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
New car prices surged to a record high last month as buyers paid over sticker price and college tuition increased, but at historically low rates this year. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
You’ll find a little something for everyone at this weekend’s Mermaids Arts and Crafts Show in beautiful Bay St. Louis. Here to give us a preview of what to expect are Jeanne Richardson and Cynthia Chauvin with the Krewe of Nereids. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Mermaids Arts and Crafts Show
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well inside the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention Center for the annual Ron Meyers Christmas City Gift Show. For 38 years they’ve been providing a shopping experience like no other, even having designated adult shopping hours. This year there will be more than 300 booths and about 260 different vendors. If you’re looking to…
Feed the Needy has been a long-standing tradition on the Gulf Coast and the deadline is fast approaching. For 32 years, the program has provided meals on Thanksgiving and Christmas to families in need in Harrison County. The deadline to register to receive meals on Thanksgiving is 9 a.m. Monday, November 15th. You can contact your local police department or…
Mississippi will be getting more than $4 billion from the federal infrastructure package recently passed by Congress. The White House has released a preliminary breakdown of how that money will be spent in Mississippi over the next five years. Though, it’s still unclear which state or local entities will be getting the funds, most of it will be coming in…
Of all the 6A schools in Mississippi, Harrison Central was the only one to send both its boys and girls basketball teams to the Final Four last year and the year before that. Red Rebels on the road at Long Beach. Harrison Central-55 Long Beach-41 Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: basketball, High School Boys Basketball, sports
Another upper-level disturbance to the NW will move through tonight with a reinforcing shot of cooler/drier air mass through the region. Upper level high-pressure over the southeastern states will move off the Atlantic seaboard. A dry cold front will move through tonight with increasing north winds and temperatures falling into the 50s by 9 PM pretty much area wide. This…
A large upper level low-pressure will continue to spin over the western Great Lakes through Saturday. Another upper-level disturbance to the NW will move through tonight with a reinforcing shot of cooler/drier air mass through the region. Upper level high-pressure over the southeastern states will move off the Atlantic seaboard. Today will remain mild and dry through the daytime hours…
If we had an ESPY inspired News 25 local sports award ceremony, clutch performance of the year would go to Stone’s Gehrig Conard. With his father on his mind and in his heart, he took the ball in game one of the 4A quarter-finals and delivered a two-hit, complete game shutout. In that moment, everyone in the stadium knew they…