An update on Gautier’s Town Commons Park, bids for contractors to build the amphitheater will go out before the year is over. City Manager Paula Yancey tells News 25 they are 90 percent of the way through the design phase and as the city turns that corner, it can start looking at transforming the 33-acre lot. She says that without…
This afternoon, the Pascagoula Public Library cut the ribbon on their new teen center. The library created a safe space for teens to hang out after school. On the second floor you’ll find four free arcade games, touch table battleship, free printing up to five pages, lounge chairs, bean bags, and plenty of books. A $4,500 grant from the Mississippi…
With Memorial Day Weekend upon us, you can expect more traffic along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and more state troopers as well. Mississippi Highway Patrol is kicking off its Memorial Day enforcement period beginning at midnight and running through Monday night. Trooper Cal Robertson says to beware of the fatal four: speeding, not wearing your seatbelt, distracted driving, and impaired…
Going back to the office is a lot more expensive than pre-pandemic times and Elon Musk has secured additional funding to acquire Twitter. 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, St. Clare Catholic Church is holding their Memorial Day Seafood Festival. It’s a three-day event with a little bit of something for everyone. John Pucheu is in studio with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: St. Clare Catholic Church, St. Clare Seafood Festival
This weekend, you may want to head over to the Pass for a little jazz and relaxation under the oaks. Jazz in the Pass is coming up this Sunday. Joe Piernas Sr. is in studio to tell us more about the event. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Jazz in the Pass
Today in Biloxi, the ribbon was finally cut on a project four years in the making. Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich cut the ceremonial blue ribbon, honoring the new Division Street gate for Keesler Air Force Base. The $37 million project replaces the White Avenue entrance as the main gate to the base. It’s been a highly anticipated project as people…
The City of D’Iberville is giving everyone a heads up about its siren test tomorrow. The city will be testing its six emergency weather sirens at 11 tomorrow morning. The sound tests could last up to three minutes while crews confirm the sound and rotation of each siren. If there are severe weather warnings, rain, or heavy clouds around the…
A man suspected of killing his wife in North Carolina was arrested in Biloxi early this morning. Biloxi Police arrested Lawrence Guttierrez, 51, in the death of his wife, Tavara Guttierrez. He is in the Harrison County jail awaiting extradition to Greenville, North Carolina. He is charged with murder. The 44-year-old travel nurse was found dead in his condominium after…
The cold front is now eat of the area with a few linger showers (even an Isolated t-storm) expected early this afternoon. Skies will begin to slowly clear as high-pressure moves in from the NW. High pressure will shape the forecast through the area Friday and Saturday with mostly sunny skies and a less humid flow from the NW which…
An upper low-pressure system this morning is moving into Missouri, with the associated cold front appears to extend from Jackson to Lafayette, probably just moving into the Baton Rouge Metro area. Scattered convection will continue this morning with efficient rainmakers moving NE through south Mississippi. The activity will begin to move east around noon as the front clears the area. High…
Tonight, the latest class of seniors at Gulfport High School walked across the stage at graduation to receive their coveted diploma. The 414 students gathered at the coliseum where they got together for the last time as a class. All smiles for these 2022 graduates as peers, teachers, faculty, and family cheered them on. News 25 spoke with both the…
Remembering the meaning of Memorial Day, the Pass Christian community is carrying the load. Carry the Load works to bring all Americans together to participate in honoring our nation’s heroes every day. Traveling from all across the country, the Honor our Heroes bus makes it way down to the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the first time. A 3.9 mile walk…
After hours high school baseball last night between East Central and Neshoba Central in game one of the 5A State Championship series at Trustmark Park in Pearl. The Hornets from Hurley, well they must have had plenty of coffee, Brandt Dickerson, the junior, walk off RBI double into the right field corner, scoring Andrew Marble all the way from first…
One more round of heavy rain with potential severity arriving Thursday morning. Both heavy rain and thunderstorms are on the way as a cold front arrives before and during sunrise Thursday. With moisture values remaining elevated, rainfall amounts over the next 12-18 hours are likely to average 2-4 inch range across much of the area with spot totals possibly well…
USM commit Bray Hubbard out of Ocean Springs still has plenty of options to play college football if he so chooses. Today, the rising senior pulling in his eighth division I offer from Tulane in addition to Southern Miss, Nicholls State, Georgia State, Troy, ULM, Navy, and Florida Atlantic. In 2021, Hubbard led the Greyhounds to an overall mark of…
A fourth round pick out of Cincinnati in 2020, Joey Wiemer is really starting to turn some heads as a first-year outfielder for the Biloxi Shuckers. Most of the time, those heads are actually turning to see where in the world the ball is going to land. Most of the time, it’s over the wall. Almost like a shooting star…
The main concerns are for heavy rain in the first 12-18 hours of the forecast…round one came through this afternoon, with round two overnight into Thursday morning. Both heavy rain and thunderstorms are on the way, in two distinct batches, with a bout of heavy rain and lightning today/tonight, followed by the actual cold front before and during sunrise Thursday….
The Gulfport School District celebrated students who completed the Wake Forest Young Investors Program. Students participated in the First Generation Investors, which is a nonprofit organization founded by students at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. It teaches underserved high school students the power of investing. $100 was given to the students to kickstart their investment portfolio and…
Hogs, choppers, cruisers, you name it, it will be at the 39th annual Memorial Day Blowout kicking off Friday. The blowout offers 100 acres of a party site for four days of exciting events and attractions, where all the proceeds go back to the community and many charitable organizations. There are also races, live music, and several motorcycle vendors who…
A blood drive today honored two babies in Pascagoula, twins who passed away earlier this month. Donors flocked to the Pascagoula Senior Center to honor twin boys Davis and Jacob McFaul, who passed away shortly after birth. The babies’ father, Shawn McFaul, is a lieutenant with the Pascagoula Fire Department and their mother, Lindsey McFaul, is a nurse with Singing…
Remembering the meaning of Memorial Day, the Pass Christian community is carrying the load, a 3.9 mile walk with the Load Relay Team. News 25’s Sabria Reid is at the event and has more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Carry the Load relay
Due to the school shooting in Texas, members of the Jackson County School District plan to hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss future plans regarding security. Superintendent John Strycker tells News 25 the meeting will focus on what the district can do more of to keep students as safe as possible. They will discuss topics such as increasing security and…
Cars in the U.S. are older than ever and the FTC has launched an investigation into the infant formula makers. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report