The cold front moving through the region is expected to push offshore this evening and should remain draped over the northern Gulf into the day Tuesday. Lighter rain and isolated thunderstorms will still linger for some time behind the front before rain chances diminish from the north later this evening and overnight. A very noticeable drop in temperatures from the…
On the hardwood, Christian Collegiate Academy out of Gulfport playing host to Ben’s Ford out of Bogalusa, Louisiana in some Monday night hoops. CCA wins 91-41. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: basketball, High School Boys Basketball, sports
Singing River health care professionals tell News 25 how they’ve prepared for the new omicron variant of COVID-19 to keep Gulf Coast residents healthy. Most research about the omicron variant comes from studies in South Africa where almost 100 percent of COVID cases contain the new variant. Symptoms for the omicron variant are similar to those of the Delta and…
The cold front moving through the region is expected to push offshore this evening and should remain draped over the northern Gulf into the day Tuesday. Lighter rain and isolated thunderstorms will still linger for some time behind the front before rain chances diminish from the north later this evening and overnight. A very noticeable drop in temperatures from the…
Donna’s Visual and Performing Arts Center is back to bring this year’s performance of ‘A Christmas Carol.’ The show will feature the classic story of Scrooge and his three ghostly visits. The performance will be held at the Pascagoula Performing Arts Center on December 17th and 18th at 7 p.m. The studio has performed this show for the Coast for…
City leaders from Hancock County gathered today at the Hancock County Human Resource Agency to host their annual leadership holiday event. To get city leaders in the Christmas spirit and also thank them for all their hard work in the community, the Hancock County Human Resource Agency hosted their Christmas leadership door decorating contest. At least six judges went door…
The Biloxi School District is taking part in the 12th annual Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive. This drive is run by the nonprofit Pajama Program in partnership with Scholastic. This is the second year the Biloxi School District has taken part in this drive. Any sized pajamas are accepted and donations can be dropped off at any Biloxi School District…
DVS Global Transport and Logistics is having a canned food drive to help locals in the community. The drive is currently underway and will go until December 20th. Last year, the company collected more than 1,200 cans and this year the team has a goal of 1,500. As of today, DSV has collected about 1,000 cans of food. All of…
The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Biloxi is having their international bake sale this weekend. For over 50 years, the church has sold their baked goods just in time for Christmas. The bake sale raises general funds for the church. It is the only Greek Orthodox Church in the state. Originally, church members only baked goods from traditional Greek…
Santa doesn’t always ride a sleigh. Sometimes he takes a train. No worries, there’s room for everyone aboard the Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum this holiday season. All aboard. The Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum is ready to take you on a magical ride through a Christmas wonderland. “There’s a staff that starts putting up lights starting in October. It’s…
If you’re looking to spread some joy this holiday season, Canopy Children’s Solutions South Mississippi Child Advocacy Center is asking for help with its annual gift drive. They’re collecting toys, gift cards, clothes, and hygiene products for children between the ages of three and 17. They say the 13-17 year ago group often gets overlooked so please consider gifts for…
A Coast hospital gets a ‘D’ for quality of care, the worst grade in the state. The rating comes from the healthcare nonprofit Leapfrog, which just released its grades on 44 hospitals across Mississippi. Merit Health Biloxi was the only facility in Mississippi to get a ‘D.’ The grades are based on data from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
It’s become a tradition here at WXXV as we partner up with Rheem and Geiger Heating and Air once again for the Heat for the Holidays giveaway. Geiger Owner Brian Younger is in studio with more. You can sign up for the Heat for the Holidays giveaway by clicking here. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Heat for the Holidays
Target extends store hours for holiday shopping ahead of Christmas and Bitcoin plummeted over the weekend. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
In the spirit of giving, Gulf Coast Community Ministries and other groups are doing what they can to support unsheltered coastal residents for the coming winter. Camping for Hope has come around once again, and the name is appropriate. Ministries are handing out tents, clothes and other supplies to people experiencing homelessness on the Coast. Around 200 people came out…
The City of Moss Point brought the yuletide spirit to residents over the weekend with its annual Christmas in the River City. Saturday began with the Audubon Christmas Marketplace. Then, a festive land parade rolled through Main Street from the Southgate Shopping Center to Riverfront Park. The city gathered at the riverfront for more good times with vendors, Santa’s villages,…
A holiday marketplace at the Pascagoula River Audubon Center gave families a chance to enjoy the center for free, especially on such a warm December weekend day. Staffers decorated every building in the center, including the dock. Vendors and musicians were set up on the front lawn and a glass blowing artist gave lessons near the concession stand. Having a…
A group gathered for a rally in Gulfport over the weekend after a federal judge blocked the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in Mississippi. Mississippi against Mandates had planned rallies at Pascagoula and Gulfport hospitals before the mandate was temporarily lifted. The protest became something of a celebration outside Memorial Hospital with the awareness that the mandate could be called…
On Mondays 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 introduce you to Kariah, who describes herself as funny, caring, and sensitive. If you’re interested in adopting Kariah, you can visit the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services website at MDCPS.ms.gov….
A cold front will bring scattered t-storms this afternoon with rain post frontal passage. The front is expected to slip to the south of the coastline overnight tonight. The forecast problems beyond that point are where does the front become stationary, and when/how far does it return northward ahead of the southern stream impulse arriving from Mexico at some point…
A cold front still tracking toward the area early this morning will move into the northwest portion of the area around noon, reaching the Mississippi Coast areas sometime around 6 pm. Scattered t-storms will become more prevalent this afternoon with rain post frontal passage. Moisture flow will continue to increase this morning with the front is expected to slip to…
We will be focusing on an approaching cold front and associated line of showers and storms entering our area by early Monday afternoon. Damaging winds may be the only risk, with the potential for some sub-severe wind gusts along the line, especially for inland areas. A couple of embedded stronger storms within the line may become briefly capable of producing…
Two years after losing out on the undefeated dream season at the hands of West Point, Picayune exorcised a lot of demons in its 40-21 win on the same field that caused the Maroon Tide so much anguish the first time they played West Point in the 5A State Championship game. But this time, the medals gold – not silver….
A high pressure system over the region will shift east of our area tonight and Saturday. We may have to watch for a couple of passing light rain showers across our far interior northwest communities by late Saturday afternoon, but for now we have kept measurable rain chances below 10 percent. Very light southerly to southwesterly winds will develop and…