impaired driving. According to the National Transportation Safety Board,…
Funeral services for Sgt. Steven Robin and Officer Branden Estorffe have been announced for next week Wednesday, December 21st. It will be a joint service held at the Bay St. Louis Community Center on 301 Blaize Avenue. A public visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon and the service will begin at noon. Burial for both officers will…
It will be another bright and cool one this afternoon. Temperatures will top out in the 60s again with sunny skies. Clouds begin to roll in tonight. Mostly cloudy skies will be present tomorrow morning. There is a River Flood Warning in effect along the Pearl River in western Pearl River County & Hancock County. A disturbance combined with a…
Bishop Louis F. Kihneman III has hired Dr. Matt Buckley as superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Biloxi, effective June 1, 2023. Buckley is the current principal of St. Patrick Catholic High School in Biloxi. He will succeed Dr. Michael Ladner, who served in the position from 2005 to 2018 and as an interim after Dr. Rhonda Clark…
Eight people were sent to the hospital on Thursday night after a five-vehicle crash on Interstate 10. Harrison County Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said the Fire Rescue team, AMR and Harrison County Sheriff’s Office responded to the accident, which happened about 10:30 p.m. in the westbound lanes between Menge Avenue and County Farm Road. Traffic was shut down in the…
Cold air has settled into South Mississippi. Temperatures are going to warm from the 30s and 40s this morning to high temperatures in the low-60s. Clear skies are expected through the day. The tail end of the cold front that passed through our area earlier this week will help increase clouds tonight. There is also a secondary cold front coming…
It’ll be downright cold tonight with temperatures bottoming out in the low 40’s. Throughout the rest of our night, cold and clear conditions courtesy of high pressure to our NW. For the next 36 hours the weather will remain cool and quiet with mostly clear skies but Saturday things will start to change. The L/W trough will begin to flatten…