National news outlets report that more people than ever are shopping from home, but it might be a different story on the Gulf Coast. Edgewater Mall General Manager Terry Powell tells News 25 that the Biloxi shopping center has seen an influx of guests since November and expects more this coming week. The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that retail…
Former Fire Chief Joe Boney teams up with the Biloxi Fire Department to ensure kids in Kentucky get Christmas after a devastating tornado robbed them of everything. The tornado last Friday took everything from the town of Mayfield. Former Biloxi Fire Chief Joe Boney feels that families in the tornado’s path are focused on survival this holiday season after their…
The Moore Community House is seeking employment from anyone willing to help. The Moore Community House is a nonprofit early head start program that has been running for more than 90 years. Currently, the house is looking to open a new program in Gulfport but is unable to due to a lack of teachers. The organization currently has three centers…
Students walked across the stage this morning from MGCCC with degrees ranging from nursing to health care assistants. Students sat patiently inside the Immersive Media Performing Arts Center on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Harrison County campus waiting to walk across the stage to receive their degrees. With this being the first ever fall commencement ceremony, it made it…
Team Memorial continues to do everything it can to keep COVID numbers down this winter season. Memorial hosting a pop-up vaccine site today at the Gaston Point Community Center. The team opened up this pop-up to try to reach as many community members as possible who have trouble reaching vaccine clinics. Tomorrow, the team will host another pop-up site at…
An Ocean Springs man pleads guilty to a DUI that caused another man’s death earlier this week. Sixty-year-old Jimmie Martin crashed into 64-year-old Gary Yarberry’s motorcycle in front of the Treasure Bay Casino. Responding officers said they found an open beer in Martin’s car and smelled alcohol on his breath. He failed a sobriety test with a blood alcohol level…
Police in Jackson, Mississippi are looking for suspects in the shooting death of a pregnant woman and her unborn child Wednesday night. The coroner has identified the woman as 23-year-old Keyunta McWilliams. She was eight months pregnant. According to police, she was shot multiple times and she and her unborn child died at the scene. Police released surveillance photos of…
Kraft will pay you $20 not to make cheesecake for Christmas and 148 million consumers plan to shop this Saturday. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
Tomorrow night the Walter Anderson Museum of Art is getting groovy for the finale of their Silent Light Festival. For the first time they’re hosting a silent disco. Museum Executive Director Julian Rankin is in studio with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Walter Anderson museum of Art
Remembering our fallen U.S. veterans, honoring those who serve, and teaching our children the value of freedom is the mission of Wreaths across America. Long Beach Cemetery is one of more than 2,000 cemeteries across the country participating in this year’s event. Retired Navy Captain Charles Martinek is coordinating the Long Beach Wreaths across America and he’s in studio with…
For the past six years, employees at Ms. Audrey’s Southern Kitchen and others in the Gaston Point community have been handing out toys to kids for Christmas. Their first year collecting for Toys for Tots they helped around 50 children. This year, they’re hoping to assist more than 150. For the staff, some of whom received Toys for Tots as…
The committee overseeing Mississippi’s Congressional redistricting in the state legislature has given its approval to a plan for how the state’s four house seats will be shaped in the next ten years. Magnolia One is the name of the map and would mostly preserve the Republican’s three to one advantage in house races in the state. The biggest changes compared…
High temperatures today are forecast to reach around 80 for many areas with dew points in the mid-60s, which will make for fairly muggy conditions. I wouldn’t be surprised if a record or two is broken. Heading into Friday our next chance for some showers and possibly a few thunderstorms will arrive as we see increasing moisture. The best chance…
Today will continue the trend of quiet conditions as high pressure located just east of our area remains dominant over the forecast. High temperatures today are forecast to reach around 80 for many areas with dew points in the mid-60s, which will make for fairly muggy conditions. I wouldn’t be surprised if a record or two is broken. Heading into…
Over the last three years, three Ole Miss wide receivers have been selected in the second round of the NFL Draft and maybe one day Moss Point’s Larry Simmons will have created a similar future for himself. Plenty of red in the Moss Point gym this morning as Simmons signed his National Letter of Intent with Ole Miss, honoring his…
George County High School can measure its success as a football program in a way that perhaps no other program in South Mississippi can. This morning, the Rebels’ National Signing Day ceremony featured not one, but two division I power five players, making that six over the last six years. Starting with senior wide receiver Marquez ‘MoJo’ Dortch, who signed…
The state of Mississippi involved in perhaps the most shocking National Signing Day flip of all-time, courtesy of Jackson State and the master recruiter Coach Prime. Today, the nation’s number one recruit for the class of 2022, Travis Hunter, flipped to JSU from Florida State in a monumental decision that will have ripple effects for years to come. Hunter had…
It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, maybe even a little luck, to put pen to paper on National Signing Day. A lot of players don’t even get one, more or less two like St. Stanislaus alum Dallas Payne. This evening at Payne’s house in Bay St. Louis surrounded by family and friends, the former Rock-A-Chaw let the…
Rounding out the D1 signees out of high school here on the Coast, Poplarville outside linebacker Khalid Moore signing with Mississippi State. Moore capped off his varsity career as the 4A defensive player of the year, having racked up 274 tackles and 24 sacks to go along with 11 passes defensed and three blocked punts during his time on varsity…
George County quarterback Ashton Hollins put pen to paper as an athlete with the University of Illinois. A transfer out of Mary ‘G’ Montgomery High School in Alabama over the summer, Hollins was offered by the Fighting Illini in June before he ever played a regular season down for the Rebels. The three-star recruit would go on to account for…
Wild at Heart Rescue stopped by News 25 this afternoon to talk about their upcoming Pusharatas for Possums event happening this weekend. The rescue is known for its efforts rescuing and caring for injured or orphaned wildlife in South Mississippi, like Hank the Snake who slithered its way around the newsroom today. You can help them continue their efforts and…
Harrison County Development Commission hosted a block party today to celebrate all the companies in the industrial park. Guests enjoyed food and sweets from several restaurants. Along with guests enjoying great food, they also celebrated the rail returning. Brandi Hough, director of business development for Harrison County Development Commission, says this is a great way to finish out the year….
A group of local organizations are coming together to make sure no kids go without this Christmas season. Organizations such as Extend a Hand, Help a Friend, Dad’s Super Pawn, Mississippi Power, and more got together to purchase hundreds of toys. This Saturday, December 18th, the organizations will come together at the Gaston Point Community Center in Gulfport to give…
Tomorrow, Christmas baskets are going out to D’Iberville families. Since the beginning of the D’Iberville/St. Martin Chamber of Commerce, annual Christmas baskets full of food have been given to families in need. Donations from local organizations, businesses, and schools help fill the baskets. This year, D’Iberville Elementary held a food drive to help fill the baskets. Chamber Executive Director Sissy…