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
During the dog days of News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 Days, we mentioned the Biloxi football program coming up just short of going to the playoffs three years in a row for the first time in program history. But that doesn’t mean the Indians can’t go to the playoffs three times in the last four years. Big Red on…
Mid-upper level ridging coupled with surface high pressure will provide stellar fall conditions across the area this weekend with clear conditions, 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…
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce Diversity Council hosted its Breakfast with Business Champions at Beau Rivage this morning. A panel of speakers discussed the successes and challenges, things they have learned on their journey as business owners. Business resource agencies were also at this morning’s breakfast to provide information for business growth. SIL Design PLLC Owner Fernanda Silva…
Plenty of big games tonight in week nine of the high school football season, but none bigger than Gautier hosting East Central in what could turn out to be the difference in a first-round home playoff game. News 25’s Sport Director Jeff Haeger is in Gautier with more. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: football, Game of the Week, high school…
Saturday’s Powerball drawing is up to $580 million, prompting players to line up for tickets. The estimated cash value for the drawing is $278.2 million. This will be the 34th drawing in the current jackpot run and the second time the jackpot has surpassed a half-billion dollars this year. Also, tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot is an estimated $30 million with…
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center celebrates ‘National Reptile Day’ with a variety of reptiles for kids to see. ‘Wildlife on the Geaux’ Owner Tanee Janusz, who is from Louisiana, traveled to Gulfport to share her reptiles with the youth. Janusz likes to introduce the younger generation to reptiles and amphibians to clear up negative misconceptions. Wildlife on the Geaux’s reptiles have…
The Gulfport Fire Department is showing its support for those going through breast cancer by wearing pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. When the firefighters received their department shirts, they were happy to show their support for a good cause. Each shirt was outlined in pink on the back and on the front had a pink ribbon behind their logo….
Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker announced the passing of his father, Judge Thomas Wicker. Thomas was 98-years-old and died this morning at a hospital in Memphis. He was born in 1924 in Hickory Flat in Benton County. Wicker had a long and distinguished career in public service, serving as city attorney and county prosecutor for 12 years, state senate for three…
American Airlines CEO says pilot shortage could last three years and inflation is costing Americans $445 more in expenses per month. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Lighthouse Academy for Dyslexia is dedicated to the enrichment of academics for children with dyslexia along the Gulf south region. A week from today, they’re holding an event to recognize Dyslexia Awareness Month. Representing them are Traci Barrientos and Meredith Descher with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Dyslexia Awareness Month, Lighthouse Academy for Dyslexia