St. Vincent De Paul School in Long Beach held their annual Krewe of Wrecks Parade today. Every year at the school, the kindergarteners would either build a float or buy a float from a prior year and roll down the campus throwing beads and toys to their classmates in other grades. This year, the parade featured about 46 floats. These…
Harrah’s Gulf Coast presented a check for more than $22,000 to the Humane Society of South Mississippi. The charitable funds were raised by Harrah’s Gulf Coast’s guests through donated change and gaming vouchers. The funds will be used to further the organization’s mission to help improve their facility and continue their mission as a no-kill shelter. Harrah’s Gulf Coast President…
The Ocean Springs Carnival Association is back for their 14th annual night parade. This year, the parade’s theme is ‘Arabian Nights, a Whole New World.’ OSCA President Billy Nix says that compared to the prior year, this parade is on a whole different level. With 59 floats in the parade, Nix says this year nearly doubled 2020. He says krewe…
Age is nothing but a number, that saying is true for 90-year-old substitute teacher Ray Skillestad who is celebrating his birthday and Mardi Gras season in style. The good times are always rolling for Ocean Springs School District substitute teacher Ray Skillestad, who served as the grand marshal for the annual OSHS Mardi Gras Parade. After turning 90 last month,…
The Krewe of Neptune joined students at Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary Elementary School for a walking parade. Students enjoyed their own parade before heading down to the big Krewe of Neptune’s parade tomorrow night. While some of the kids enjoyed riding in the parade, others enjoyed catching the beads, moon pies, and candy. After the parade, students enjoyed meeting the…
A St. Martin junior varsity coach was arrested today after a police k9 alerted police there were drugs in his car. Jackson County sheriff’s deputies were making random searches in the parking lot on campus. The K9 alerted positive on a car belonging to 24-year-old Jonte Moultrie of Ocean Springs. News 25 was told marijuana was found in the vehicle…
A Gautier man is in jail after leading Gautier police on a chase from one end of the city to the other. Police say metro enforcement tried to pull 23-year-old Kaderrick Robinson over on a traffic stop Thursday. Instead, he kept driving, running his late-model Nissan through the city and the streets of the Ocean Estates neighborhood, through residents’ yards,…
A group of cyclists riding 700 miles across the Gulf Coast will come through Pascagoula on Tuesday. The Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure raises funds for the Fuller Center for Housing. The cyclists begin in Laguna Beach, Florida and will end their journey mid-March in Galveston, Texas. After they pass through Pascagoula, they’ll head to Louisiana to help rebuild homes for…
Kids at Hope Academy got their own little taste of Mardi Gras as Gulfport Fire lent them the use of their classic fire truck to throw beads from. All of Hope Academy showed out to the town green of Florence Gardens to both catch and throw beads and other treats. Each class got a turn riding in the back of…
Over at the Float Den, across from the East Biloxi Public Library, a man and a couple of his crew members have been building parade floats for nearly 40 years. News 25 went out there to speak with Doug Blom, the float builder for the Gulf Coast Carnival Association’s floats. From the outside, it’s an unassuming warehouse and on the…
A Gautier man is in Jackson County jail, accused of leaving his one-year-old child at home alone when he was pulled over for driving under the influence. Gautier police say they pulled over 38-year-old Grant Lee Norris, who didn’t immediately stop. He was arrested on a DUI charge. Officers went to Norris’ house to let his family know he was…
Intriguing Beauty: An Upscale Spa has a variety of services for ladies. Here to tell us about some training opportunities is owner Tina Harper. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Intriguing Beauty
When it comes to king cakes everyone’s always asking ‘who got the baby,’ but have you ever wondered why it is in there in the first place? The Biloxi Library on Howard Avenue has a display featuring the history of the king cake and the story behind the plastic babies inside them. Inside the displays you’ll be able to glance…
Inflation isn’t yet changing what people buy at the grocery store. Stocks remain volatile as investors cling to every bit of news from Ukraine. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
The Gulf Islands National Seashore is comprised of the barrier islands stretching from Mississippi to Florida and they’d like to keep it that way. Here with us to talk about their preservation event ‘Bark in the Park’ is Park Ranger John Bernstiel. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: B.A.R.K. in the Park, event, Gulf Island National Seashore
On the final Friday of each month, we feature a member of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. This morning, it’s a marketing consultant who’s been serving the Coast for more than two decades. Categories: Chamber Member Spotlight Tags: East Beach Specialities, member spotlight, mississippi gulf coast chamber of commerce
A cold front is no east of the area with light precipitation behind the front expected to be out of the area by moon. Forecast guidance indicates that sunshine will be an extremely sparse commodity through the weekend, perhaps as late as Sunday night before any significant clearing occurs. And that will take the passage of another disturbance across the…
A cold front is no east of the area with light precipitation behind the front expected to be out of the area by moon. Forecast guidance indicates that sunshine will be an extremely sparse commodity through the weekend, perhaps as late as Sunday night before any significant clearing occurs. And that will take the passage of another disturbance across the…
When the Stone baseball team plays its first home game of the season on Saturday, the raw emotion of that night will have passed, but the lasting legacy of a coach and his son will be as strong as ever. Just two wins away from Stone’s first trip to South State in more than 30 years, Gehrig Conard took the…
The Pillars of Biloxi hopped into the Mardi Gras spirit tonight by throwing their second annual Mardi Gras Ball. The night began with the presentation of the court made up entirely of residents at the senior care facility. The crew was made up of three dukes, three maids, and a king and a queen. Special guests were invited to the…
The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce held their annual meeting today. The event is held once a year as a way for the chamber to thank members and partners in the community. The chamber partnered with the city to give out 12 awards to members of the community who have done something outstanding. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Cynthia Sutton…
The fifth graders at Pass Road Elementary in Gulfport let freedom ring during their Black History program. Singing songs of freedom, positive change, and forward thinking, students learned about the struggle for Civil Rights and how they can make a positive impact in the world. The program included speeches, sign language, and movement. Parents and family attended the assembly, cheering…
The Cheeky Monkey Bakery in Biloxi just sold more than 300 king cakes this morning and owner Jennifer Noble says it is a sign of life getting back to normal. The order came from Hunter MMA, based in D’Iberville, as the youth organization partnered with the bakery so its members could pre-sell cakes to raise money. So far this carnival…
Since the 1970s, Paul’s Pastry Shop in Picayune has sold their signature king cakes across the world, bringing a little bit of Mardi Gras to their homes. Paul’s Pastry Shop, the home of the original cream cheese filled king cake. Back in the 70s, it was opened by a couple from California, Shirley and Harry Paul, who came up with…