McHenry Arts and Craft Fair draws massive crowd Saturday

The McHenry Arts and Craft Fair drew hundreds of patrons to small businesses who set up shop Saturday. It was a mild day as the community came together for Small Business Saturday to do some Christmas shopping. Produce, hand-crafted goods, and hot food were the main attractions until 3 p.m. More than 100 vendors turned out for the day, doing…

Breakfast with Santa at De L’Epee in Gulfport

Children at the De L’Epee Deaf Center in Gulfport got their own quality time with Kris Kringle Saturday morning thanks to some Southern Miss students. Speech pathology students from Hattiesburg taking American Sign Language as their second language traveled to the Coast to connect these kids with Old Saint Nick. Kids got to do arts and crafts, eat a hot…

Asgard rides for toy donations

This year was the 37th year the Asgard Motorcycle Club revved up its annual toy run, collecting donations in the name of kids who would otherwise go without Christmas. It’s been nearly four decades of thundering engines convening to deliver Christmas toys for needy kids. More than 200 bikes beat along the highway from the Gulfport Dragway to Home Depot,…

Diamonds and Ice Charity Ball taking place December 3rd

A bachelor auction, specialty drinks, and a chance to win real diamonds. Top it off knowing the money raised is going to a local charity and it sounds like a great night out. Here to tell us more about the upcoming Diamonds and Ice Charity Ball are vice president of the D’Iberville/St. Martin Chamber of Commerce Joyce Johnson and Cary…

Morning Business Report: November 29th, 2021

COVID news will again dominate markets in the weeks ahead and Moderna says an Omicron variant vaccine could be ready in early 2022. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report

Grant me Hope: Jason is hoping to be adopted

Each Monday on News 25 we feature children from Mississippi hoping to get adopted in our Grant me Hope segment, made possible by Caring Hearts Counseling Services. Today, we are introducing you to Jason, who describes himself as a good kid waiting for the right family to find him. If you’re interested in adopting Jason, you can visit the Mississippi…

11/29 – Rob’s “Warming Trend” Afternoon Forecast

The pattern will put the area in a region dominated by high-pressure. So a quiet weather pattern with slowly moderating temps expected through midweek. Guidance is generally in good agreement in terms of temperature forecast. Another system will move east of the continental divide late week, but at the surface, high pressure will tend to control the weather for much…

11/28 – Brantly’s “Patchy Dense Fog” Sunday Night Forecast

Dry conditions are returning to the region as the isolated showers move off to the east. By tonight, the disturbance moves east of the region and northwesterly wind flow returns, bringing in slightly colder air. On Monday, high pressure then begins to build into the region from the west and dominates through the rest of the period with weak northerly…

Opening Night of Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival

The holiday season can officially commence now that Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival has returned for its seventh year. After a year hiatus due to damage caused by Hurricane Zeta last year, the annual light show and festival opened its gates tonight for the first time in two years. 13-year-old Kaymah Adkins with Make-A-Wish helped turn on over 2 million…

2nd Annual Otter Trotter 5K

Over 200 runners woke up bright and early to kick off their Thanksgiving day by participating in the 2nd Annual Otter Trotter.   Kurt Allen President & Chief Executive Officer at Mississippi Aquarium said, “it was just a way great to support our community and bring families together before they go out and really spend some quality time with their…

BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING AT EDGEWATER MALL

How early would you wake up to snag a great deal?

    “about 5:30” “5:15 or 5 o’clock ” “i got here at 5 o’clock this morning” “four” “we got here at 12 and we’ve just been dedicated to it.” Terry Powell, Edgewater Mall General Manager said, “we had people waiting out the department stores to get in. we had people waiting outside and inside the mall since 10 o’clock…

11/26- Rob Knight’s “Cloudy & Cool” Weekend Forecast

Winds are gusting to around 20 mph and will continue to stay elevated through this evening. The story for tonight will be the near freezing temperatures for areas outside the immediate coast. The one place that will likely verify at freezing is along the Escatawpa drainage region in Jackson County. Otherwise, we are bottoming out around 33-35 and we should…

11/26 – Rob Knight’s “Cold & Windy” Friday Morning Forecast

The cold front that moved through on has cleared our area to the southeast with north-northwest winds, cooler temps and lowering dew points in its wake. Winds are gusting to around 20 mph and will continue to stay elevated through this evening. The story for tonight will be the near freezing temperatures for areas outside the immediate coast. The one place that…

11/25 – Rob Knight’s “Lovely” Thanksgiving Day Forecast

An upper level high-pressure that has been in place over the southeast CONUS will be suppressed southward today as a cold front begins to track though the region. Frontal passage will occur this evening/overnight time frame. Little has changed in expected forecast in terms of rain coverage and intensity. Activity will mostly be post frontal within a region of little…

5A South State Championship Preview: Picayune vs Laurel

Picayune is another perennial powerhouse that is no stranger to holding Thanksgiving week practices, having been to the South State Championship now four times in the last six years. Back in the semi-finals after a one year hiatus, falling to West Jones and eventual 5A State champs last season, the Maroon Tide Boasts the top rushing offense in Mississippi in…

4A South State Championship Preview: Poplarville vs Columbia

Nothing goes better together than turkey and football practice and Poplarville can attest to that. The Hornets are practicing over Thanksgiving break for the sixth consecutive year as they prepare for their 4-A South State title battle with Columbia Friday. 23-1 in the their last 24 games in November, the South State champs three years running have a history of…

11/24 – Brantly’s “Warmer” Wednesday Evening Forecast

A cold front continues to move through the Great Plains and is expected to begin impacting our on Thursday evening. Winds have also begun to shift to the south, and this has allowed for increasing moisture moving into the area. The moisture is still primarily in the low levels, so despite higher humidity values, the mid-levels will remain fairly dry…