Prime of Life Center hosts a ‘Yee Haw Christmas’

The Woolmarket Prime of Life Center hosted it’s very first Yee-Haw Christmas musical performance this morning. Normally, the center hosts a Christmas dinner for seniors in Woolmarket, but due to COVID canceling last year’s celebration, the crew decided to go all out for this year. The musical was filled with singing, dancing, joking, and laughing with performances from the Yee…

Tour of Homes back in Gulfport for 59th year

The Gulfport Civic League is back this weekend to host the 59th Tour of Homes Coastal Cottage Christmas event. The event will be held Sunday, December 12th from 2 to 5 p.m. Four homes, three on 2nd Street and one on Pratt Avenue, will be all-out decorated with unique decorations. The price for the tour is a $15 donation which…

‘A Gift’ Christmas program at Campground Baptist Church

If you’re looking to get in the Christmas spirit, look no further than Campground Baptist Church this weekend. The Gulfport Church located on Highway 53 is back with their annual Christmas drama called ‘A Gift,’ it’s to remind people the reason for the season. What started as a small play on the church front lawn nine years ago has grown…

Wiener Wonderland light display is back

Here on WXXV we’ve been highlight outstanding light displays all along the Coast. News 25’s Grace Boyles is at one of the iconic Christmas displays in South Mississippi: Wiener Wonderland! Categories: Local News, News Tags: holidays, Light display, Weiner Wonderland

Tour of Homes

Classic homes along historic 2nd Street in Gulfport, beautifully decorated for the holidays. The Gulfport Civic League’s annual Tour of Homes is coming up this weekend. Joining us today with more are one of the homeowners Stephanie Smartt and Diane Miller from the Civic League. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Gulfport Civic League, tour of homes

Morning Business Report: December 10th, 2021

Investors brace for the highest inflation reading in nearly 40 years and Starbucks workers vote to unionize a Buffalo, New York store. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report

Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon returns this weekend

Rain or shine, thousands of runners will be running across the Coast this weekend. The Gulf Coast Marathon is returning for its sixth year. Between Saturday and Sunday there will be four races across Harrison County. The main marathon starts at 7 Sunday morning at Henderson Point in Pass Christian. Runners will cross the finish line at MGM Park in…

Toy Drive to benefit Kyleigh Ward at Advance Auto Parts

Now to a follow up on a little girl from Gulfport whose smile and story has captured the hearts of so many. Six-year-old Kyleigh Ward is waiting on a heart transplant at Texas Children’s Hospital. Kyleigh and her mom will spend Christmas this year in the hospital and away from their loved ones, including Kyleigh’s one-year-old sister Kamree. To make…

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…