Moore Community House in Biloxi searching for new teachers

The Moore Community House is seeking employment from anyone willing to help. The Moore Community House is a nonprofit early head start program that has been running for more than 90 years. Currently, the house is looking to open a new program in Gulfport but is unable to due to a lack of teachers. The organization currently has three centers…

MGCCC health profession students walk across the stage

Students walked across the stage this morning from MGCCC with degrees ranging from nursing to health care assistants. Students sat patiently inside the Immersive Media Performing Arts Center on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Harrison County campus waiting to walk across the stage to receive their degrees. With this being the first ever fall commencement ceremony, it made it…

Ocean Springs man pleads guilty to DUI

An Ocean Springs man pleads guilty to a DUI that caused another man’s death earlier this week. Sixty-year-old Jimmie Martin crashed into 64-year-old Gary Yarberry’s motorcycle in front of the Treasure Bay Casino. Responding officers said they found an open beer in Martin’s car and smelled alcohol on his breath. He failed a sobriety test with a blood alcohol level…

Pregnant woman and unborn child die after shooting in Jackson

Police in Jackson, Mississippi are looking for suspects in the shooting death of a pregnant woman and her unborn child Wednesday night. The coroner has identified the woman as 23-year-old Keyunta McWilliams. She was eight months pregnant.  According to police, she was shot multiple times and she and her unborn child died at the scene. Police released surveillance photos of…

Morning Business Report: December 16th, 2021

Kraft will pay you $20 not to make cheesecake for Christmas and 148 million consumers plan to shop this Saturday. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report

Wreaths across America ceremony in Long Beach Saturday

Remembering our fallen U.S. veterans, honoring those who serve, and teaching our children the value of freedom is the mission of Wreaths across America. Long Beach Cemetery is one of more than 2,000 cemeteries across the country participating in this year’s event. Retired Navy Captain Charles Martinek is coordinating the Long Beach Wreaths across America and he’s in studio with…

Gaston Point community collecting gifts for Toys for Tots

For the past six years, employees at Ms. Audrey’s Southern Kitchen and others in the Gaston Point community have been handing out toys to kids for Christmas. Their first year collecting for Toys for Tots they helped around 50 children. This year, they’re hoping to assist more than 150. For the staff, some of whom received Toys for Tots as…

Redistricting committee finalizes map proposal

The committee overseeing Mississippi’s Congressional redistricting in the state legislature has given its approval to a plan for how the state’s four house seats will be shaped in the next ten years. Magnolia One is the name of the map and would mostly preserve the Republican’s three to one advantage in house races in the state. The biggest changes compared…

12/16 – The Chief’s “Very Warm & Humid” Afternoon Forecast

High temperatures today are forecast to reach around 80 for many areas with dew points in the mid-60s, which will make for fairly muggy conditions. I wouldn’t be surprised if a record or two is broken. Heading into Friday our next chance for some showers and possibly a few thunderstorms will arrive as we see increasing moisture. The best chance…

Moss Point football’s Larry Simmons signs with Ole Miss

Over the last three years, three Ole Miss wide receivers have been selected in the second round of the NFL Draft and maybe one day Moss Point’s Larry Simmons will have created a similar future for himself. Plenty of red in the Moss Point gym this morning as Simmons signed his National Letter of Intent with Ole Miss, honoring his…

George County football’s Marquez Dortch signs with Mississippi State

George County High School can measure its success as a football program in a way that perhaps no other program in South Mississippi can. This morning, the Rebels’ National Signing Day ceremony featured not one, but two division I power five players, making that six over the last six years. Starting with senior wide receiver Marquez ‘MoJo’ Dortch, who signed…

Class of 2022 no. 1 prospect flips from FSU to Jackson State

The state of Mississippi involved in perhaps the most shocking National Signing Day flip of all-time, courtesy of Jackson State and the master recruiter Coach Prime. Today, the nation’s number one recruit for the class of 2022, Travis Hunter, flipped to JSU from Florida State in a monumental decision that will have ripple effects for years to come. Hunter had…

St. Stanislaus alum Dallas Payne signs with UAB

It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, maybe even a little luck, to put pen to paper on National Signing Day. A lot of players don’t even get one, more or less two like St. Stanislaus alum Dallas Payne. This evening at Payne’s house in Bay St. Louis surrounded by family and friends, the former Rock-A-Chaw let the…

George County football’s Ashton Hollins signs with Illinois

George County quarterback Ashton Hollins put pen to paper as an athlete with the University of Illinois. A transfer out of Mary ‘G’ Montgomery High School in Alabama over the summer, Hollins was offered by the Fighting Illini in June before he ever played a regular season down for the Rebels. The three-star recruit would go on to account for…

Wild at Heart Rescue hosting ‘Pusharatas for Possum’ benefit

Wild at Heart Rescue stopped by News 25 this afternoon to talk about their upcoming Pusharatas for Possums event happening this weekend. The rescue is known for its efforts rescuing and caring for injured or orphaned wildlife in South Mississippi, like Hank the Snake who slithered its way around the newsroom today. You can help them continue their efforts and…

Harrison County Development Commission hosts holiday block party

Harrison County Development Commission hosted a block party today to celebrate all the companies in the industrial park. Guests enjoyed food and sweets from several restaurants.  Along with guests enjoying great food, they also celebrated the rail returning. Brandi Hough, director of business development for Harrison County Development Commission, says this is a great way to finish out the year….

Christmas in the Point toy giveaway this weekend in Gulfport

A group of local organizations are coming together to make sure no kids go without this Christmas season. Organizations such as Extend a Hand, Help a Friend, Dad’s Super Pawn, Mississippi Power, and more got together to purchase hundreds of toys. This Saturday, December 18th, the organizations will come together at the Gaston Point Community Center in Gulfport to give…

D’Iberville/St. Martin Chamber of Commerce setting up Christmas baskets for the needy

Tomorrow, Christmas baskets are going out to D’Iberville families. Since the beginning of the D’Iberville/St. Martin Chamber of Commerce, annual Christmas baskets full of food have been given to families in need. Donations from local organizations, businesses, and schools help fill the baskets. This year, D’Iberville Elementary held a food drive to help fill the baskets. Chamber Executive Director Sissy…

Stennis completes RS-25 rocket engine procedure

On Monday, NASA announced that Stennis Space team members successfully performed an uncommon remove-and-replace procedure on an RS-25 engine’s nozzle back on October 13th. The R&R procedure involves completely removing the nozzle, the bell-shaped component bolted to the powerhead that generates powerful thrust, and reattaching another nozzle. This is done while the turbopumps, combustion chamber, fuel ducts, and other parts…

Carl 2.0 returns to Government Street in Ocean Springs

A beloved unofficial town mascot has come home to roost. Ocean Springs’ own Carl 2.0 was discharged yesterday from Bienville Animal Medical Center after being injured. The friendly rooster can now be seen at his usual spots like Li’l Market Bagelry and Twisted Anchor Tattoo. Oren Zweig, owner of Li’l Market Bagelry, befriended the rooster about a year ago. He…