GULFPORT, Miss (AP) — LGBTQ advocates say the recent fatal shooting of a 27-year-old Black transgender woman along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast reflects a disturbing pattern of violence against an already marginalized group. According to the Human Rights Campaign, Shawmaynè Giselle Marie’s death on June 21 is at least the 18th violent killing of a transgender or gender-nonconforming person this year in the…
There is an area of high-pressure over the Rockies and along the Atlantic Coast with disturbances over the Great Lakes and approaching the Pacific Coast. Pressure fields across the local area were fairly weak, and with the abundance of rain yesterday, there have been several locations reporting patchy fog. Overall, expect the same stuff, different day, at least for today and…
When it comes to things that would make a Biloxi Shuckers fan happy, winning would more than likely be at the top of that list. Not too far behind would be an ice-cold adult beverage. Thanks to Fly Llama Brewing, Shuckers fans can enjoy an ice-cold ‘Llet’s go Shuckers,’ with two Ls, while cheering on the Shuckers. Shuckers taking on…
During the start of COVID, we ran a feature piece on former West Harrison softball stand out Marley Sims, who chose to forego her senior season in favor of signing with Chipola College as a 17-year-old high school graduate. It seems it turned out to be a pretty good decision. Today, Sims making it official with South Alabama where she’ll…
More heavy rains are expected late tonight, although it’s not looking nearly as impressive as last night’s downpour. Some trends are pushing the heavier rains to our east through tomorrow morning. Harrison County was the main recipient of heavy rain in the wee hours and past sunset Thursday morning, with a wide swath of around 3” reported. We needed the…
Shepard State Park in Gautier has made several upgrades to the park recently and News 25 was able to catch up with Mayor Casey Vaughan to learn about all the new amenities. One of the most recent renovations at the park is the widening of the roughly ten miles of natural trails. The park has made each trail at least…
Harrison County was the main recipient of heavy rain in the wee hours and past sunset this morning, with a wide swath of around 3” reported. We needed the rain but not the flooding issues. All areas have now cut into the rain deficit since the weekend, the heavy early-morning rain could repeat for Friday. This very saturated air mass…
An Ole Miss football player was shot in Omaha while in the city celebrating the baseball team’s College World Series championship. According to Omaha news outlets, wide receiver Drew Burnett was shot in the leg by a passing truck at 12th and Cass Streets in the city. Family members say Burnett was walking back to his hotel when he was…
Twenty-three years have passed and the family of Kevin Slater is still mourning his death. To help solve this case and bring justice to their loved one, Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers and the family have increased the reward money to $5,000. Charnique Slater Jones sits flipping through a photo album, reading a poem remembering all the good times she shared…
The nation braces for a miserable travel weekend as canceled flights stack up and stocks are on track for the worst first half of a year since 1970. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
There are not a lot of things better than doing good while also having a good time and there’s a great opportunity for that happening one week from Saturday. With us in studio to tell us about the Make-A-Wish Mississippi’s Martini Showdown is Development Director Shellie Moses. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Make-A-Wish Mississippi, Martini Shakedown
It’s not your traditional farmer’s market, the Gulfport Market features arts and crafts, flowers, and fresh fruits. Here to tell us more about what you’ll find at this weekend’s market is Suzanna Paulk. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Farmer’s Market, Gulfport Market
The Our Lady of the Gulf Crab Fest is now underway. The festival runs through Saturday rain or shine on the grounds of the Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. The event started 38 years ago as a fundraiser for the area’s catholic schools and has grown tremendously since then. The weekend is filled with live entertainment, rides, and…
A relatively new off-bottom aquaculture industry for harvesting oysters is developing across the Gulf of Mexico and USM is looking to support it with a new program. SOAR, which stands for ‘Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration,’ is designed to build resilience into the shellfish industry through innovation, conservation, and economic development. Today, the university is meeting with members of the…
There’s a public hearing in Gulfport tonight to address a proposal to reallocate community development block grants. The city is proposing reallocating $2.8 million of CDBG money to a new project identified as the ‘quarters historic minority business district and empowerment zone.’ According to the public notice on the city’s website, the federal dollars would be used for infrastructure to…
Two people injured in a house fire this morning on Bell Creek Road have died. Harrison County coroner Brian Switzer confirmed the deaths to WXXV. Family members at the scene told WXXV that both people had been sent to the a hospital with injuries. The home sustained damage in one area of the house. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags:…
Onshore flow has been a little more persistent along the Mississippi coast, and a cluster of showers/storms has been moving northward across portions of Harrison, Hancock and Pearl River Counties. This very saturated airmass isn’t going anywhere over the next 3 days. Rain potential will spend a lot of time above that 70th percentile through the weekend. With disturbances remaining across…
Don’t be too fooled by the drier conditions most of us had this afternoon. Much of the activity actually occurred this morning as nocturnal storms formed in the gulf before skirting the coastline. Leftover cloud cover kept temps down a bit this afternoon and kept the atmosphere a bit more stable, thus limiting storm development later in the day. However,…
Long Beach Girls Soccer has a new head coach roaming the sidelines with Kevin Carmichael taking over the reins. Carmichael has been the South Mississippi Soccer Club director of player development since January 2020 and has been in the coaching ranks for well over a decade. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: girls soccer, Kevin Carmichael, Long Beach, sports
Pearl River baseball capping off a big week of post-season accolades with Head Coach Michael Avalon being named NJCAA Division II Coach of the Year courtesy of the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings. Earlier this month, PRCC won its first ever World Series crown in its third trip to Enid, Oklahoma. The Wildcats also won the MACCC and Region…
Southern Miss baseball is less than three weeks removed from hosting a Super Regional for the first time in program history thanks in large part to the nation’s second-best pitching staff in terms of ERA, whip, and strikeout-to-walk ratio. As first reported by AYS Sports, co-ace of the staff Hurston Waldrep has thrown his last pitch as a Golden Eagle,…
Shuckers 1st Baseman and Ole Miss alum Thomas Dillard said, “I’m just super proud of them and I trained with them a little bit this off-season and their adversity that they went through this year was awesome so I couldn’t be more proud of them bringing back a national championship to Oxford, so Hotty Toddy!” A fifth-round pick of the…
Memorial Hospital’s second class of residents received their white coats. This evening, residency physicians, their families, and hospital staff gathered for a white coat ceremony. Ten new residency students kicked off their journey as physicians to care for patients along the Coast. These new doctors come from all over the world to learn to provide the best care for families…
Mississippi will receive $2.7 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funds, $1.8 billion for the state and $900 million for local governments. How to access and plan for those dollars to improve infrastructure in cities, towns, and villages in Mississippi is the focus of over 3,000 mayors and city leaders at the annual conference of the Mississippi Municipal League. Roads,…