The superintendent of Hancock County Schools is warning parents that vaping with e-cigarettes is becoming a dangerous problem. Superintendent Theresa Merwin talked about vaping in her weekly message on district happenings. People under 21 cannot vape, so all vaping on school grounds is illegal. Merwin said a few students have needed medical attention after vaping. Students caught vaping face expulsion…
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs is hosting a mini Mardi Gras camp. During the three-day camp, kids will craft collages, participate in a scavenger hunt in the museum, and learn about the famous painter Walter Anderson and his childhood in New Orleans. The camp is taking place in the museum’s newly renovated art cottage across the…
Awarded the 2020’s Top 20 Events by Southeast Tourism Society, the Lundi Gras parade is today in Bay St. Louis. News 25’s Sabria Reid is at the Historic Train Depot with more. Tags: carnival season, lundi gras, Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is the only orthodox church on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that reflects many nationalities such as Greek, Russian, and Ukrainian. With the war going on in Ukraine, News 25’s Janae Jordan spoke with Father Paisius McGrath on the invasion. For centuries, Russia and Ukraine have been battling with one another for various reasons, but the…
We’re a little more than a month away from the Biloxi Shuckers first game of the 2022 season. If you’re a fan, you may want to go ahead and buy your season tickets now. Here to explain why is Media Relations Manager and the voice of the Shuckers Garrett Greene. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: baseball, Biloxi Shuckers, sports
Taxpayers are more worried this year about their refunds and stocks are lower this morning as Russia puts nuclear forces on high alert. Jane King at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
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…