The holidays are about spreading joy, not only to family and friends, but also to others in need around you. You can help the hungry enjoy a warm meal at Feed my Sheep in Gulfport. “When somebody is hungry, feeding them gives them joy and that’s what I get out of doing this is the joy of getting to share…
A Coast concert announcement is all the buzz this morning. Country singer Morgan Wallen will be performing in Biloxi on March 3rd. The Coast Coliseum just made the announcement this morning. Wallen faced a lot of controversy last year after he was caught on camera using a racial slur. He later apologized. Wallen’s ‘Dangerous Tour’ brings him to the Biloxi…
Today on Mom to Mom, we’re taking those prepackaged snacks and decorating them for the holidays.
Mall Santas will be pretty much back to normal this year. Early next year, wireless companies will begin shutting down 3G service. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
This week is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. This morning, Back Bay Mission Executive Director James Pennington is in studio with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Walk
This Friday you may want to help yourself to a fresh plate of boiled shrimp and feel good knowing you’re helping children in need. Here with more about this week’s shrimp boil will benefit this year’s Christmas for Kids on the Bayou is Mark Crowson from St. Joseph Hospice. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Christmas for Kids on the Bayou, Christmas…
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. Today, we’re introducing you to Dylan, who describes himself as kind and loving. If you’re interested in adopting Dylan, you can visit the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services website at mdcps.ms.gov…
Today and Tuesday will bring sunny skies and light winds as highs/lows each day becoming a few degrees warmer than previous days. Thursday, an upper level disturbance is expected to move through the northeast coast of the US, which will help enhance some rain chances for our area. Easterly to southeasterly surface winds will help to enhance moisture and warm…
Under the influence of the high pressure, today and Tuesday will bring sunny skies and light winds as highs/lows each day becoming a few degrees warmer than previous days. Thursday, an upper level disturbance is expected to move through the northeast coast of the US, which will help enhance some rain chances for our area. Easterly to southeasterly surface winds will…
A weak cold front will pass over the forecast area tonight and will be followed by building surface high pressure over our region into Monday. Clear skies and dry conditions will prevail into Monday afternoon. Lows tonight will be slightly warmer in the upper 30s to lower 40s along and north of the I-10 corridor, while readings along the coast…
Sadly, today was my last day at WXXV News 25. I’ve had a heck of a time here over the last seven years, and I am truly sorry to see my time in South MS end. The weather waits for no one as they say, so on to the forecast! Yesterday’s front brought much cooler and drier weather to South…
Tall task for Harrison Central, the four seed out of region 4 6A, paying a visit to three champion Brandon. Brandon-39 Harrison Central-13 Warren Central-30 D’Iberville-21 Oak Grove-33 Gulfport-7 Laurel-59 George County-20 Brookhaven-42 East Central-14 West Jones-31 Gautier-28 Columbia-48 Bay High-21 Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, sports
D’Iberville the only team to beat Picayune this season. After that, Maroon Tide ripping off seven straight wins to run the table in region 4 class 5A, playing host to Hattiesburg. Picayune-35 Hattiesburg-13 Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, sports
If you’re looking for a stat to illustrate Poplarville’s post-season dominance in recent years, here it is. The Hornets are 21-1 in their last 22 November games, their only loss coming to East Central in the 2017 South State Hornet Bowl. The only match up this week between two Coast teams is the Hornets going to the home of region…
It’s time for the playoffs on News 25 Friday Night Showcase. This is week 12 on November 12th, and there are 11 Coast teams still playing. How many will live to see a third Friday? Undefeated Ocean Springs, fresh off its first region 4 class 6A championship in seven years, hosting 4-seed Pearl out of region 3. Ocean Springs-54 Pearl-28…
The holiday season is here and the Salvation Army is hoping to keep this tradition alive of greeting shoppers this holiday season with a smile, red kettle, and bell. The Salvation Army Kroc Center has been hard at work preparing for the holiday season. For over 130 years, the Red Kettle and bell have greeted customers, but Area Commander Major…
Nine student-athletes from Hancock High School are taking their talents to the next level. In alphabetical order: Katelyn Altese signing to play golf with Troy Klair Cuevas with PRCC softball Maddy Cuevas with PRCC soccer Karli Denius with East Central soccer Brandon King with East Mississippi baseball Blaine Knight with PRCC baseball Maddy Ladner with William Carey basketball Ryan Ladner…
A pair of baseball players were recognized on the same day at Vancleave High School. This morning, both Carson Robb and Max Miller signed national letters of intent to continue their baseball careers at the next level. Robb putting pen to paper with Southeastern Louisiana where he’ll be joining forces with his older brother Hayden, who just spent the last…
This afternoon, students of the home school group Coast Christian Home Educators Association held a dress rehearsal for their upcoming play. The play is titled ‘Antshillvania’ and it tells the Christian story of the prodigal son in an allegorical form. The play will be performed at the Crosspoint Church on Friday, November 19th at 7 p.m. and Saturday, November 20th…
Friday Night means high school playoff football! Undefeated Ocean Springs is one of 11 Coast teams continuing the quest for a gold ball tonight. News 25’s Jeff Haeger has more. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, Ocean Springs Football
Christmas presents won’t be the only thing seeing a shortage this year as supply chains are disrupted. Christmas tree farms are taking a heavy hit due to sky-high shipping prices. As farms stick to growing their own trees, those along the Gulf Coast are struggling in the wake of Hurricane Zeta damaging tree trunks. Many of these Christmas trees take…
Bienville Orthopaedic Specialists Education and Research Foundation hosting their inaugural Bienville Charity Classic benefiting the Mississippi Gulf Coast Youth Coalition. Over 100 community leaders from several industries, including healthcare, teed off today in Vancleave. The goal was to raise over $20,000 with all the proceeds from the tournament going directly to the coalition and ultimately back into Jackson, Harrison, and…
A sign that life is getting back to normal is field trips for school kids. Today, students from Vancleave Elementary School made the trip to the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport for a hands-on experience. Dolphins, birds, and lots of buoyant kids. The Jackson County school district made waves at the Ocean Adventures Marine Park when several busloads…
Biloxi’s first community garden is about to open at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art. Saturday, they’re holding a reception welcoming in the public. Here with more are the museum’s executive director and director of development, David Houston and Brenda Blount. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art