The Mississippi Farms to School Network held a grand opening for its new community garden. It’s next door to the Salvation Army’s Kroc Center in Biloxi. The garden was created to give families and children an opportunity to come out and learn how to grow their own food. People are invited to visit the garden, plant their own produce, and…
Visiting Pet Teams of South Mississippi held a puppy graduation over the weekend to honor this past year’s therapy teams and their services. The dogs honored at this graduation all passed evaluations last July and helped serve the community through the therapy program the past year. This year’s class featured three first-year therapy pups as well as eight re-registered pups…
The Crusaders for Veterans held its seventh annual Freedom Ball this weekend in honor of our military. This ball got its start to encourage people to be proactive in helping the military and our veterans. Crusaders for Veterans President Kevin Cuttill says it is a way to honor and recognize our servicemen and woman and all they’ve achieved. This year,…
Members of the ‘Nam Knights of America’ traveled to Long Beach this weekend to present a flag to a Biloxi resident. The Spirit of ’76 chapter out of Fort Walton Beach traveled with the Chattahoochee Valley Chapter out of South Georgia to deliver this flag to Phillip LeCara. The flag was given to LeCara’s family in honor of his brother…
Students at the Hancock County Performing Arts Center are bringing the musical Moana Jr. to life. Here to tell us more about the upcoming performances are Annalise Hoeg and Amelie Necaise who are both sharing the role of Moana for the run of the show. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Hancock Performing Arts Center, Moana Jr.
A stationary front along the coast will undulate north and south for several days, providing for rainfall and the potential for HEAVY RAIN. If there’s some good news, it is that today doesn’t look as wet as some of the earlier forecasts had indicated. The comparative lack of precipitation, unfortunately, means that high temperatures should get into the lower and…
An upper level high pressure is to the north of a stationary front situated along the Mississippi gulf coast. If there’s some good news, it is that today doesn’t look as wet as some of the earlier forecasts had indicated. The comparative lack of precipitation, unfortunately, means that high temperatures should get into the lower and middle 90s. Looks like…
Although it was still hot today, it didn’t compare to Saturday when Pascagoula reached a scorching 117°real-feel temperature. Some storms did fire up today, but the pattern will become more widespread as we head through next week. A cold front slowly approaching the coast will fire up more downpours Monday and Tuesday as it basically stalls in the northern gulf….
The Biloxi Shuckers are continuing their road series against the Montgomery Biscuits. Shuckers win 10-4. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, Biloxi Shuckers, sports
Two local high school golfers are packing up their clubs and heading to North Carolina. The boys, St. Patrick’s Will Notle and Biloxi High’s Garner Seymour, are headed to the 4th annual NHSGA High School Golf National Invitational. The invitation-only tournament is three days long and features more than 330 golfers from across the country. There are less than ten…
Minnesota Made turned into Hattiesburg Hero, Matt Wallner is doing wonders as he continues his journey towards the big leagues. Wallner was recruited out of Minnesota to join the Southern Miss baseball team in 2017. During his time as a Golden Eagle, Wallner set the record for most home runs after only three seasons. He’s still hitting home runs after…
It’ll be muggy this Friday night with lows not far from 80 degrees. Gulfport led the way with a real-feel of 111 degrees today, followed closely by Pascagoula at 110. It will remain hot this weekend with heat advisories again Saturday for real-feels up to 109 degrees. If you’re hitting the road, it won’t be any better in any direction, in particular…
Gulfport led the way with a real-feel of 111 degrees today, followed closely by Pascagoula at 110. It will remain hot this weekend with heat advisories again Saturday for real-feels up to 109 degrees. If you’re hitting the road, it won’t be any better in any direction, in particular going north where there’s excessive heat warnings for real-feels upwards of…
Mississippi Power Foundation and the Bacot McCarty Foundation partnered together to send kids in the Boys and Girls Club to Camp Aqua. Over 30 kids from the Boys and Girls Club in Pass Christian and Gulfport spent all week getting the opportunity to learn about marine life at Mississippi Aquarium’s Camp Aqua. Todd Trenchard with the Bacot McCarty Foundation said,…
A dedication and ribbon cutting took place today in celebration of the official opening of the Center of Hope. In April 2021, Salvation Army broke ground on the Center of Hope in Gulfport and now the facility is officially open. The center has eight two bedroom furnished apartments that will house homeless families. While being housed at the center, families…
At the height of the summer driving season, Americans are finally catching a break at the pump. After months of record highs, gas prices are starting to come down. The national average is now 26 cents lower than the record set on June 14th. Eighty percent of gas stations in the U.S. are now charging less than $5 a gallon….
Mortgage rates fall as the Federal Reserve prepares for further hikes and GameStop has fired a top executive. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
His songs have topped the Billboard Country music charts and now he’s here on the Coast this weekend to perform for South Mississippi. In studio with more is Grammy Award winning country singer and songwriter Paul Overstreet. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: concert, entertainment, music, paul overstreet
Tomorrow night you have an opportunity to enjoy a wonderful night of entertainment while also helping Cure the Coast. Here to tell us about a special fundraising concert are Coast performer David Delk and Kay Capelle from the Bethel Free Health Clinic. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Bethel Free Health Clinic, Curing the Coast
Moss Point police have arrested three juveniles accused of trying to break into houses. Police received reports of juveniles with a gun attempting to enter houses on General Ike Avenue around 1:45 Wednesday afternoon. When police stopped the suspects, they found a gun and a felony amount of marijuana along with other stolen items. The three juveniles were arrested and…
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court with hopes of reopening the clinic next week. Jackson Women’s Health Organization closed its doors Wednesday in advance of the state’s trigger law regarding abortion going into effect yesterday. Earlier this week, a state judge denied the clinic’s request for preliminary injunction and refused to block a…
Southerly surface winds will help to advect moisture and warm air into the environment. There will still be plenty of moisture in the atmosphere and moisture values are forecast to be elevated above the 75th percentile for this time of year. As a result, any storms that develop will be more efficient with higher rainfall rates possible. Looking at the models,…
High pressure will dominate the upper level pattern today through Saturday morning. Southerly surface winds will help to advect moisture and warm air into the environment. There will still be plenty of moisture in the atmosphere and moisture values are forecast to be elevated above the 75th percentile for this time of year. As a result, any storms that develop…
It’s back to the heat..for now. As of 8 PM Thursday, real-feel temperatures were still near 100 degrees, with Pascagoula peaking at 110 degrees at 1 PM. High pressure will continue to shape the forecast into the weekend. As an upper level disturbance digs through the Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley, it will push a weak frontal boundary toward…