Every year pet adoption centers see a rise in the number of outgoing pets, only to have them come back in January, as new pet owners return them. What they thought was a Christmas gift is actually a long-term commitment. During the holidays, pet adoptions skyrocket – for some kids, Santa’s visit means the promise of a new four-legged friend….
Officials at the Lyman Senior Citizens Center decided to spread some joy to their members by hosting their first Christmas party at the facility. Regulars of the center, who range from 60-years-old to 98, entered the center to a lunch of pizza, sandwiches, desserts, and more while singing along to some classic Christmas tunes. A portion of the party room…
Recognized as a congregation of giving to people in need, Morning Star Baptist Church in Gulfport hosted a holiday food distribution. With only 24 hours’ notice, Extend a Hand, Help a Friend, Climb CDC, and the General Missionary Baptist State Convention of Mississippi came together to collaborate and organize the food giveaway. Well over 150 cars lined up to receive…
Gateway Methodist Church held their yearly Christmas meal giveaway today. With homecooked ham, green beans, sweet potato casserole, rolls, and pumpkin pie, the church cooked enough food to feed about 100 to 150 families for the day. With the giveaway today, the church officially passed out 6,000 meals for the year. Other than the Christmas feast, the church cooks free…
A local seven-year-old battling kidney failure was surprised this morning with tons of gifts and a special visitor thanks to Mississippi Heroes. Seven-year-old Bella Seal has had a tough road. She was born January 2014 premature and has been on dialysis since she was two-years-old. Now, Bella is dealing with stage five kidney failure and having to undergo dialysis for…
On this week’s edition of Living Well, Troy Thompson sits down with an ENT specialist to talk about vertigo and ways to stop the spinning sensations you may experience. Tags: Living Well with Troy Thompson
As we approach Christmas and the New Year, now is a great time to check in with the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. C.E.O. Adele Lyons is here to get us up to speed on what they’ve got going on. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: mississippi gulf coast chamber of commerce
Delta Airlines wants the CDC to shorten the required quarantine time and stores are limiting sales of at-home COVID-19 tests. Jane King has those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
The Harrison County Beautification Committee and Mississippi Power are teaming up to recycle live Christmas trees, turning them into wood chips and mulch for local parks and gardens. Trees can be dropped off December 26th to January 10th at Mississippi Power’s Plant Watson on Cowan-Lorraine Road, Rodenburg Avenue Highway 90 parking bay, Courthouse Road Pier in Gulfport, Long Beach Harbor,…
Memorial Hospital is hosting a blood drive today until 5:30. They’ve partnered with Red Cross to start hosting monthly drives to encourage donors to routinely give blood. The blood supply is at historically low levels and that means doctors may have to cancel surgeries and postpone treatments until the blood supply is back up. The American Red Cross depends on…
Over in Gautier, the Martin Bluff Road widening project is now under way. The $8.2 million project will add a shoulder and curbs, a median, and turn bays in the center lane of the two-lane road. Sidewalks will also be added leading up to Martin Bluff Elementary School. The project is funded by an MDOT grant in addition to city,…
Here’s a traffic update for frequent drivers of I-10 near the Cedar Lake exit in Biloxi, the westbound entrance ramp has now reopened to traffic. The ramp has been closed since early November as work continued on a bridge preservation project on I-10 over the Tchoutacabouffa River. That project will be completed early next year, but drivers have been subject…
Clear skies will continue overnight as temperatures will once again drop into the 30s. Just a bit warmer than last night as a few locations will be in the low 40s. The warming trend continues going into Thursday with highs around 3 to 5 degrees warmer than forecast for today. Only difference is perhaps some very thin/patchy cirrus advecting in from…
Starting out with early this morning, surface high pressure has built in across the southern MS valley region/NW GOMEX. The high center is just to our west primarily over western parts of LA. Probably the most exciting news is we can finally say goodbye to all the clouds! Bright blue skies and ample sunshine is in the forecast today as…
On Friday, the Mississippi State Men’s Basketball team almost blew a 17-point first half lead against Furman, escaping with a 69-66 home victory. Tonight, there would be no such second half letdown. Bulldogs taking on Winthrop in the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. Bulldogs win 84-63. MSU improving to 9-3 overall.
The Biloxi boys basketball team is quickly proving to be one of the top teams on the Coast and the state with an overall record of 14-1. The Indians winning games by as few as two points and as many as 46 and tonight’s game at Moss Point much closer to the latter. But the home team Tigers having an…
Perfect send-off for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College super sophomore Mike Smith named to NJCAA All-America First Team, making him the first-ever Bulldog linebacker to do so. His 90 total tackles ranking ninth in the nation this season and he leaves Perk with the Bulldogs having gone 24-3 during his three years there, complete with that 2019 national championship. He…
‘Tis the ‘ski-son’ to put on a pair of skates and warm jacket for some fun on the ice. Kids are out of school for Christmas break and the Coast Coliseum is providing the perfect ice breaking activity for the winter. The final two weeks of skating operations have begun for this holiday season. Enjoy the feel of a winter…
Back Bay Mission and Loaves and Fishes held a candlelight vigil this evening in honor of National Homeless Persons Memorial Day. These two organizations, along with other providers throughout Biloxi, gathered to pray, light candles, plant a rose bush, read poems, and remember those who passed away because of homelessness. Every year since 1990, the National Coalition for Homelessness has…
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is in phase 1 of its remote oyster setting facility project. The purpose of the project is to support the restoration and protection of natural resources, ecosystems, habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands of the Mississippi Gulf Coast region. In phase one of the project, a small-scale site to grow oysters from the larvae stage…
The Mississippi Department of Education awards almost $10 million grants to five universities to help fight the state’s teacher shortage. William Carey University and Delta State received about $1.9 million each while the University of Southern Mississippi, Jackson State University, and Mississippi State received grants of about $2 million. The grants are part of the Mississippi Teacher Residency and they…
The team at Feed my Sheep is making sure their community is feeling the holiday spirit this week leading up to Christmas. Today, the organization, in partnership with the Coastal Family Health Center, gave away COVID-19 tests as well as tests for other diseases. The center also gave out free care packages filled with clothes to visitors to help them…
The Biloxi Police Department is currently collecting cleaning supplies and nonperishable food items for the victims of the tornadoes in Kentucky. Items can be dropped off until January 15th at the Biloxi Public Safety Center at 170 Porter Avenue. Collection boxes will be labeled and placed in the foyer of the station for easy drop off. The items will be…
One Biloxi Librarian had to adjust to a new way of telling stories in the age of COVID so she decided to put a South Mississippi twist on telling Christmas stories. Kelly Derouen has been a librarian for the past seven years. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, she couldn’t have her in-person story times so she decided to reach her…