A suspicious death in Jackson County after a body was found yesterday behind a home on Lily Orchard Road in the Helena community. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell says there will be an autopsy to determine a cause of death. No word on the person’s identity. We will keep you updated. Categories: Local News, News Tags: body found, helena, Jackson…
A Pascagoula man is dead after a weekend shooting at an apartment. It happened around 7:40 last night at an apartment building on Agnes Street. Pascagoula police say they found 68-year-old Claude Bivins Jr. suffering from a gunshot wound. First responders tried to save him, but were unsuccessful. An autopsy is scheduled for later this week. Police chased the suspect…
There is little change in thinking from the previous forecast concerning the overall trend of gradually increasing moisture, lift, and rain chances through Wednesday. The overall upper level pattern will see a disturbance gradually shift from the eastern Gulf into the central Gulf through the first half of the week. As this disturbance moves closer to the central Gulf coast, moisture…
Forecast remains stubbornly similar for the next few days before a more focused system impacts the region late this week. The mid level ridge that has been dominating the southern half of the CONUS will begin to retrograde becoming centered over the 4 corners by Monday night/early Tuesday. As this is happens the TUTT currently just east of the GA/FL…
To know where you’re going you have to know where you came from is the idea for the Biloxi football program. The Indians have come a long way over the last few years, but now looking to take another two steps forward after a small step back in 2021. Big Red checking in as stop number 13 on News 25’s…
The area is currently still between high pressure to our west and and the Bermuda high pressure to our east and a weak mid level inverted trough over the area. Still basically in the same pattern as the previous days continuing through this weekend. Storms start up over the Gulf and then move inland, along with other storms cropping up…
The Juke Joint in Ocean Springs is back with its annual Frets for Pets Music Festival this weekend. The three-day event began today with live music ranging in a variety of genres for the guests. Thirty acts from Louisiana to Florida were invited to perform during the festival. Outside of music, the event features a variety of arts and craft…
The area is currently still between high pressure to our west and and the Bermuda high pressure to our east and a weak mid level inverted trough over the area. Still basically in the same pattern as the previous days continuing through this weekend. Storms start up over the Gulf and then move inland, along with other storms cropping up…
Today is International Beer Day, a day set aside to enjoy beer, drink up with friends, and learn the history of beer and the production process. Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world. News 25 caught up with Chandeleur Island Brewing Company in Gulfport where they produce, package, and sell their own…
A great day at the ball park for George County alum Justin Steele who was simply dominant in today’s start for the Chicago Cubs. The former Rebel racked up ten strikeouts across four-and-two-thirds innings, making him just the second player in Major League Baseball history to hit double digit punchouts in less than five innings while allowing no runs. Steele…
A new ‘chill spot’ is officially open. SnoBiz held their ribbon cutting ceremony earlier today and served shaved ice treats. This is an indoor snow cone business that has over 50 different flavors. SnoBiz is known for their super soft ice and it has been compared to cotton candy. The unique part about this snow cone business is that it…
Today, Frets for Pets 2022 kicks off at the Juke Joint in Ocean Springs. News 25’s Rick Gogreve is at the party with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Frets for Pets, Juke Joint
A local food drive’s mission is to restock the almost empty pantry at Back Bay Mission. The director of the Lyman Senior Center Al Jones went to Back Bay Mission and realized there were only seven cans in the pantry. After noticing Back Bay’s need for donations, the Lyman Senior Center started a food drive on July 25th. With the…
Happening tomorrow in Moss Point, a good time with good food. Grillin’ the River City takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is set to feature some of the best grilled food on the Coast from different restaurants and vendors with some prizes on the line as well. All the action is happening on the Moss Point Riverfront…
Boxing is coming to Pascagoula. Saturday night at the Jackson County Civic Center, Black Royalty LLC and SAPromotions are putting on a Fight Night event. Their goal is to give local prospects exposure and bring excitement about the sport to South Mississippi. Along with giving young athletes exposure, they say building a boxing community also gives youth in our community…
The Transportation Department has proposed new rules for delayed or canceled flights and mortgage rates have dropped to their lowest level since April. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
If you homeschool your kids, the Salvation Army has classes that can help supplement your curriculum. Here to tell us about those classes and their homeschool program are Morgan Shiyou and Felicia Bond. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: classes, education, home school, Salvation army
Four-year-olds are now going to school in the Long Beach School District. Quarles and Reeves Elementary schools have started a new pre-k program. Before this school year, kids began their educational journey in the district at age five. The goal of this program is to prepare children for kindergarten with an emphasis on teaching the alphabet and numbers and having…
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…