Saturday, the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center enjoyed an Earth Day celebration on its front lawn with plenty of visitors turning out to hear speakers and get educated. Lectures covered a broad range of topics from bat conservation to microplastics. The Ocean Springs Environmental Alliance put on the event, inviting educators from the Mississippi State Extension and Southern Miss….
The Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce and the Coast Young Professionals celebrated the 15th ‘Walking on Water’ over the weekend. The group walk began early Saturday morning on the Biloxi Bay Bridge, starting from Point Cadet Pavilion. Community teams showed out to Point Cadet in Biloxi to rally behind Feeding the Gulf Coast – either by donating food, giving some…
Walking through the area surrounding Rachel Drive and Terrace Court, you can still see some remnants from this weekend’s shooting. A house party ended with gunfire, leaving a teenage girl in critical condition. The shooting happened around 11 p.m. After an argument broke out during a party and as people were leaving and police say at least two guns were…
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for three missing children in New Orleans. In a statement, the Coast Guard says they have exhausted all search efforts and have ‘made the difficult decision to suspend’ their active search for the three children, also saying their ‘prayers are with the families during this difficult time.’ A 15-year-old boy and two…
A teen’s body was recovered from a pond at a dirt pit in the Kiln last night. The victim has been identified as 18-year-old Aydin Stallings, per our media partner the Sun Herald. According to Hancock County Coroner Jeff Hair, Stallings died by drowning. Hair says Stallings, who was from the Kiln, was pulled from the pond around 8 p.m….
A cold front from the NW will drive south to central LA and MS late in the day. Showers and thunderstorms along/ahead of the boundary should be pushing into northwestern portions of the area late afternoon. A complete lack of shear means convection won’t be organized but modest instability could supports decent buoyancy which may produce a few storms with…
Two signings for the price of one at St. Martin High School where a set of fraternal twins picked up the pens for two different schools. Going left to right with girls basketball standout Kaileigh Bilbo, letting the ink dry with Copiah-Lincoln Community College, alongside track and cross-country star Keeleigh Bilbo, signing with Limestone University in Gaffney, South Carolina. Coaches…
Once again the breeze calms down tonight with clear skies and decent humidity levels. Most of us bottom out in the lower 60s, with cooler drainage areas like Pascagoula in the upper 50s. High pressure just to our east (and building) will continue the strong daytime southeasterly breeze through the weekend. As result, the coastal flood advisory for low-lying areas…
St. Martin softball hosting Oak Grove in the first round of the 6A playoffs. St. Martin wins 4-3. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: High School Softball, softball, sports
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
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
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…
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 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…
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…
The Biloxi Bay Area Chamber of Commerce held a ceremony today at the Biloxi Visitor Center where they planted a moon tree for two former members who died last year. A moon tree is a tree whose seed was taken to the moon by Stuart Roosa during the Apollo 14 launch in 1971. The tree planted today is a second-generation…
The Mississippi Aquarium celebrated Earth Day be sending more than 10,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads and trinkets to be recycled at the Arc of Greater New Orleans, thanks to a partnership with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and the community. Along with the bead donation, the aquarium asked some of its partners to celebrate the bead drive and Earth…
To celebrate Earth Day, Exit Realty and 911 Restoration partnered to help clean a portion of the beach in Harrison County. Clean up stations were set up along the beach. Due to the high winds, there was a lot of trash being blow onto the sand. Cigarette butts, plastic bottles, and food wrappers made up most of the garbage removed…
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…
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
800 pounds of crawfish served up with some live music and a great cause, all part of the Llama Project. Here to tell us more about it is David Reese, owner of Fly Llama Brewing. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: crawfish boil, Fly Llama Brewing, The Llama Project
The River City Festival is coming up in just a few weeks. Here with all the details on this year’s event is Levi Sims and Christian Hartley. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: moss point, River City Festival
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…
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…