Memorial Hospital has announced more COVID-19 vaccine events for the rest of August. Pfizer vaccines will be available tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Orange Grove Medical Clinic in Gulfport. On Saturday, the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine will be available from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Keesler Federal Credit Union location on Seaway Road in Gulfport. Tags:…
Coastal Family Health Center is celebrating National Health Center Week by hosting several events along the Coast. This year’s National Health Center Week is honoring those front-line providers, staff, and beloved patients who lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the very beginning of the crisis, community health centers began finding innovative ways to provide preventative and primary code…
Mountain Dew is coming out with a boozy option and 2021 is shaping up to be the best year ever for gambling. Jane King is in New York with those stories and more.
Another day of afternoon shower and thunderstorm activity is on tap with precipitation chances a good deal higher overall than they were yesterday, mainly during the peak heating of the afternoon hours. The main concern with the rainfall today will be the possibility of efficient storms leading to some minor flooding issues. More of the same is expected tomorrow and…
Another day of afternoon shower and thunderstorm activity is on tap with precipitation chances a good deal higher overall than they were yesterday, mainly during the peak heating of the afternoon hours. This should in turn help to keep temperatures in check with generally lower 90s expected. The main concern with the rainfall today will be the possibility of efficient…
Summer just keeps on keeping on with another toasty day with showers and thunderstorms likely during the afternoon. This persistent upper level ridge will continue over the area and dominate the weather through Thursday. Winds overall will be relatively weak and any big weather system will be pretty much non-existent outside of storm outflow boundaries and the daytime heat driven…
Good to be back after a few weeks off, and it’s no surprise it’s still hot and humid though it will be drier. That isn’t going to change anytime soon since we’re really just now hitting the peak of summer, but the next week will only be a degree or so above average. We’ll still see daily afternoon showers and…
The last time Pascagoula High School competed in region 4 class 6A, the Panthers finished with an overall record of just 1-10 in 2018. In the meantime, that 9th grade team played D’Iberville for the district championship and so its now that senior class of 2022, leading the Panthers’ return to the 6A ranks at stop number 13 on News…
At the Biloxi Civic Center, the concerned east Biloxi community came together to put an end to recent gun crimes. Mayor ‘FoFo’ Gilich, Biloxi Police Chief John Miller and Biloxi Ward 2 Councilman Felix Gines hosted a meeting this evening to update the community on recent arrest to crimes they’ve been experiencing in their east Biloxi neighborhood. The three community…
With the increase of COVID cases nationwide and here on the Coast, Memorial Hospital in Gulfport has leaned on the help of a treatment that wasn’t available this time last year. “I will definitely give this variant credit. This is 2020 amplified big time. It really is.” This time last year, the primary treatment for COVID-19 patients was to wait…
Good to be back after a few weeks off, and it’s no surprise it’s still hot and humid. That isn’t going to change anytime soon since we’re really just now hitting the peak of summer, but the next week will only be a degree or so above average. We are trending in a drier direction though. We’ll still see daily…
‘Police in the Park’ hopes to strengthen trust between police and the Gulfport community this Saturday. Making an effort to build relationships within the community they serve, the Gulfport Police Department is partnering with local organizations to host an outdoor fun day. Partnering with Extend a Hand, Help a Friend, Morning Star Baptist Church, Gulfport Leisure Services and the Boys…
COVID-19 hospitalizations are approaching a record high for the state. The State Department of Health reported today that there are 3,488 new COVID cases and 36 deaths throughout the state, bringing Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases to 368,549 with 7,685 deaths among cases and deaths already reported. MSDH has also identified 36 additional COVID-19 cases in residents of long-term care…
To bring awareness to underprivileged communities across the Coast, the Salvation Army of the Mississippi Gulf Coast hosted an Ambassador for Good Day event. This year, the Salvation Army set up a mock homelessness camp with local celebrities dressed in nice attire standing on the corner with a cardboard sign that said ‘need has no season.’ Some of the local…
A festival set to take place in early September has been moved to December as concerns over the delta variant continue. 100 Men Hall’s Booker Fest will now run from December 3rd to December 5th instead of the original dates of September 3rd through 5th. The festival honors blues keyboardist James Carroll Booker, who was born in New Orleans and…
COVID numbers continue to spike along the Coast, leaving those in nursing homes, personal care homes, assisted living homes, and intermediate care facilities wondering if they will have to revert back to the COVID-19 protocols that were put in place at the start of the pandemic. When the pandemic first hit, seniors were not allowed to leave the facility or…
Two VA medical centers in Mississippi, including the one in Biloxi, will be helping out other medical facilities in the state due to the shortage of ICU beds during the current COVID-19 wave. The G.V Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center and Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System will accept general public intensive care, acute medical and surgical community patients as…
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In January of this year, Sarah Shelton founded the Diamondhead School of Fine Arts. She has an impressive resume, having worked with the Alabama Ballet, Ballet Memphis, and the Beau Rivage’s annual production of the Nutcracker. Sarah is here with us today to tell us about the school’s first show. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Diamondhead School of Fine Arts
Starting this month, you can shop at Sephora in some Kohl’s stores and AMC reaches a deal with Warner Brothers for movies to show in theatres for 45 days exclusively. Jane King is in New York with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, high temperatures will be in the lower 90s each day with overnight lows in the mid to upper 70s. Showers and a few thunderstorms will be possible daily with rain chances ranging between 20 and 40 percent. The tropical disturbance we’ve been watching is now very near the Leeward Islands and it is expected to…
The normal summertime pattern will be dominate the region through Thursday. Southerly to southeasterly surface winds will help to enhance warm air advection and moisture advection over the next few days, which will help with lifting in the environment. Scattered showers and storms will be possible mainly during the peak daytime heating hours. These storms will have the potential for…
The tropical disturbance we’ve been watching is now very near the Leeward Islands and it is expected to produce gusty winds and heavy rains across portions of those islands during the next several hours. Satellite and radar data indicate that deep storm activity around the system continues to gradually organize in curved bands across the northern half of the circulation,…
The grind don’t stop at stop number 12 on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 days and neither does the chase. Ocean Springs has as much potential as any team on the Gulf Coast, but the Greyhounds still have a long way to go on just the first day of official MHSAA practice. Head Coach Blake Pennock said, “I mean…