The annual Lighting of the Biloxi Lighthouse is the official staple for the holiday season. The family-friendly event offered free hot chocolate and Christmas cookies with holiday music to set the mood. Pictures with Santa and Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich gave the kids an opportunity to tell Santa what they have on their Christmas list. Mayor Gilich said, “It’s been…
Biloxi Parks and Recreation has been hard at work making sure the residents in the Biloxi area have a lot of activity this holiday season. This Christmas season there will be several events including Christmas on town green, Woolmarket Christmas parade, Santa’s calling, Christmas on the Water Children’s Walking Parade, special needs Christmas dance, senior Christmas luncheon, and a new…
Local author Adam Smith is spreading the Christmas cheer this year by selling his books about the birth of Jesus. The two books are called ‘There’s a Kid in my Food’ and ‘Angel Blues.’ ‘There’s a Kid in my Food’ tells the story of the birth of Jesus through the animal’s perspectives. ‘Angel Blues’ is a story about an angel…
Biloxi Main Street is celebrating the growth of its First Friday’s Block Party event as it closes out the year with one last bash. The event has been happening on the District Green since March of this year. The biggest difference for this final party, more businesses than ever are embracing the festival to set up booths. Main Street President…
A number of Gulfport High School STEM students have been hard at work building nesting shelters for migratory birds on Gulf Coast beaches. The shelters were constructed utilizing funding and tools from the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools grant. Executives from Harbor Freight were there on campus to help present 200 new nesting shelters to Audubon Mississippi. The partnership between…
It’s time for the Biloxi Lighthouse to light up the city. Tonight Mayor FoFo Gilich flips the switch turning on the Christmas spirit for the holiday season. News 25’s Sabria Reid has more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Lighting of the Biloxi Lighthouse
What happens when you combine Oktoberfest with Christmas? Well, you get an entertaining evening. The Friends of Arts, Culture, and Education, otherwise known as FACE, are excited to invite everyone to celebrate Oktoberfest Holiday Edition this Saturday on the district green in Biloxi from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. There will be food, drink, beer tasting, entertainment, and more to…
Mississippi Aquarium has created a pollinator garden on campus. The garden contains native and pollinator-friendly plants that provide milkweed, nectar, and shelter for monarchs throughout their annual reproductive and migratory cycles. The plants were provided by the National Audubon Society and planted by aquarium staff. The garden is located between the aquarium’s founders wall and changing tides. The monarch butterfly…
Its flock has remained intact now for 100 years, Sacred Heart Catholic Church is celebrating its centennial with its yearly bazaar this weekend in D’Iberville. Christmas on Lemoyne starts with the dedication of a memorial garden Friday night at 6 with a fireworks show to follow. The bazaar opens at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday with games, a $10,000 raffle,…
The City of Long Beach is bringing the children of the area joy this holiday season two wheels at a time. This is the third year the city will host the bike drive. The drive coordinators are asking for residents to donate bikes of all sizes, scooters, skateboards, and helmets as well. Drop off locations for the drive include the…
Pro hockey returns to Biloxi tonight. Two out of state teams hit the ice in the first of three exhibition matchups here in South Mississippi. News 25’s Grace Boyles is at the Coliseum with more. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: hockey, sports
One major U.S. bank is dropping overdraft fees and Toys R Us isn’t giving up yet. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
What better way to celebrate this season than with a Christmas story sing-along? Local author Adam Smith is here to tell us about his unique series and some upcoming events. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Adam Smith, local author
What happens when you combine Oktoberfest with Christmas? Well, you get an entertaining evening that also helps support local artists. Here to tell us about the holiday edition of Oktoberfest is Elizabeth Feder-Hosey, a board member with the Friends of Arts, Culture, and Education, also known as FACE. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Oktoberfest Holiday Edition
The annual Downtown for the Holidays event is back to light up hearts in Pascagoula again. Ring in the holiday cheer this Friday starting at 5:30 with the lighting of the Christmas tree at Delmas Avenue and Canty Street. Santa Claus and his sleigh, food vendors, arts and crafts vendors, a parade, and a night ending fireworks show are all…
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center is about to be transformed into a holiday spectacle for its annual Kids Street Christmas which is tomorrow. The theme for this year’s event is Whoville. So, of course, the mean one Mr. Grinch will be in attendance as well as other Christmas characters like Santa and Mrs. Claus. Besides great photo opportunities, there will be…
This morning there was a house fire in Gulfport that injured one person. The call came in just before 6 a.m. Gulfport firefighters rushed to this tri-plex on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. When they got inside the building, they found one person who needed help getting out. That person was taken to the hospital in serious condition. Gulfport Fire…
A much-anticipated debut is taking place tonight at the Coast Coliseum as two out of state teams hit the ice in the first of three exhibition matchups for South Mississippi. Tonight’s matchup between the Port Huron Prowlers from Michigan and the Columbus River Dragons from the Federal Prospects Hockey League is the first step for Biloxi becoming a fixture in…
Not much change in forecast parameters for the next 24 hours, with fog threat being rather high again overnight tonight. There should be enough air movement Friday night to prevent a repeat. High pressure will continue to control the weather along the northern Gulf coast through Friday before the shortwave to the west moves into the area. Moisture will remain…
Main weather issue over the next few days will be the threat of fog during the overnight hours through mid-morning. Not much change in forecast parameters for the next 24 hours, with fog threat being rather high again overnight tonight. There should be enough air movement Friday night to prevent a repeat. High pressure will continue to control the weather…
Beautiful and dry weather is expected to continue over the next few days. High pressure dominates the forecast through the end of the week, giving us mostly clear skies and light and variable winds. Outside of a few high clouds in the afternoons, conditions will remain dry through Friday. One noteworthy subject is the fog potential for tonight. With high…
This season, Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral was just one of two division I QBs to throw for at least 15 touchdowns and run for at least ten touchdowns. He also led the Rebels to their first ten-win regular season in program history. That’s the kind of resume that will win you the Conerly Trophy, going to the state’s top…
In December of 2019, the Picayune football program went on a bad first date, but after doing a couple years of soul searching, the Maroon Tide has finally decided to give West Point a second chance. Except in this case, dinner is the pre-game meal and the movie is the 5A state title game, starring Picayune and West Point for…
Region three champs three years running, Moss Point’s football season didn’t end quite how they wanted it to, losing to Poplarville in the second round of the playoffs. The Tigers still have a lot to be proud of, including the emergence of middle linebacker Kaleb Raston, now this week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week. In December of last year,…