U.S. Representative for Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District Steven Palazzo spoke with News 25 today about a number of things he says are important to the Magnolia State including the ongoing battle with COVID-19. Mississippi’s latest update as of January 10th is 5,737 new cases and 20 deaths. Congressman Palazzo says one major factor impacting the state is the lack of…
There’s been an increase in hobbies like gardening due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Casual Gardner owner Eric Lease said, “It’s nice to unplug from everything that’s going on around and what better way than to get outside and growing plants.” Lease saw an uptick in plant sales during the pandemic, a trend that he was more than thrilled to see…
A mistake made years ago puts the Gulfport Little Theatre in need of help. When looking to refinance the theatre building last year to help fund some upgrades, the team learned that the location had been zoned as a residential lot in the 70s rather than a commercial lot. Due to this mistake, the theatre was unable to get the…
January is National Blood Donor Month and the American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis, it’s worst blood shortage in more than a decade. In response to the low blood supply, Memorial Hospital in Gulfport hosted a blood drive. Dangerously low blood supply levels are posing a concerning risk to patient care and forcing doctors to make difficult…
Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers and Poplarville Police are asking for the public’s help to identify those involved in shooting cats with darts from a blowgun. As a warning, the graphic images shown will be of animal cruelty. Since May 2018, three cats have been struck by yellow darts about four to five inches long with an arrow on the end….
Expressing yourself through art can be a therapeutic act. For one local artist, who is painting murals all across South Mississippi, it’s that and much more. Take a walk down Fishbone Alley in downtown Gulfport and you’ll find yourself immersed in artwork. Amidst the bright colors and expressions, you’ll find a nearly 8-foot-tall mural by local artist Lucina L’Enfant, who…
New gun owners have a shot at having all their questions answered by professionals at a reasonable price. Gulfport Police Sgt. Jason Ducre says a gun safety course will be focused on safety and shooting fundamentals. He tells News 25 that students will also learn how to clean a gun because a clean gun is a safe gun. Just recently,…
A Biloxi woman is accused of murdering her girlfriend in a Georgia hotel room before driving to South Mississippi and turning herself in. According to Biloxi Police, Selena Caprice Kellum is charged with murder, along with four other felonies in Smyrna, Georgia. Police in Smyrna believe Kellum shot her girlfriend, Shaikia Strong, in the cheek and neck, following a domestic…
On today’s edition of Living Well, Troy Thompson sits down with an ENT specialist to talk about ways to clear stuffy or blocked noses. Tags: Living Well with Troy Thompson
The Coast Young Professionals annual Launch Meeting is on the horizon. It’s a good chance for prospective members to join the organization. CYP Director Kelly Devine is here to talk about it. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Coast Young Professionals
A much-feted, mine-detecting rat in Cambodia, who received a prestigious award for his life-saving duty, has died in retirement, the charity he had worked for has announced. Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, died last weekend, according to an annoucement on the website of Apopo, a Belgium-headquartered non-profit group. The non-profit trains rats and dogs to sniff out land mines…
Weather disasters caused $145 billion in damages in the U.S. last year and Delta Airlines is battling with the flight attendant union over shortened COVID sick leave. Jane King is in New York with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
The Grand Magnolia Ballroom in Pascagoula is back to doing what it does best, hosting live music events. They are about to host the legendary Bellamy Brothers next month and there are plenty of others on tap. Here with more is Magnolia Ballroom owner Richard Cheniweth. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: concerts, grand magnolia ballroom
The Mississippi House and Senate are each pushing forward with separate plans to give pay raises to teachers. The full House also expected to debate their version of the bill in the coming days. Representatives are proposing a $6,000 increase for teachers on the lowest end of the pay scale and smaller amounts for those with more experience. It comes…
Overnight temperatures could again fall into the 30s across the northern half of the area, but a significant freeze is not anticipated. Westerly winds and little in the way of cloud cover should allow highs Thursday and Friday to get well into the 60s. The atmosphere will be in transition Friday night into Saturday. Upper level high-pressure on Friday will…
A minor disturbance to the west will exit the area this afternoon with weak high-pressure building in. This will keep our weather dry through the weekend. Tomorrow morning could again fall into the 30s across the northern half of the area, but a significant freeze is not anticipated. Westerly winds and little in the way of cloud cover should allow…
Ocean Springs Quarterback Bray Hubbard received the 6A Mr. Football Award today. This evening, the Mississippi High School Activities Association, in conjunction with the New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi Association of Coaches, presented Hubbard with his Mr. Football jersey at the Ocean Springs High School board meeting. Certainly a well-deserved honor for the dual-threat quarterback who led his Greyhounds…
The St. Martin football program has a new head coach in the form of Ty Smith, who’s being promoted after one season as offensive coordinator, as first reported by Brandon Shields. Smith came over from Ocean Springs prior to the 2021 season and was one of five new faces on the St. Martin coaching staff. He’ll be taking over for…
Ocean Springs girls soccer team hosting Pascagoula. The Lady Greyhounds wrapping up the region title tonight with a win. Ocean Springs wins 7-0 and the district title and Head Coach Neil Scott’s 100th career victory. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: girls soccer, high school soccer, soccer, sports
Former Southern Miss Head Football Coach Todd Monken is now the Georgia offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and now a national champion. Former Ole Miss Head Football Coach Matt Luke is now Georgia associate head coach and offensive line coach and now a national champion. The former Magnolia State duo helping lead the Bulldogs to their first national title since…
Deadly situations have been happening in the Gaston Point community recently and now leaders are working together to address the issues. The Gulfport NAACP chapter hosted a ‘saving our community’ forum earlier this evening at the Gaston Point Community Center to provide community leaders and community members a place to actively find solutions to end gun violence in their neighborhood….
Stone County is hoping a large sustainable wood company will soon choose to call the area home. The name of the world-leading bioenergy company is ‘Enviva’ and they make wood pellets. Economic Development Partnership Director Betsy Rowell says European countries will use the pellets like we might use coal or natural gas to fire plants that provide electricity to homes….
On December 27th, a two-year-old died in Biloxi. Now his mother, 21-year-old Hailey Heard and stepfather 38-year-old Joseph Heard are being charged with capital murder in the child’s death. Kelly Bataille was heading to Texas when she scrolled through her Facebook timeline and saw a post saying a two-year-old was dead, not knowing the child was her grandson, Hayden Bataille….
This time last year, patients who tested positive for COVID and were showing symptoms were strongly encouraged to ask to receive monoclonal antibody treatments. However, with the recent surge of COVID cases across the state and the nation, the treatment is harder to come by. Ove the last five days, more than 3,000 COVID tests have been collected at Singing…