12/10 – Rob’s “Record High Temperatures” Afternoon Forecast

A couple light showers will be possible through this evening, but most areas likely remain dry for the day. High temperatures will warm to near 80 for most, even reaching the low 80s in some areas. Our main focus shifts to late today and through the day on Saturday as a cold front approaches and slides down through our area. Per…

Seth Farni making home run first impression at St. Stanislaus

Of the eight Major League Baseball superstars competing in this year’s Home Run Derby, half of them hit more than 27 home runs in a single round. That means a local high school player hit more than the other half did in last month’s World Power Showcase, and he did so in a big league park. “The actual first day…

Vancleave’s Inaugural Wrestling Season

A new era of wrestling in Mississippi has begun. In addition to Ocean Springs, who has fielded a team for over a decade, all three high schools in the Jackson County District have wrestling teams this season. On November 30th, the Bulldogs rolled out the welcome mats for the first wrestling meet in Vancleave history. 22 wrestlers, middle school through…

Local Six-Year-Old Still Waiting for a New Heart

After three open heart surgeries and a heart failure, six-year-old Kyleigh Ward is in need of a heart transplant. You can donate to help the family during this time.

  Kyleigh Ward has spent a lot of her life in and out of hospitals, battling heart failure. At just six years old, she’s had three open heart surgeries. Now she’s waiting on a new heart. “In April, we went up and they told me that Kyleigh needed a transplant really bad. She was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, restrictive cardiomyopathy,…

12/9 – Rob Knight’s “Afternoon Showers/T-Storms” Forecast

A warm front west will move east through the area this afternoon, providing for scattered showers and t-storms. Precip chances are generally in the 25-40% range this afternoon before quickly dropping off later in the evening. Friday will be dry and much warmer, with high temps looking to hit the low 80s for many areas of our area. As an upper…

The Brightest House on Tela Drive in Moss Point

A home in Moss Point is lighting up the block with Christmas lights. For over a decade, Ms. Jones has decorated her home in Christmas lights and décor inside and out. On all sides of her yard, over 30 inflatables and hundreds, maybe thousands of lights, too many for her to count, take over her lot. She works on handmade…

Mississippi Gulf Coast Attractions Association selects tourism award recipient

The Mississippi Gulf Coast Attractions Association recognized Woody Bailey as the recipient of the organization’s annual ‘Don Jacobs Tourism Award.’ Woody Bailey is the vice chair and executive director of Cruisin’ the Coast. Cruisin’ the Coast began in 1996 as a festival to celebrate antique, classic, and hot rod vehicles, nostalgic music, and related events. Cruisin’ the Coast has turned…

MDEQ deploys litter collectors to South Mississippi

Keeping the Mississippi Sound clean and beautiful is necessary for a thriving environment here in South Mississippi. In an effort to continue that mission, a pilot project funded by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality deployed litter collectors in four locations this week. Those locations are the southern branch of Magnolia Bayou in Hancock County, Brickyard Bayou, Canal #1 in…

Hyatt Place Biloxi hosts First Responders Appreciation Breakfast

In celebration of the Hyatt Place fourth annual Global Day of Gratitude, Hyatt Place Biloxi hosted a first responders breakfast this morning. Employees prepared a hot meal of bacon, eggs, potatoes, coffee, and other goodies to show first responders their appreciation. During the Global Day of Gratitude, the Hyatt Hotels Foundation donates $1 for every digital gift of gratitude, up…

Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce wrapping up ‘Gifts for Whitfield’ drive

The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce is getting ready to wrap up its annual Gifts for Whitfield Drive. This is the 29th Gifts for Whitfield Drive the chamber has held in its history. The chamber is looking for a variety of items such as clothes, shoes, pocket and table games, CDs, DVDs, and much more to give to Whitfield Hospital….

Choir concert returns to Pascagoula Public Library after COVID

One library on the Coast gave a noise disclaimer for Wednesday as carolers filled the aisles with holiday spirit. Pascagoula Public Library’s annual Holiday Open House is back after a year off from COVID. The Colmer Middle School Choir caroled for visitors and city officials at 10 a.m. and library staffers gathered on the stairs for their own noon-time special….

Former Hancock County sheriff’s deputy sentenced after allegations of domestic violence

A former Hancock County Sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced after he was accused of domestic violence in August. Thirty-eight-year-old Colin Freeman, formerly a K9 handler among other roles, will serve six months’ probation after entering a no-contest plea. Prosecutor Olen Anderson tells News 25 the former deputy will have to undergo drug testing and commit to an 18-week domestic violence…

Infinity Science Center holding Science with Santa event

Santa Claus can do a lot of impressive things like flying across the world in one night and coming down the chimney with care, but did you know that Old St. Nick loves science too? Infinity Science Center in Hancock County is hosting their annual Science with Santa this weekend. While there’s always something to explore at Infinity, this Saturday,…

Local Pastor Seymour Venson Adolph Jr. announces retirement

After 31 years, Gulfport Pastor Seymour Venson Adolph Jr. for First Missionary Baptist Church of Handsboro has announced he will be retiring on December 19th. Everyone hopes to spend their career doing what they love and Pastor Seymour Adolph Jr. did exactly that. For the past 31 years, Pastor Adolph preached to the City of Gulfport at First Missionary Baptist…

Loaves and Fishes finds new home

We have some good news today! Loaves and Fishes has found a new home. With help from the community, the charity will be able to continue feeding the hungry without missing a day. Loaves and Fishes last day at their current beach view location on Water Street will be Christmas with their temporary home being at Back Bay Mission starting…

Christmas on the Bayou

A South Mississippi tradition comes to life this weekend down on the Bayou. Dozens of boats will be parading through Bayou Bernard decked out in their holiday best. Haley Cruthirds with Christmas on the Bayou is in studio with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Christmas On The Bayou

Morning Business Report: December 8th, 2021

An Amazon Web Services outage impacted thousands of users and online sites and the American worker is about to get their biggest raise since 2008. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report