Who needs Santa and his reindeer when you’ve got the Mississippi Aquarium and penguins? Ferdinand the Penguin stopped by WXXV to help announce an exciting new program and spread the word about holiday events happening at the aquarium. Along with extended hours, $12.25 admission after 3, and diving Santa and his elf, you can now have your holiday picture taken…
If you’re looking to get in the Christmas spirit, look no further than Campground Baptist Church this weekend. The Gulfport Church located on Highway 53 is back with their annual Christmas drama called ‘A Gift,’ it’s to remind people the reason for the season. What started as a small play on the church front lawn nine years ago has grown…
The West Harrison Hurricane Choir will be performing their show ‘Sounds of the Season’ tonight. The event is at 6 p.m. at the Nugent United Methodist Church in Gulfport. The group consists of 15 West Harrison students and choir director Curtis Staples. The choir will perform a collection of Christmas time favorites and carols to ring in the New Year…
Here on WXXV we’ve been highlight outstanding light displays all along the Coast. News 25’s Grace Boyles is at one of the iconic Christmas displays in South Mississippi: Wiener Wonderland! Categories: Local News, News Tags: holidays, Light display, Weiner Wonderland
Classic homes along historic 2nd Street in Gulfport, beautifully decorated for the holidays. The Gulfport Civic League’s annual Tour of Homes is coming up this weekend. Joining us today with more are one of the homeowners Stephanie Smartt and Diane Miller from the Civic League. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Gulfport Civic League, tour of homes
Investors brace for the highest inflation reading in nearly 40 years and Starbucks workers vote to unionize a Buffalo, New York store. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
The Mississippi Aquarium is gearing up for the holidays with some special events this month. Aquarium Ambassador Penguin Ferdinand is in studio with Diana Major. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Mississippi Aquarium
Rain or shine, thousands of runners will be running across the Coast this weekend. The Gulf Coast Marathon is returning for its sixth year. Between Saturday and Sunday there will be four races across Harrison County. The main marathon starts at 7 Sunday morning at Henderson Point in Pass Christian. Runners will cross the finish line at MGM Park in…
South Mississippi’s women’s tackle football team is looking for new members and you can make your mark with a chance to join the squad this weekend. Tryouts for the Gulf Coast Monarchy will be held at the Salvation Army Kroc Center Field tomorrow at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you’re interested in trying out, you’re asked to wear tennis…
The Salvation Army has bell ringers at the Biloxi Visitors Center and they’ll be there all day. As the sun starts rising, the bells start ringing for the annual Harrison County Kettle Kick Off. In front of the Biloxi Visitors Center, you’ll find local business owner Windy Swetman ringing in donations for the Salvation Army. “It’s a great tradition that…
Now to a follow up on a little girl from Gulfport whose smile and story has captured the hearts of so many. Six-year-old Kyleigh Ward is waiting on a heart transplant at Texas Children’s Hospital. Kyleigh and her mom will spend Christmas this year in the hospital and away from their loved ones, including Kyleigh’s one-year-old sister Kamree. To make…
A couple light showers will be possible through this evening, but most areas likely remain dry for the day. High temperatures will warm to near 80 for most, even reaching the low 80s in some areas. Our main focus shifts to late today and through the day on Saturday as a cold front approaches and slides down through our area. Per…
A couple light showers will be possible through this evening, but most areas likely remain dry for the day. High temperatures will warm to near 80 for most, even reaching the low 80s in some areas. There will be a risk of dense fog this evening and through the overnight hours, mainly for areas along the Mississippi Gulf coast and…
Of the eight Major League Baseball superstars competing in this year’s Home Run Derby, half of them hit more than 27 home runs in a single round. That means a local high school player hit more than the other half did in last month’s World Power Showcase, and he did so in a big league park. “The actual first day…
We will continue to see some rain showers move through the area into this evening, with some thunderstorms not completely ruled out. We dry out overnight with a couple light showers possible for some on Friday, but most areas likely remain dry for the day. High temperatures for Friday will warm to near 80 for most, even reaching the low…
A new era of wrestling in Mississippi has begun. In addition to Ocean Springs, who has fielded a team for over a decade, all three high schools in the Jackson County District have wrestling teams this season. On November 30th, the Bulldogs rolled out the welcome mats for the first wrestling meet in Vancleave history. 22 wrestlers, middle school through…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — Santa Claus is coming to town! St. Nick will be at the Hattula Family Light Show on December 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The light show takes place at 6917 Southwind Drive in Biloxi and features over 61,000 Christmas lights synced to holiday music on 101.7 FM. News 25’s Sabria…
Kyleigh Ward has spent a lot of her life in and out of hospitals, battling heart failure. At just six years old, she’s had three open heart surgeries. Now she’s waiting on a new heart. “In April, we went up and they told me that Kyleigh needed a transplant really bad. She was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, restrictive cardiomyopathy,…
A warm front west will move east through the area this afternoon, providing for scattered showers and t-storms. Precip chances are generally in the 25-40% range this afternoon before quickly dropping off later in the evening. Friday will be dry and much warmer, with high temps looking to hit the low 80s for many areas of our area. As an upper…
A stationary front sitting off the northern Gulf Coast will return later tonight as a warm front. This front will lift into the area, creating southerly winds. Areas of patchy fog are likely for many areas tonight into Thursday morning, with a few areas of dense fog possible. Some light showers may move onshore Thursday morning before the warm front…
In a who’s who of high school football super stardom, the Gulf Coast is responsible for more who’s in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game than any other year in at least the last half decade. This afternoon, News 25 caught up with five of the seven that are all part of the 40, gunning for Mississippi’s fourth win over the Yellow…
Striking while the iron’s hot for this week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week and there may not be a Mississippi High School football player hotter right now than Picayune’s Dante Dowdell, who was just announced today as the 2021 MaxPreps Player of the Year for Mississippi. That being just one of several accomplishments for the junior running back over…
A home in Moss Point is lighting up the block with Christmas lights. For over a decade, Ms. Jones has decorated her home in Christmas lights and décor inside and out. On all sides of her yard, over 30 inflatables and hundreds, maybe thousands of lights, too many for her to count, take over her lot. She works on handmade…
A stationary front sitting off the northern Gulf Coast will return later tonight as a warm front. This front will lift into the area, creating southerly winds. Areas of patchy fog are likely for many areas tonight into Thursday morning, with a few areas of dense fog possible. Some light showers may move onshore Thursday morning before the warm front…