The Mississippi Gulf Coast Attractions Association recognized Woody Bailey as the recipient of the organization’s annual ‘Don Jacobs Tourism Award.’ Woody Bailey is the vice chair and executive director of Cruisin’ the Coast. Cruisin’ the Coast began in 1996 as a festival to celebrate antique, classic, and hot rod vehicles, nostalgic music, and related events. Cruisin’ the Coast has turned…
Keeping the Mississippi Sound clean and beautiful is necessary for a thriving environment here in South Mississippi. In an effort to continue that mission, a pilot project funded by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality deployed litter collectors in four locations this week. Those locations are the southern branch of Magnolia Bayou in Hancock County, Brickyard Bayou, Canal #1 in…
In celebration of the Hyatt Place fourth annual Global Day of Gratitude, Hyatt Place Biloxi hosted a first responders breakfast this morning. Employees prepared a hot meal of bacon, eggs, potatoes, coffee, and other goodies to show first responders their appreciation. During the Global Day of Gratitude, the Hyatt Hotels Foundation donates $1 for every digital gift of gratitude, up…
The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce is getting ready to wrap up its annual Gifts for Whitfield Drive. This is the 29th Gifts for Whitfield Drive the chamber has held in its history. The chamber is looking for a variety of items such as clothes, shoes, pocket and table games, CDs, DVDs, and much more to give to Whitfield Hospital….
One library on the Coast gave a noise disclaimer for Wednesday as carolers filled the aisles with holiday spirit. Pascagoula Public Library’s annual Holiday Open House is back after a year off from COVID. The Colmer Middle School Choir caroled for visitors and city officials at 10 a.m. and library staffers gathered on the stairs for their own noon-time special….
A former Hancock County Sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced after he was accused of domestic violence in August. Thirty-eight-year-old Colin Freeman, formerly a K9 handler among other roles, will serve six months’ probation after entering a no-contest plea. Prosecutor Olen Anderson tells News 25 the former deputy will have to undergo drug testing and commit to an 18-week domestic violence…
Santa Claus can do a lot of impressive things like flying across the world in one night and coming down the chimney with care, but did you know that Old St. Nick loves science too? Infinity Science Center in Hancock County is hosting their annual Science with Santa this weekend. While there’s always something to explore at Infinity, this Saturday,…
After 31 years, Gulfport Pastor Seymour Venson Adolph Jr. for First Missionary Baptist Church of Handsboro has announced he will be retiring on December 19th. Everyone hopes to spend their career doing what they love and Pastor Seymour Adolph Jr. did exactly that. For the past 31 years, Pastor Adolph preached to the City of Gulfport at First Missionary Baptist…
We have some good news today! Loaves and Fishes has found a new home. With help from the community, the charity will be able to continue feeding the hungry without missing a day. Loaves and Fishes last day at their current beach view location on Water Street will be Christmas with their temporary home being at Back Bay Mission starting…
A South Mississippi tradition comes to life this weekend down on the Bayou. Dozens of boats will be parading through Bayou Bernard decked out in their holiday best. Haley Cruthirds with Christmas on the Bayou is in studio with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Christmas On The Bayou
An Amazon Web Services outage impacted thousands of users and online sites and the American worker is about to get their biggest raise since 2008. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Ever thought about the science behind this time of year? Infinity Science Center in Hancock County is hosting an event this weekend to teach children about the science behind the season. Infinity Educator Ann King is in studio with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Infinity Science Center, Science with Santa
A cute holiday staple is back at the D’Iberville Town Green for the rest of the month. The Village of D’Iberville was built by Ralph Borries and is a built-to-scale replica of the history of D’Iberville. It includes old businesses that existed well before the city’s incorporation and before the construction of the interstate. The display is free for all…
Born out of a desire to unite the community while also supporting small businesses, the Main Street Book Club was formed. The Book Club was started two years ago connecting great books and people together. They typically meet the fourth Thursday of every month at a variety of locations in downtown Biloxi. They read books from a wide range of…
How’s your Christmas shopping going? Well, here’s one gift idea that doubles as both fun and educational: a membership to the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum. Starting this Saturday, the museum will be giving away a wine bottle decorated by a local artist each day until the 23rd. Memberships range in price from $100 for the whole family to $1,000…
Homeowners, renters, and business owners who had property damage or other insured losses during Hurricane Ida have less than two weeks to apply for federal disaster assistance. The deadline is December 22nd. If you live in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, or Pearl River County you can apply for help by calling 800-621-3362 or visiting the disaster assistance website at disasterassistance.gov. The…
A line of showers from this morning has shifted further south. Another disturbance will move over the area Thursday bringing the opportunity of showers/t-storms back to the area and move out Thursday night. Friday could still have a foggy morning with a few showers around but for the most part thunderstorms are not going to be supported to a great…
Fog continues to be the say of the day. The dense fog advisory will remain through late morning, and there is the potential that some areas could have this fog linger into noon if cloud cover holds. A stalled front will continue with some showers over the area into the morning hours. A clap of thunder can’t be ruled out…
Expect low temperatures tonight to only be three to five degrees cooler compared with this afternoon’s highs, ranging from the lower 50s across the northern portion of the forecast area to the lower 60s across the southeast portion of the forecast area. Models support increasing coverage of showers and some elevated thunderstorms by late evening or after midnight, and continuing…
Pascagoula taking on Harrison Central tonight in some high school basketball. Panthers hold it down at home, winning 57-51. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: basketball, boys basketball, high school basketball, sports
In Jackson County tonight, the JC Concert Choir and JC Voices held their annual Christmas concert for the first time in two years. Jackson County Campus fire arts students traded their traditional all black attire for festive outfits for the night. The performance opened with a couple musical numbers followed by Christmas classics and an audience sing-a-long. There also was…
As the two-time defending 6A state champions, the Gulfport Lady Admirals are used to being number one, at least in Mississippi. But now, they’re number one in the entire country. In the latest MaxPreps poll, Gulfport sits atop the nation as the top-ranked high school girls soccer program. The Lady Admirals are off to a 10-0-1 start to the season,…
For the first time since 2015, the Ole Miss Rebels are back in the Sugar Bowl, making that two straight bowl games to start the Lane Kiffin era. In fact, before his arrival in Oxford, the Rebels hadn’t been to any bowl game since 2015, so to the be the top representative for the SEC, outside of College Football playoff…
The City of Gautier capped off its holiday celebrations tonight with the lighting of the Christmas tree at city hall. Gautier High School’s choir and two band members performed Christmas carols ahead of Mayor Casey Vaughan flipping the switch. The Christmas tree features ornaments with city council and city employee names on them to show appreciation. Gautier also debuted its…