Visitor at Magnolia Park Elementary arrested by OSSD Campus Police

A disturbance at Magnolia Park Elementary in Ocean Springs led school officials to immediately authorize ‘shelter in place’ for students. The incident led Ocean Springs School District campus police to arrest Rena Ann Callister. The 56-year-old is being held at Jackson County Jail, charged with public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, simple assault on a public official, and disturbing the peace. Her…

Morning Business Report: March 24th, 2022

Depending on where you live and your salary, your house may have made more money than you did in 2021. The Russia stock market reopens today for first time since the invasion of Ukraine. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: morning business report

New Carter Church Historical Marker dedication ceremony this Saturday

Carter Church is best known for his elaborate Mardi Gras designs. He was a leader in the arts and cultures scenes in Bay St. Louis and New Orleans. Steve Barney with Bay St. Louis Creative Arts Center is in studio with details on the historical marker dedication ceremony this Saturday.   Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Carter Church, dedication ceremony, historical…

Biloxi Community Market ready to spring into a busy season

For more than 45 years, Biloxi’s Community Market has been providing area residents with fresh produce, plants, crafts, and homemade goodies. Despite it being in the 50s this morning, vendors were selling their products under the I-110 overpass on Howard Avenue. Spring is the busiest season for the market and Market Manager Tina Cowart has seen the number of vendors…

Craft Beer Fest hops into MGM Park on Saturday

The Biloxi Chamber of Commerce is hosting their fourth annual Craft Beer Fest this Saturday at MGM Park. The festival hops into MGM Park this Saturday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.  and you’ll be able to sample beers from local and regional breweries. A few of the local favorites that will be on draft are Fly Llama, Chandeleur, and…

3/24 – Brittany’s “Dry and Cool” Thursday Afternoon Forecast

Overall much more benign with cool and dry weather is in store for the area through the short term as the upper level trough currently in the middle of the US continues to move towards the east coast. This will not have any rain but just wind shifts from southwesterly to westerly then northwesterly. LONG TERM… The dry weather continues…

High School Baseball: D’Iberville vs. Pascagoula

With Battle at the Beach having come and gone, it’s hard to know what to make of the non-district portion of the high school baseball schedule. Take Region 7 Class 6A for example, both D’Iberville and Pascagoula coming into tonight’s game under .500 despite deep post-season runs for both schools last season. D’Iberville wins 1-0. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags:…

High school students across the state attend ninth annual Palazzo Youth Leadership Summit

High school juniors and seniors from across South Mississippi came together on the MGCCC Harrison County campus to attend the ninth annual Palazzo Youth Leadership Summit. Over 258 students from 30 different high schools from across the state joined together inside the IMPAC Center to hear personal testimonies and leadership advice from several prestigious guests. MGCCC President Dr. Mary Graham…

NCAA Baseball: Mississippi State vs. Southern

For the first time since winning its first ever national championship, the Mississippi State baseball program dropping out of the top 25 this week. So how would those natty champs respond in the mid-week? Diamond Dawgs hosting Southern University at the Dude. Bulldogs win this one 14-5. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, mississippi state, sports

Annual Crawfish Boil Fundraiser for Jolly Circus kick off

Twenty-one local organizations received a check from the Bacot McCarty Foundation during their annual Jolly Crawfish Kickoff. The fundraising event is an opportunity for local organizations to give and receive money toward its cause. Local non-profits like Make-A-Wish, Center Stage, the Boys and Girls Club of Jackson County, and Lynn Meadows, to name a few, accepted checks totaling $75,000. Long-time…

Buddy Ball holds opening ceremony for new season

Today, Mississippi Gulf Coast Buddy Sports held its Buddy Ball opening night ceremony and games. Mississippi Buddy Ball is back and ready for action at the Gulfport Sportsplex. The league began the night with a game at 5 o’clock which was then followed up by the opening night ceremony. For the ceremony, each team lined up and trotted down the…

Orthram Inc. identifies another unidentified body in Mississippi

Othram, Inc. was acknowledged by Jackson County Sheriff’s yesterday as the lab responsible for all DNA Lab Work in revealing the identify of Moss Point John Doe. On December 8th, 1982, human remains belong to a young African American man, now identified as Gary Simpson, were found in the Escatawpa River underneath the eastbound lane of I-10 in Jackson County….

Saenger Theatre construction is in final phase of exterior renovations

Now a quick update on the Biloxi Saenger Theatre as exterior renovations near completion. Contractors have removed the stucco from the front of the building and are now repairing the brick, the final phase of the exterior construction. The full exterior project costs about $2.5 million in city and grant funds and the interior will cost an estimated $3 million….

Merit Health staffers compete in Corn Hole Tournament

The employees of Merit Health were out near the District Green in Biloxi today for an unlikely competition. The employees get together for a friendly corn-hole competition twice a year and it lasts all week from Monday to Friday. It gives these staffers a chance to smack-talk the administrators over the course of the week. Senior Clinic Accountant Angela Bradford…

Memorial welcomes group to residency

Memorial Hospital at Gulfport welcomes a host of new medical school grads to train in its residency program as it enters its second year after accreditation. As the first-years will help guide the newcomers, the two groups got together over zoom this afternoon to get to know each other. Each group has about ten new physicians and the program is…

Vandalized figure of Jesus returned, statue of Virgin Mary still missing from St. James Cemetery

News 25 reported an incident of vandalism and theft at St. James Catholic Church Cemetery in Gulfport. That very same day, an important figure that was stolen was returned, but a piece is still missing. Two weeks ago, a St. James Catholic Church parishioner reported the church cemetery was vandalized and a figure of Jesus crucified was stolen along with…

Morning Business Report: March 23rd, 2022

The Great Resignation continues as 44 percent of workers look for a new job and baristas at the original Starbucks store in Seattle vote to pursue a union. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with these stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report

Fish Fry benefiting Melissa Miller as she battles stage three cancer

The daughter of retired Biloxi Police Officer Wayne Miller is battling stage three cancer. Her name is Melissa and she’s a 37-year-old single mom. To help pay for medical costs, this Friday, Biloxi PD and Swetman Security are hosting a fish fry. Captain Tom Goldsworthy with Biloxi PD is in studio with more. Tags: fish fry, melissa miller