The Wall that Heals holds the names of 58,000 veterans who died in Vietnam and friends and family of those veterans here on the Coast seek their names as they visit the memorial in Bay St. Louis. The wall is a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. and gives local vets the opportunity to find…
Governor Tate Reeves says he’s ‘married’ to eliminating the state income tax, but other Republicans in the state remain split on the issue. The state legislative session is only a week away from being over. Reeves proposed the state reduce the top income tax rate from 5 percent to 3.5 percent next January than phase out the rest of the…
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…
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
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…
The Mental Health Association of South Mississippi is looking for nominations right now, people in our community who deserve to be honored at the upcoming ‘Don’t Worry be Happy’ fundraiser. Here with more about the nomination process and why this event is important is Kimberly Barta. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Mental Health Association of South MS
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…
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…
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…
Down in the Big Easy, Southern Miss paying a visit to New Orleans. USM winning its fifth straight mid-week victory 12-8. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, Southern Miss, sports
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 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…
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
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…
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…
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….
We’ll have quite the nice setup in the wake of Tuesday’s severe weather. A sustained northwesterly flow will bring about seasonable afternoon temperatures with overnight readings running up to 10 degrees below-normal at times. Humidity won’t be felt until early next week. This means high temps in the upper 60s to lower 70s, with lows in the lower to mid…
The Bacot McCarty Foundation is preparing for their 20th annual Jolly Circus on May 14th. News 25’s Sabria Reid is in Pascagoula with more. Tags: bacot mccarty foundation, the jolly
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….
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 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…
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…
Here’s Troy Thompson with this week’s edition of Living Well. Tags: Living Well with Troy Thompson
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