Southeast breezes will diminish temporarily tonight, but our seasonal Bermuda high pressure will extend further into the eastern gulf and across the southeast through Saturday. As a result, onshore flow continues the strong breeze off the water. This will keep our coastal flood advisory in place through most of Friday, with tides still running 1-2 feet above normal. Forecast temps…
According to EPSN, Moss Point alum Devin Booker is out for games three and four in New Orleans with a grade one hamstring strain. Overall, he could miss between two to three weeks, putting his ability to return for the Phoenix Suns’ first round playoff series against the Pelicans very much in doubt. Booker has missed 11 games over the…
Both football and baseball very much still on the table for Ocean Springs quarterback Bray Hubbard. Today, the junior received a football offer from Florida Atlantic, his seventh offer overall and his second this month, just a week removed from landing one with Navy. Currently committed to Southern Miss for baseball, Hubbard also sitting on football offers from USM, Nicholls…
Gulfport softball hosting East Central in a match-up of teams with first-round byes. Lady Admirals win 8-1. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, High School Baseball, sports
Gulfport baseball hosting Pearl River Central. Good tune up game for a pair of teams with first-round byes. PRC wins 7-6. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, High School Baseball, sports
Not exactly the College World Series preview we had in mind when both Mississippi State and Ole Miss were ranked in the top five to start the season. Both schools now out of the top 25 altogether, heading into a stretch of four straight head-to-head games. But a lot of real estate at stake this weekend, Rebels hosting Bulldogs for…
Yesterday, a body matching the description of missing 75-year-old Dorothy Jean Burks was found. News 25 spoke with United Cajun Navy President Todd Terrell about the tragic discovery. Terrell says he was contacted by a family member about three weeks into the search and asked if he and his team could assist in the search. He then searched through his…
Our seasonal Bermuda high pressure area will begin extending in and across the southeastern CONUS today through Saturday. As a result, onshore flow continues to become well established, continuing the strong breeze off the gulf. This will keep our coastal flood advisory in place through most of Friday, with tides still running 1-2 feet above normal. Forecast temps aren’t specifically…
Cruisin’ the Coast executives and chairmen held a press conference today to discuss the economic impact from this past year’s event. Statewide, 2021’s Cruisin’ the Coast raked in $36.1 million. This is about $7.5 million more brought in compared to 2016 which brought in $28.6 million. Of the $36.1 million, 33.1 million of it will be staying in the three…
How fast can you paddle? Find out during this year’s Dragon Boat races. The popular United Way fundraiser is back for its seventh year. Teams race in 46-foot long boats to the finish line in various heats. Teams consist of 20 paddlers, a cox who steers the dragon boat from the rear and a drummer who sits at the front….
A six-year-old from Wisconsin got his wish granted to visit a famous Mississippi couple and also visit the Mississippi Aquarium thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Sawyer Doyle is only six-years-old, but has had many complications undergoing four open-heart surgeries due to a heart condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Sawyer’s teacher nominated him for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. His wish was…
With nesting season right around the corner, Audubon partnered with Harrison County Sand Beach Authority and Gulfport High School to restore habitat along the beach in Harrison County. They all came together to install several species of beach grasses into the restoration area in order to stabilize the beach, encourage dune formation, and provide coverage for newly hatched Least Tern…
Mississippi is now joining three other states in getting a blackout plate option, half the plate cost going towards the State Law Enforcement and Firefighter Death Benefits Trust Fund. House Bill 446, which officially created the license plate, was passed by both chambers in Mississippi and was signed by Governor Tate Reeves. Starting July, a plate with a black background…
It was a big day at the Navy Seabee Base in Gulfport because after two years of renovation, the sailors have their dining hall back. The aromatic promise of lunch filled the Colmer Dining Facility for the first time in two years. It was built in 1974 and needed a significant facelift. Shortly after the project started, COVID delayed the…
Lululemon wants to double sales and it’s looking to men for that. Tesla’s records profit blows away estimates. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
The Coast Young Professionals is hosting their 15th annual Walking on Water fundraiser Saturday. The event benefits Feeding the Gulf Coast. Coast Young Professional Director Kelly Devine is in studio with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Coast Young Professionals, Feeding the Gulf Coast, Walking on Water
Local group Plastic Free Gulf Coast was started over three years ago by community leaders in Bay St. Louis with the simple promise to ‘skip the straw.’ Now the group has expanded its efforts and mission to help others find alternatives to reduce single-use plastics within our daily lives. Earlier today, News 25 met with a coordinator to see examples…
The City of Discovery will once again be celebrating Earth Day on the grounds of the Mary C. this Saturday. City workers were sprucing up the lawn this morning, adding new shrubs and roses just in time for the coming festivities. During the event, there will be lectures covering a wide range of topics. They will be discussing things like…
A local family, who is adopting a 13-year-old boy from Ukraine, is raising money to help with the adoption process. News 25 recently spoke with Angie Arguello and two other local families who are also in the process of adopting children from Ukraine. For Arguello and her husband, the price of bringing their son home is nearly $30,000 in adoption…
The Mississippi Gulf Coast softball program has played a lot of games since 2019, won some, lost some, but it’s been a while since the Lady Bulldogs won a game quite like this. Lady Bulldogs face off against visiting Southwest Mississippi. Gulf Coast wins game one 1-0. First 1-0 game for MGCCC since 2019, however, Lady Bulldogs fall in game…
Mississippi State alum Brandon Woodruff, also a former Biloxi Shucker, throwing a daytime gem this afternoon for the Milwaukee Brewers. The former Bulldog had a no-hitter going through five-and-a-third innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates, giving up just one hit, two walks, and no runs with nine strikeouts across six innings in a 4-2 win. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball,…
Aside from a stray shower tonight, it’s looking quite nice. A strong southeast breeze subsides a bit tonight, but picks back up tomorrow. This has prompted a coastal flood advisory for our beach counties. Tides will run 1-2 feet above normal, resulting in some nuisance flooding. The onshore flow also brings an end to our chilly nights with lows in…
In other big game Southern Miss news, USM alum and friend of the program Kirk McCarty got the call up from Triple A today to join the Major League club in Cleveland. McCarty was drafted in the seventh round by the Guardians in 2017 on the back of USM’s school record 50-win season in which he posted the program’s first…
Coming into tonight’s home game against New Orleans, Southern Miss is riding a ten-game winning streak as well as the nation’s best 11-game road winning streak. That second one doesn’t change, USM just hoping they’re both at 11 tonight. Golden Eagles win 10-5. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, Southern Miss, sports