Some good news for you on this Monday morning, a missing turtle returns home. Indy the Tortoise has been handed over to his owners. Indy had apparently escaped from his yard and was missing since the beginning of last week. Someone driving a truck had reportedly picked him up on the side of the road. After hitting a lot of…
Also at the Roots, Rhythm, and Arts Festival, it was possible to become an artist in five minutes. You might not become as immediately skilled as Miguel Davalos, but he’ll give you a good starting point. The illustrator was out at the arts festival in Gulfport Saturday, giving out five-minute art lessons, teaching the public about contour sketching. Focus your…
Each year, the Roots, Rhythm, and Arts Festival is a free-form celebration in all things creative. Downtown Gulfport hummed with creative energy Saturday. Out near Chandeleur Island Brewing Company, artists soaked in the atmosphere of live music and painted freely. In addition to checking out the visual buffet, visitors learned about living art, performers wore eye-catching outfits, and acted as…
Biloxi’s Krewe of Neptune parade finally returned Saturday night and our news team was there to capture it all. Grant Chighizola, Meggan Gray and Rob Knight showed our coast viewers the sights and sounds of a classic parade — which finally returns after a COVID hiatus. Thousands gathered along the streets to watch the show, including plenty of people from…
On this week’s Mom to Mom, Mandy Williamson shows us how to make a fun and kid-friendly St. Patrick’s Day treat. Tags: Mom to Mom
On Mondays here on News 25, we feature children from Mississippi hoping to get adopted in our Grant Me Hope segment, made possible by Caring Hearts Counseling Services. This week on Grant me Hope, we introduce you to Will, a 16-year-old who likes singing and dancing and staying active. If you’re interested in adopting Will, you can visit the Mississippi…
It’s a rather quiet forecast the next few days with cool and dry conditions today slowly moderating over the next few days. High-pressure will quickly move in later today but quickly transitions back to northwest flow through the middle of the week. At the surface there will be very little change as high pressure sets up over the Lower MS…
It’s a rather quiet forecast the next few days with cool and dry conditions today slowly moderating over the next few days. High-pressure will quickly move in later today but quickly transitions back to northwest flow through the middle of the week. At the surface there will be very little change as high pressure sets up over the Lower MS…
Cloud coverage will linger through the evening with slow clearing late tonight into early tomorrow. Overnight lows will be in the low to mid 40’s. High pressure currently over Texas will shift eastward over the next few days shaping this week’s forecast. This will keep rain out of the area at least through Friday. Overall, this week’s weather pattern will…
St. Vincent De Paul School in Long Beach held their annual Krewe of Wrecks Parade today. Every year at the school, the kindergarteners would either build a float or buy a float from a prior year and roll down the campus throwing beads and toys to their classmates in other grades. This year, the parade featured about 46 floats. These…
Harrah’s Gulf Coast presented a check for more than $22,000 to the Humane Society of South Mississippi. The charitable funds were raised by Harrah’s Gulf Coast’s guests through donated change and gaming vouchers. The funds will be used to further the organization’s mission to help improve their facility and continue their mission as a no-kill shelter. Harrah’s Gulf Coast President…
The Ocean Springs Carnival Association is back for their 14th annual night parade. This year, the parade’s theme is ‘Arabian Nights, a Whole New World.’ OSCA President Billy Nix says that compared to the prior year, this parade is on a whole different level. With 59 floats in the parade, Nix says this year nearly doubled 2020. He says krewe…
Age is nothing but a number, that saying is true for 90-year-old substitute teacher Ray Skillestad who is celebrating his birthday and Mardi Gras season in style. The good times are always rolling for Ocean Springs School District substitute teacher Ray Skillestad, who served as the grand marshal for the annual OSHS Mardi Gras Parade. After turning 90 last month,…
The Krewe of Neptune joined students at Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary Elementary School for a walking parade. Students enjoyed their own parade before heading down to the big Krewe of Neptune’s parade tomorrow night. While some of the kids enjoyed riding in the parade, others enjoyed catching the beads, moon pies, and candy. After the parade, students enjoyed meeting the…
A St. Martin junior varsity coach was arrested today after a police k9 alerted police there were drugs in his car. Jackson County sheriff’s deputies were making random searches in the parking lot on campus. The K9 alerted positive on a car belonging to 24-year-old Jonte Moultrie of Ocean Springs. News 25 was told marijuana was found in the vehicle…
A Gautier man is in jail after leading Gautier police on a chase from one end of the city to the other. Police say metro enforcement tried to pull 23-year-old Kaderrick Robinson over on a traffic stop Thursday. Instead, he kept driving, running his late-model Nissan through the city and the streets of the Ocean Estates neighborhood, through residents’ yards,…
A group of cyclists riding 700 miles across the Gulf Coast will come through Pascagoula on Tuesday. The Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure raises funds for the Fuller Center for Housing. The cyclists begin in Laguna Beach, Florida and will end their journey mid-March in Galveston, Texas. After they pass through Pascagoula, they’ll head to Louisiana to help rebuild homes for…
Kids at Hope Academy got their own little taste of Mardi Gras as Gulfport Fire lent them the use of their classic fire truck to throw beads from. All of Hope Academy showed out to the town green of Florence Gardens to both catch and throw beads and other treats. Each class got a turn riding in the back of…
Over at the Float Den, across from the East Biloxi Public Library, a man and a couple of his crew members have been building parade floats for nearly 40 years. News 25 went out there to speak with Doug Blom, the float builder for the Gulf Coast Carnival Association’s floats. From the outside, it’s an unassuming warehouse and on the…
A Gautier man is in Jackson County jail, accused of leaving his one-year-old child at home alone when he was pulled over for driving under the influence. Gautier police say they pulled over 38-year-old Grant Lee Norris, who didn’t immediately stop. He was arrested on a DUI charge. Officers went to Norris’ house to let his family know he was…
Intriguing Beauty: An Upscale Spa has a variety of services for ladies. Here to tell us about some training opportunities is owner Tina Harper. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Intriguing Beauty
When it comes to king cakes everyone’s always asking ‘who got the baby,’ but have you ever wondered why it is in there in the first place? The Biloxi Library on Howard Avenue has a display featuring the history of the king cake and the story behind the plastic babies inside them. Inside the displays you’ll be able to glance…
Inflation isn’t yet changing what people buy at the grocery store. Stocks remain volatile as investors cling to every bit of news from Ukraine. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
The Gulf Islands National Seashore is comprised of the barrier islands stretching from Mississippi to Florida and they’d like to keep it that way. Here with us to talk about their preservation event ‘Bark in the Park’ is Park Ranger John Bernstiel. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: B.A.R.K. in the Park, event, Gulf Island National Seashore