Tomorrow Governor Reeves is set to sign a house bill that will ensure families of law enforcement and firefighters who died after contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty will receive full state death benefits. Survivors’ benefits are $100,000 per first responder. As part of House Bill 779, $5 million will be transferred from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund…
A brief dry period today will change overnight as the stationary front drifts north, along with a vigorous cold front approaching from the NW. Rain will move back in overnight with elevating rain potential Friday afternoon/night. The stationary front will begin to dissipate with the approaching cold front NW Friday afternoon. The SPC has the area under a “MARGINAL THREAT”…
After starting the season with a record of just 6-6, Mississippi State must have realized it wasn’t giving opposing teams the total experience of playing the defending national champions. Which brings us to last night and MSU’s nine-run bottom of the fourth inning that served as a reminder to not only Texas Tech, but also the 5,800 fans in attendance…
Southern Miss hosting Florida International in the second round of the C-USA Women’s Basketball Tournament. USM dominates 78-60 final. Lady Eagles get Middle Tennessee tomorrow at 2 p.m. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: basketball, C-USA Women’s Basketball Tournament, Southern Miss, sports
It’s Opening Day for two new art galleries at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center in Ocean Springs. Local artists Jerrod and Jessie Partridge created a gallery showing a timeline of their art, their lives together as husband and wife, and growth of their family. Jerrod, the painter, hand makes the paper he uses in his portraits. The second…
The same front that’s been bringing the rain and thunderstorms is still hanging around just off shore. We’re on the cooler, more stable side of it, so we’re looking at mainly just occasional showers through tonight. Any development over land will be elevated so we are not looking for any severe weather there, but it will need to be watched…
The Pascagoula River Audubon Center rotates artists every eight weeks in their gallery. They’re currently exhibiting the work of Billy Solitario. Solitario was raised in Gautier. He paints landscapes inspired by sand dunes, coastal savannas, and barrier islands along the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast. His work will be on display until May 3rd inside the Moss Point Fine Art…
Today, a famous actor could be seen around Gulfport as his new film ‘Hard Matter’ is being shot all along the Gulf Coast. If any of our unaware residents watch ‘Hard Matter’ when it comes out, they might find the locations on screen oddly familiar — like 24th Avenue, transformed into a post-apocalyptic battlefield. The mayor’s office put out a…
The annual Advanced Naval Technology Exercise was held today at the Port of Gulfport Industry partners along with the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command came together to present various demos of new technology at the annual ANTX Showcase. This showcase is part of the Navy’s way of bringing tech into the hands of operators to evaluate it and to close…
Ingalls Shipbuilding hosted a keel authentication ceremony for the Ted Stevens DDG 128. To formally mark the start of the construction on the Arleigh-Burke Class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens, DDG 128, a keel laying ceremony took place with the family of former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. DDG 51 Program Manager John Fillmore said, “As much as he devoted his…
Tonight at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center, new art galleries open to the public. News 25’s Sabria Reid is in Ocean Springs with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: art gallery, Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center
An Ocean Springs woman is alive after her home on Highway 90 caught fire today. The woman was taken to the hospital by an ambulance, but her family says she is doing well. The call came in today sometime around noon when the woman woke up to her house burning. Her family says they are grateful to the firefighters who…
On Monday, George County sheriffs were given information about a possible stolen vehicle on Highway 98. Deputies found a vehicle matching the description of a car reported stolen in Jackson County the week before. Deputies tried to perform a traffic stop, but the driver did not stop, with a pursuit ending in Greene County. The driver was identified as Jessica…
We have an update on that truck that slammed into some parked cars in a Harrison County neighborhood. Gulfport police tell News 25 it was a teenager who was driving the truck that hit three cars in front of a home in the Magnolia Springs neighborhood. The homeowner shared her Nest Camera footage with News 25 on Tuesday. She tells…
Jason Lindsey has more in this week’s edition of Hooked on Science. Tags: Hooked on Science
Credit card companies are raising their fees and oil prices are reacting to the U.S. ban on Russian oil. Joya Dass is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
The Walter Anderson Theatre Project is preparing to take the stage tomorrow for its production of ‘A Streetcar named Desire.’ Their shows are running the next two weekends and here with us to talk about it are David Slatten and Juliana Lewis. They play the two main characters Stanley and Blanche. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: A Streetcar named Desire, Walter…
Here’s Troy Thompson with this week’s edition of Living Well. Tags: Living Well with Troy Thompson
The Pascagoula River Audubon Center needs your help deciding the names of their two baby great horned owls. For the third year in a row, they’ve asked for the public’s help in naming owls born at their facility. The first year they had the contest they had three chicks and the names selected were Winkin’, Blinkin, and Nod. Last year…
Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, so much of the music from the 1940s centered around jazz and that great big band sound and you can enjoy a taste of it all at Center Stage this weekend. Here with details is the creator of the Boogie Woogie Radio Show, David Delk. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Center Stage Theatre, ‘The Boogie…
People in South Mississippi are stepping up to help. This week, students at Bayou View Elementary are collecting supplies to send to people in Ukraine. They’re collecting hygiene products like soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, as well as batteries, diapers, and first-aid supplies like bandages and pain killers. All items will be sent directly to Ukraine. It began with Brynlee Walker,…
This morning, News 25 spoke to drivers out and about at a Shell Gas Station in Biloxi. There, regular gasoline was $3.89 a gallon. While gas prices continue to soar, it’s causing plenty of heartache for many travelers. Spring break is coming up and summer is on the horizon, but traveling plans for many have been put on pause as…
A stationary front to the east will continue to be the focal point for showers and t-storms again today. The development over land will be elevated so we are not looking for any severe weather over land but it will need to be watched over marine areas. Thursday will bring a brief dry period with weak high-pressure moving into the…
First pitch for Game 2 of the Hancock Whitney Classic between Mississippi State and Texas Tech has been from 5 pm to 3 pm this afternoon at MGM Park. Both teams have agreed to move up the start time of the game due to a higher chance of rain later in the evening. Moving up the scheduled start time gives…