High School Girls Soccer: Gulfport vs. Biloxi

On Friday, the Gulfport girls soccer team was missing four starters in a district game and still won 7-0. Well, now those starters are back and the Lady Admirals are looking even more like their state championship selves. Gulfport hosting Biloxi in a crucial region 8 class 6A matchup. Gulfport wins this one 4-0. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: high…

Biloxi Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Christmas Party returns

The Biloxi Bay Area Chamber of Commerce was playing reindeer games tonight as they hosted their annual Christmas party. Making its return since COVID, members of the BBACC got together to play games, win door prizes, enjoy a spread of delicious food and celebrate the holidays. Hosted at the Biloxi Visitors Center, the event was free for members, but donations…

Ingalls receives new contract for new America-class amphibious assault ship

Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith welcome a $70.8 million Navy contract to Ingalls. The contract is the latest installment towards acquiring long lead-time materials for a new America-class amphibious assault ship. This is the seventh contract towards the construction of this type of ship at Ingalls. Work associated with this contract is expected to be completed by April 2024….

Long Beach PD gearing up for ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ campaign

Keeping our roads safe this holiday season, the Long Beach Police Department is gearing up for their ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ Christmas and New Year’s campaign. Starting on Friday, December 17th through January 1st, 2022, extra officers will be assigned at various times and locations to patrol different checkpoints looking for impaired drivers and seat belt violations. Long…

Biloxi Police Department’s citizen’s police academy application deadline approaching

The Biloxi Police Department is accepting applications for its inaugural citizen’s police academy. The academy is designed to give citizens insight into how the police department serves the community. Citizens will get classroom-based teaching, a ride-a-long, department tour, and hands-on demonstrations with some police equipment. Biloxi PD Captain Thomas Goldworthy said, “We wanted to start connecting with the community and…

Coast Electric celebrates Operation Round Up campaign

Coast Electric is celebrating all of the charitable organizations that the company’s members have generously donated to over the past year by rounding up their bills. Members have their bills rounded up to the next dollar each month and of that money, 65 percent goes into a fund for charitable organizations that serve the three-county service areas of Harrison, Hancock,…

‘Christmas Connects’ Holiday event at the Pillars of Biloxi

Pillars of Biloxi is connecting seniors with children this holiday season by hosting their Christmas Connects event. The Distinguished Gentlemen and the Boys and Girls Club of Ocean Springs sent residents at the Pillars of Biloxi their Christmas wish list and the residents and caregivers went out and bought gifts. Tomorrow, the students will be able to receive their gifts…

First pediatric flu death reported in Mississippi for this season

MSDH reports the first confirmed pediatric flu death in the state for the 2021-2022 season. Pediatric deaths are defined as deaths of individuals under 18 years of age. Including this reported death, there have been a total of 23 pediatric flu deaths reported in Mississippi since pediatric flu deaths became reportable in the 2008-2009 season. Dr. Mitchell Sanford with Memorial…

Morning Business Report: December 14th, 2021

Target recalls a popular Christmas decoration after reports of injuries and so far, this holiday season, more packages are getting to their destination on time. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report

Boys and Girls Club to visit Pillars of Biloxi

The Pillars of Biloxi has partnered with the Distinguished Gentlemen of Ocean Springs and the Boys and Girls Club of Ocean Springs for Christmas. Here to tell us what’s happening are Joshua Purvines and Courtney Williams. Tags: Boys and Girls Club, Pillars of Biloxi, the Distinguished Gentlemen of Ocean Springs

Pet of the Week: Meet Forest

It’s Tuesday which means it is time for our Pet of the Week. Our feline friend Forest has made the trip over from the Jackson County Animal Shelter along with Adoption Coordinator Maridee Mallette. Categories: Pet of the Week Tags: jackson county animal shelter, pet of the week

North Gulfport’s sixth annual Community Christmas takes place Saturday

The Harrison County Board of Supervisors is hosting another Christmas event this year and they hope you can make it. District 4 Supervisor Kent Jones is organizing it all. North Gulfport’s sixth annual Community Christmas is this Saturday from noon to 2 at the Isiah Fredericks Community Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. It’s a drive-thru event and it…

Possible remains of Felicia Cox recovered

Authorities have uncovered the remains of a Mississippi woman following a tip from executed inmate David Neal Cox last month. On Sunday, police discovered what’s believed to be the body of Felicia Cox in Pontotoc County. Before his November 17th execution, David Cox told his attorneys he killed Felicia Cox, providing detailed instructions on where investigators could find her remains….

12/14 – Rob’s “Above Seasonal Temperatures” Afternoon Forecast

Dense morning fog will continue to be a factor through the weekend as overnight low temperatures will bottom out in the upper 50s to low/mid 60s. The winter blowtorch continues late-week as deep Gulf ridging continues to dominate our area leading to very warm afternoon highs, likely reaching or surpassing daily records for a few areas. Thursday and Friday will bring…

12/14 – Rob Knight’s “Much Warmer Temps Ahead” Morning Forecast

A fetch of low-level Gulf moisture riding north over a stationary frontal boundary will continue to bring cloud coverage to the area along with above seasonal temperatures. Dense morning fog will continue to be a factor through the weekend as overnight low temperatures will bottom out in the upper 50s to low/mid 60s. The winter blowtorch continues late-week as deep…

Comeback Coolers receives donation of 500 coolers

‘People helping People’ is the phrase used to describe the 500 coolers delivered to Comeback Coolers tonight. In the fall, coolers were delivered to a company that flooded in Tennessee called Hood Container. The employees were thankful for the help and wanted to pay it forward by donating 1,000 coolers to others who could use them in the future. A…