Biloxi High School announced senior Madeline Pitre is one of nine Mississippi students selected as a semifinalist for the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Pitre was also chosen as a second runner up for the Stars Program, which recognizes the highest ACT scores in the state of Mississippi. For that she received a $16,000 scholarship. Pitre will attend Yale University…
More support for the Ocean Springs mascot who was lost to violence last week. An artist devastated by Carl’s death decided to give his time and skills to make a larger-than-life mural of the beloved rooster. Cali Rob has created more than a dozen murals across the Coast. He recently began painting a mural of Carl on the side of…
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and it is a month set aside to bring people together to show support and efforts for those who suffer from mental disorders and illnesses. Mental illness is a physical illness of the brain that causes disturbances in thinking, behavior, energy, or emotion that makes it difficult to deal with the regular demands of…
Today, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History held a ceremony to honor the life of former Governor William Winter and his wife, Elyse. Special guest speakers were invited to the event including former President Bill Clinton, former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, and former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson. Winter served as governor of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984…
Officials in Mississippi say if the Supreme Court does overturn Roe v. Wade, it puts the decision back in the states’ rights. In Biloxi, the Catholic Diocese told News 25 it was aware of the report of the leak, but would have no comment until the Supreme Court officially released its decision. Governor Tate Reeves posted to social media, saying…
Today’s Hooked on Science experiment involves a Diaper Genie Bag. Tags: Hooked on Science
The U.S. is predicted to recover all jobs lost during COVID by this summer and the Federal Reserve key meeting on interest rates gets underway today. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
Every other Tuesday on News 25 we get to meet a sweet little fur baby from the Jackson County Animal Shelter looking for their forever home. Maridee Mallette from the shelter is in studio with Angel, this week’s Pet of the Week. Categories: Pet of the Week Tags: jackson county animal shelter, pet of the week
Since it is National Hurricane Preparedness Week, News 25 stopped by Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi to speak with the world-renowned Hurricane Hunters. Despite the name, they don’t just hunt down data from hurricanes. The Weather Reconnaissance Squadron also covers other natural disasters like winter storms so they’re always ready to fly. The crew describes their flights as hours…
Today marks a grim milestone, it’s been one year since that deadly standoff on I-10 in Harrison County. Three-month-old La’Mello Parker was killed in the crossfire during a shootout between police and the baby’s father Eric Smith. Smith was also killed. It happened in the median of I-10, just west of the Woolmarket exit, following a police chase that started…
Quiet conditions will continue as the warm and humid flow dominates. A more unsettled weather pattern is expected to take hold on Thursday and continue through Saturday. This pattern will be entirely driven by a strong disturbances pushing from the Plains towards the eastern seaboard. By Sunday, it is expected to build in from the with increasing upper level subsidence…
AC use will continue this week as an extension of the Bermuda High continues to pump a southerly flow off the gulf. Summer-like nights and late spring-like days will be with us all week. We’ll bottom out in the lower 70s tonight, and back into the mid 80s Tuesday. We can’t rule out some patchy fog late-nights if the breezes…
Sixty-nine-year-old Major Michael Robichaux lost his battle to cancer yesterday. The community remembers his lifetime of service to Jackson County as a member of the sheriff’s department for 43 years. Public servant, father, and husband, Michael Robichaux died May 1st after battling stage four pancreatic cancer. His daughter, Aimee Robichaux Williams, said, “He loved being a public servant. He had…
LSU fan favorite Tyrann Mathieu is heading back to New Orleans as he is now expected to sign with the Saints. The contract is reportedly worth $33 million over three years, $18 million of that guaranteed money. This signing, on top of the signing of Marcus Maye, now completes the safety rebuild after losing Marcus Williams to the Ravens and…
Scott Berry is a Southern Miss skipper in a class of his own, passing Hill Denson for the most wins in school history with Sunday’s 9-6 triumph at UAB. 469 all-time, with 139 fewer losses and one fewer tie. Earlier this season, Berry also passed his predecessor, Corky Palmer, leaving no doubt about Berry’s place in history at USM. Categories:…
As the Region 8 Class 6A champions, the Gulfport Admirals have the advantage of a first-round bye, but perhaps a disadvantage when it comes to momentum. Win or go home game three as Admirals host Petal at the Herb. Petal defeats Gulfport 5-0. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, Gulfport, High School Baseball, sports
Summer-like nights and late spring-like days will continue. We’ll bottom out in the lower 70s tonight, and back into the mid 80s Tuesday. We can’t rule out some patchy fog late-nights if the breezes calm down enough. For tomorrow and Wednesday, it’s fairly likely that several locations will see their first 90 degree day of the year on one of the…
The Humane Society of South Mississippi is partnering with the Bissell Pet Foundation to take part in the ‘Empty the Shelters’ National Adoption Event. The Bissell Foundation is sponsoring the shelter, along with about 285 other shelters across 45 states, to help reduce adoption fees. With this sponsorship, HSSM is currently offering $25 adoptions starting tomorrow through May 15th. This…
The shareholders of Mississippi’s oldest golf course, Great Southern Golf Club, will officially close on Monday, May 9th. Great Southern Golf Club was built in 1908 as a nine-hole course to accommodate tourists staying at the Great Southern Hotel owned by the founder of Gulfport Captain Joseph T. Jones. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the area and the original…
Hurricane season is less than a month away. Now is the time to prepare for what looks to be another active storm season. It looks like we are going to see another above average storm season with 16 to 20 named storms and six to eight hurricanes, three to five of which are predicted to be major hurricanes. This week…
Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, as well as Congressman Steven Palazzo, welcomed the distribution of more than $36.7 million to the state of Mississippi. The money went to its three coastal counties for coastal conservation, restoration, and hazard mitigation activities. The funding represents the state’s share of revenues generated through the 2006 Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act. The…
With the extension of the student loan repayment pause until August 31st, that has given borrowers more time to prepare for their monthly payments. However, it has also opened up opportunities for scammers. Student loan scams are on the rise amid confusion among borrowers about when they’ll be paying student loans again and whether or not their debt will be…
A two-year-old boy in the Kiln accidentally shot himself Saturday and is now in a New Orleans hospital. According to Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam, who spoke with our media partner the Sun Herald, the shooting happened in the Ridgewood subdivision off Highway 43. Sheriff Adam says the boy’s father had fallen asleep when the toddler found the loaded gun…
Head’s up for Jackson County drivers, MDOT has announced more overnight closures for the Fort Bayou Drawbridge. The bridge will be closed each night starting tonight and running through this Friday from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. It will remain open during the day. The overnight closures will allow crews to work on the pilings underneath the bridge as well…