09/08 Ryan’s “Wind Shift” Wednesday Night Forecast

It's been warm and muggy for a while, but a wind shift is bringing much drier air to South MS.

Quite the eventful day weather-wise in South MS as Mindy formed to the southeast and a front is bringing drier air and a wind shift. Locally we saw only scattered showers and t-storms from Tropical Storm Mindy moving north-to-south across South MS through the evening. Regardless of what happens with any lingering showers a cold front will move through during…

Ole Miss stymies Louisville in Monday night showdown

During Monday’s primetime game in Atlanta between Ole Miss and Louisville, Cardinals’ quarterback Malik Cunningham led the team in passing, rushing, and receiving at the end of the first half and that wasn’t a good thing for the team in red. The same Rebels that ranked 118th in all of division I FBS in total defense last season, absolutely suffocated…

Student Athlete of the Week: Gautier Quarterback Kaden Irving

WXXV Student Athlete of the Week is back for the 2021-2022 school year. This week’s selection recently caught the attention of Sports Illustrated All-American declaring him the nation’s high school football ‘Freak of the Week’ after his freakish game against Pascagoula in Friday’s Singing River Classic. News 25’s Grace Boyles spoke with the Gators’ star dual sport athlete Kaden Irving….

Saints playing week one game vs Packers in Jacksonville

Today, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the Saints are likely to play their week four home game against the New York Giants in the Big Easy as the city continues to recover from Hurricane Ida. But that doesn’t change the fact that the black and gold are still displaced for week one, having to host the Green Bay Packers…

Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort helps Afghanistan refugees

One South Mississippi casino is helping those impacted by the recent withdrawal in Afghanistan through two big donations. Two separate organizations aiding Afghans received $25,000 each from the Scarlet Pearl. ‘No One Left Behind’ and ‘Spirit of America’ both serve different missions to help Afghans get to America after risking their lives for American troops. ‘No One Left Behind’ helps…

09/08 Ryan’s “TS Mindy” Wednesday Evening Forecast

A tropical storm formed nearby today, but won't impact South MS as it races across Florida.

As unexpected as it was from last night’s forecast, Tropical Storm Mindy formed today in the Northern Gulf. It’s disorganized, and moving rapidly, but will still bring heavy amounts of rainfall to the Big Bend area of Florida. Locally we’ll see only scattered showers and t-storms moving north-to-south across South MS through the evening. It’s possible to see a couple…

Pascagoula Fire Department hosting Ida supply drive

All kinds of organizations in South Mississippi are doing their part to help Hurricane Ida victims. One of those organizations is the Pascagoula Fire Department. They’re collecting cleaning items, personal items, and food items. They’re bringing the items to a distribution center in Houma, Louisiana on Friday. Along with the supplies, Pascagoula fire will be partnering with a BBQ joint…

City of D’Iberville collecting Hurricane Ida relief donations

The City of D’Iberville set up a donation truck at the D’Iberville Fire Department to help those impacted by Hurricane Ida. The donation center will be set up until the truck is full. The city will be accepting water, cleaning supplies, paper products, and non-perishable food items and other items. They will not be accepting clothes or shoes. For a…

New company coming to the Port of Gulfport

The Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport has a new tenant and more jobs coming to the east pier. Ocean Aero will occupy 67,000 feet of warehouse space on the Port of Gulfport’s east pier and is expected to create 45 new jobs by the end of 2021. The new space will be fully operational by early 2022. Ocean Aero…

State health officials discuss COVID-19 surge

Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health hosted a press conference to talk about the surge in COVID cases and how COVID is impacting pregnant women. State health officials announced that Mississippi has reported its seventh pediatric death and there are an increasing amount of deaths among pregnant women. Dr. Thomas Dobbs said COVID is deadly to the pregnant woman,…

MSDH reports 1,934 cases of COVID-19 and 102 deaths statewide

Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 1,934 cases of COVID-19 in the state, along with 102 deaths. Of those deaths, 25 occurred between September 2nd and September 7th and 77 occurred between February 18th and September 3rd. The state’s total of cases is now at 455,282 along with 8,787 deaths. Categories: Local News, News Tags: COVID-19, health,…

Seeking justice for La’Mello Parker

Today, the family of La’Mello Parker and supporting organizations came together to hold a press conference outside the Gulfport Police Department calling for police accountability. On May 3rd, three-month-old La’Mello Parker was shot and killed along Interstate 10 during a shootout between law enforcement and the infant’s father. An autopsy determined the baby died of a single gunshot wound. Jeremy…

Morning Business Report: September 8th, 2021

The FDA is expected to make a decision this week on the future of e-cigarettes and American Airlines pilots’ union plans to picket airports. Jane King is in New York with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report

Workforce Wednesday

It’s Workforce Wednesday and today we have Kimberly Hall in studio to tell us about Goodwill of South Mississippi’s career connections centers. Tags: Goodwill Of South Mississippi, Workforce Wednesday

Girl Scout Troop 3577 holding supply drive to help animals impacted by Hurricane Ida

Local organizations all across the Mississippi Gulf Coast are stepping up to help our neighbors in Louisiana recovering from Ida including those with fur. An Ocean Springs Girl Scout troop is holding a relief supply drive benefiting all animals impacted by the hurricane. Troop 3577 is collecting supplies to drop off to residents and rescues in need. They are asking…

Middle school students making cards for first responders

Eighth graders in the North Woolmarket Middle and Elementary School art class designed ‘thank you’ cards for first responders. The cards will be given out to first responders across the Coast on Friday in light of 9/11. Their art teacher saw this project as an opportunity to teach students about how valuable and dangerous are first responders’ jobs are. On…

9/8 – Rob Knight’s “Tropical Flow” Wednesday Morning Forecast

Any significant weather impacts in the short term for most of the area should be limited to the daytime hours today. As a tropical wave south moves towards the Florida Big Bend area, expect scattered t-storms through today with any heavy rain rather localized and not worthy of a large scale Flash Flood Watch. Activity will wind down this evening…

News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 Days: Stone Tomcats

Better late than never, but never late is better. Unfortunately, the Stone Tomcats had no choice in the matter when it came to last month’s COVID-19 quarantine lasting the better part of three weeks. Now approaching week two of the high school football season and they’ve still yet to take the field for the first time in 2021. But they…

09/07 Ryan’s “Damp” Tuesday Night Forecast

A few damp areas tonight with more expected tomorrow, but drier days lie ahead.

We have more rainy, damp weather ahead, but a cold front will bring drier, less humid weather for the weekend. Probably more prudent to call it a “tepid” front since there won’t be much cooling, but it will make things considerably drier. Focusing on the short-term though things won’t change much. Expect to see more rain tomorrow than the last…

New CodeRED emergency notification system in Ocean Springs

The City of Ocean Springs has officially launched a new platform to allow the city to more easily communicate with residents. The CodeRED emergency notification system allows the city to send phone calls, text messages, emails, posts to social media, and mobile app messages to inform residents of emergencies. The alert system in equipped with a weather warning system that…