Picayune is responding to the devastating flash flood in Kentucky. The Whitesburg Police Department serves a community that was hit hard by the storm and several patrol vehicles were destroyed. To help in the time of need, the City of Picayune is donating a 2011 Dodge Charger to the department and today Picayune officers are making the drive up to…
This afternoon will bring hot temperatures and a few showers/t-storms induced by the sea-breeze. Activity will fizzle out just before sunset. With an uptick in mid-level drier air comes the potential for entrainment into convective updrafts leading to a gusty downdraft winds. Outside of scattered convection, surface winds will be occasionally breezy out of the southeast which will feel good…
Today will bring hot and humid conditions with t-storm coverage slightly more reduced for generally areas along/near of I-55 and east to the MS coast given this slightly drier overall environment settling in. Messy clusters of storms will be best rooted along NW surging outflow boundaries, but should be progressive enough to reduce the overall flash flooding risk especially for…
Upper ridging to the west and east with troughing across the local area. This pattern has been rather stubborn to remain over the area for much of the last week, with only minor differences from day to day. Precipitable water values continue to run above 2 inches, and with convective temperatures running in the mid to upper 80s, scattered thunderstorms…
Getting excited for high school football season comes easy at Brett Favre’s alma mater where the Hancock Hawks are eager to make last year a thing of the past at stop number 12 on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 Days. Quarterback Dylan Moran said, “I think really everybody just got sick of being that 3-7 Hancock, so we really…
Good news for high school football fans from the Gulf Coast, MHSAA State Championship games will return to Hattiesburg this season. The South and North champions from classifications 1 through 6 will do battle on the first weekend of December, Friday the 2nd and Saturday the 3rd for the right to hoist up a gold ball like the Picayune Maroon…
The students of Our Lady Academy hosted a last-day of summer get together to celebrate their summer and to get excited for a brand-new school year. For the first time in several years, the student council at Our Lady Academy decided to host its Last-Day-of-Summer Bonfire for the whole student body. Students from all grades seventh through 12th made their…
Long Beach High School goes the extra mile to keep their students safe for the new school year. With students returning to school from summer break, when it comes to security measures at Long Beach High School, Principal Justin Sutton feels it is a major priority. “The goal is to just limit any kind of danger that can come to…
Southern Productions is going to host a two-day event for the first ever music festival in the Pass Christian Harbor. The Swamp Pop Festival will be held on September 30th and October 1st followed up with Cruisin’ the Coast. The event will be located at the Green Lot at the harbor behind the Blind Tiger butcher shop. Being a music…
Although the morning was pretty gloomy here in South Mississippi, the halls were filled with sunshine and excitement as students were welcomed back to school in the Pascagoula Gautier School District. Principals, faculty, and staff welcomed students back to schools all across the Pascagoula-Gautier School District. After the past two year dealing with a pandemic, Casey Hanna, principal at Lake…
Pascagoula High School hosted a school-wide assembly in the gym to kick off the school year and also honor a local hero. Corion Evans, a senior at Pascagoula High School, saved a group of girls and a police officer from drowning in July. Today, the City of Pascagoula presented Evans with a proclamation and the YMCA presented Evans with a…
This morning, Biloxi fire and police rescued a puppy from an apartment building struck by lightning. Biloxi Fire Department got the call around 6:45 this morning of a fire at Lagniappe Apartments. Once on scene, the flames and smoke were extinguished from three to four units and no injuries were reported. And a four-legged girl was rescued, the dog is…
Caleb Bradley was also honored at Gautier High School for jumping in and helping save the lives of the girls and police officer as well. The Bradley brothers, Kron and Caleb, were the first to jump in and help their friends, but taking on water made them sick. Police arrived on scene and tried to help, but the water also…
A bit of a scare in Downtown Ocean Springs this morning as people reported seeing smoke coming from the Walter Anderson Museum of Art. The Ocean Springs Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at the Ocean Springs Community Center adjacent to WAMA. The building was filling up with smoke, which resulted in a full evacuation. The crews quickly turned…
A mainstay of Downtown Ocean Springs is missing. The statue of two children on a tricycle was stolen from in front of Miner’s Doll and Toy Store on Washington Avenue sometime between Monday evening and Tuesday morning. The bronze statue was presented to the original owners John and Maryalice Miner in honor of their 90th birthdays. The purpose of the…
Airline flight deals are starting to come back and Walmart lays off hundreds of corporate workers. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
This weekend, the Kroc Center in Biloxi is hosting an inaugural event. It’s a celebration of many cultures, put on by the organization Healing Table Unites. Representing them, Deborah Drayton-Ward and Deerica Gallion are in studio with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Heritage Unity Celebration
Home improvement can increase your home’s value, but not all projects are created equal. Navigator Credit Union’s Kay Dowdy has a breakdown of projects that can help you get more out of your investment. Categories: Financial Tips Tags: Navigator Federal Credit Union
A weakness/subtle mid-level inverted trough over the northern Gulf continues a slow retrograding motion towards the WSW along the outer periphery of a mid-level high pressure centered over the central US/inter-mountain west. Both factors considered will be more than enough to ignite widespread convection later this morning thru the afternoon/early evening hours. Given high moisture content, weak storm motion and…
A weakness/subtle mid-level inverted trough over the northern Gulf continues a slow retrograding motion towards the WSW along the outer periphery of a mid-level high pressure centered over the central US/inter-mountain west. Both factors considered will be more than enough to ignite widespread convection later this morning thru the afternoon/early evening hours. Given high moisture content, weak storm motion and…
What’s new at stop number 11 on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 Days? Well, a lot. St. Stanislaus has new players and new coaches, but when it comes to expectations, it is same old, same old for the championship hungry Rock-a-Chaws. “So, defense, we’ve been breaking down the huddle on vultures because we’ve been flying around. We’ve been putting…
Looks like one more day of anomalously high moisture levels before some drying occurs. Now…that doesn`t mean we`re going to have totally dry and sunny days, but showers and thunderstorms won`t be nearly as numerous as the last several days. Drying can be observed to our north on water vapor satellite loops and it`s sinking slowly southward, but it looks…
This week we celebrate the 30th anniversary of legal casino gambling in Mississippi. After last year’s record-breaking revenue, what is next? What does the future of gaming look like in the Magnolia state? After achieving record-breaking revenues in 2021, what’s next for gaming in Mississippi? How do we continue to improve and set ourselves apart from other gaming destinations? Lifelong…
A local developer and his wife are turning an old Wells Fargo Bank into a 14-room luxury boutique hotel in Downtown Biloxi. Ivan and Kelly Spinner are teaming up with Ivan being the brains behind the operation and Kelly being the interior designer. Named for their daughter, the Bella Hotel will resemble something unique, giving off a New York or…