Gulfport Harbor Lights makes its way back to Jones Park

Last year, the Most Magical Show in Mississippi was canceled due to Hurricane Zeta damages, but this year, the Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival is back. Since September 29th, Gulfport city workers have been working hard putting up the magical Christmas displays. The show began in 2015 as just light displays, but over the years, the show has expanded into…

Memorial brings awareness to cutting edge procedure

While the month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is also Breast Reconstruction Awareness Month. Memorial Hospital is bringing more awareness to the tummy-tuck flap breast reconstruction procedure the team offers. During this procedure, surgeons take soft tissue and skin from the abdomen and transfer that up to reconstruct the breast. The use of native natural tissue in…

Jackson County law enforcement participate in Special Olympics Torch Run

Jackson County police came together to raise awareness and funds for the Special Olympics by participating in the Law Enforcement Torch Run. The torch run started off with Moss Point PD. The torch was then passed to Pascagoula PD at Jefferson Street and Main Street. Afterwards the torch made its way to Gautier PD where they ran to City Hall…

Mississippi Coast participates in earthquake drill

Today students across the Coast participated in the annual Great Shakeout drills to learn how to stay safe during a natural disaster. The students at Ocean Springs Middle School worked hard in the classroom until they heard the announcement that had them sheltering for cover. Thankfully, this announcement was just for the safety drill known as the annual Shakeout. This…

Indian Nation Homecoming Parade

Plenty of school spirit on the Coast this evening as homecoming parades take over the streets of two South Mississippi cities. News 25’s Grace Boyles is in Biloxi ahead of the Indian Nation Homecoming Parade. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Biloxi High school, Homecoming

Morning Business Report: October 21st, 2021

High used car prices are likely to stick around for a while and the FDA approves more COVID vaccine boosters which could impact the stock market. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Market site with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report

Weekly unemployment numbers show an improvement over last week

The Labor Department has released its weekly unemployment benefits numbers and they show an improvement over last week. According to the numbers, unemployment claims fell by 6,000 to 290,000 last week. That’s the third weekly drop in a row and the fewest to apply for benefits since the pandemic worsened in March 2020. However, the report also shows hiring has…

Singing River Gulfport celebrates one year anniversary

Singing River Gulfport Hospital is celebrating one year of providing medical care to South Mississippi. In honor of their anniversary, Singing River is inviting people to come out tomorrow for free screenings, vaccines, 3D mammogram scheduling, and refreshments. Some services provided at Singing River Gulfport include a cancer center, orthopedics, general surgery, gastroenterology, a cath lab, and more. The day…

Locals cook lunch for Memorial nurses to show appreciation

Locals gathered at Bayou View Baptist Church this morning to finish preparing lunch for our local health care heroes. Volunteers first gathered yesterday evening and cooked through the night, making 1,300 meals for 800-day side and 500-night side nurses. They had many donations in order to make this give back possible like a slow cooker and pulled pork from Hog…

10/21 – Rob Knight’s “Isolated Showers/T-Storms” Afternoon Forecast

A shallow cold front continues to move SE through the region. Sufficient moisture in place with enough instability to support showers and a few thunderstorms will continue this afternoon into this evening. A secondary reinforcement of the upper support will try to extend southward on Friday. As the front pushes south, models hint that lower dew-points will sag in from…

10/21 – Rob’s “Warm & Humid” Thursday Morning Forecast

The upper level pattern shows a trough racing eastward through the upper Mississippi Valley towards the Great Lakes. It will be too shallow to bring the associated cold front through the region but a weak front looks to reach the area later today. There’s sufficient moisture in place with enough instability to support showers and a few thunderstorms, but limited…

10/21 – Brantly’s “Scattered Showers Early” Thursday Morning Forecast

Showers and a few embedded thunderstorms are expected to increase in coverage through Thursday morning then diminish during the afternoon leaving isolated showers and storms for Thursday evening. A surface low pressure system located well to the north brings a weak trailing cold front southward, which moves through the forecast area Thursday night.  Dry conditions are expected on Friday as…

Four Coast teams playing for volleyball state titles

Championship weekend is set for high school volleyball featuring four South State champions from six Coastal counties. On Monday, Vancleave won a marathon match over East Central in five sets and that was only the beginning. Resurrection Catholic, Our Lady Academy, and Pass Christian all went on to punch their tickets on Tuesday. It doesn’t get more dramatic than the…

10/20 Ryan’s “Cloudy, Humid” Wednesday Night Forecast

There were some wet spots this afternoon, but it'll die down a bit through the night though cloudy and humid conditions linger.

Today brought our first wet weather in over a week as much drier, cooler weather has dominated until now. That changed quickly last night as warmer, more humid air moved in rapidly, bringing tonight’s low up even further to 71 degrees. The clouds and showers will thin a bit through the overnight hours as heating dies down, but overall it…

Saints starting to form 2021 identity

The New Orleans Saints are in the midst of an up-and-down season so far coming out of their week six bye with an overall record of 3-2. Every win has been followed by a loss and every loss by a win, but this is actually somewhat par for the course with or without Drew Brees. It’s right around this time…

Southern Miss linked to Sun Belt rumors

When Texas and Oklahoma made their power play to the SEC, they started a game of dominoes that’s only just begun. Now caught in the crossfire, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. As first reported by the Athletic, the Sun Belt is targeting Conference USA schools like USM, Marshall, and Old Dominion. That coming in response to Monday’s report from Yahoo…

Climb CDC Gulfport holding TikTok competition for vaccinations

If you’re between the ages of 16 to 25, Climb CDC Gulfport is challenging you to a TikTok competition. Following their mission to promote strong communities, Climb CDC is aiming to push youth to get vaccinated through TikTok. The popular social media platform TikTok has millions of users and by creating content advising others to get the shot, Climb hopes…

10/20 Ryan’s “Wet” Wednesday Evening Forecast

There were some wet spots this afternoon after showers developed, which will continue into tomorrow.

Today brought our first wet weather in over a week as much drier, cooler weather has dominated until now. That changed quickly last night as warmer, more humid air moved in rapidly, bringing tonight’s low up even further to 71 degrees. The clouds and showers will thin a bit through the overnight hours as heating dies down, but overall it…

Harrison County School District teachers earn grants from Gulfport Chamber of Commerce

The Gulfport Chamber of Commerce gave out grants to three Harrison County School District teachers to help fund projects they created for their students. The recipients were Bel-Aire Elementary’s Heather Nittianandan for her project ‘feeding the future,’ West Harrison High’s Bethany Seal for her project ‘tiny house for story characters,’ and West Harrison Middle’s Georgene Danjanic for her project ‘book…

St. Joseph Hospice serves Gulfport police free lunch

The team at St. Joseph Hospice visited the Gulfport Police Department today to offer free lunch to all of the officers. The team began cooking hotdogs and burgers early in the morning and brought the food to the department. The hospice set up an outside location and gave out about 100 lunch servings to the working police officers. The team…