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…
Plenty of festivities going on this weekend across the Coast to kick off the holiday season, starting tonight with the annual Christmas on the Water Children’s Parade. After having to cancel the beloved holiday staple last year due to COVID, the children’s parade was back and better than ever. The parade featured the Biloxi Marching Band, hay wagons, a festive…
Over in Ocean Springs, Lady Greyhounds hosting Long Beach on the pitch, OS out scoring opponents 25-6 coming into this one. Ocean Springs wins 4-0. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: high school girls soccer, soccer, sports
In 14 games this season, Picayune running back Dante Dowdell has racked up 2,406 yards rushing which equates to 1.37 miles. Thankfully, the Maroon Tide bus will get the team the rest of the 60 miles up to Hattiesburg for Saturday’s 5A State championship game. Picayune makes no secret about its game plan, which will once again rely heavily on…
If one of your loved ones likes keeping handcrafted pottery around the house, you may be able to get some nice surprises this holiday season. The Pascagoula Senior Center’s residents have been working since March to put on their pottery sale this weekend to earn a little extra Christmas money. Down in the pottery studio, the seniors get to be…
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…
The Booker Festival kicked off tonight in Bay St. Louis, but many don’t know the story behind the famous piano genius James Booker. Booker Fest is a unique weekend long music festival held in Bay St. Louis that promises to deliver great music, yummy food, and an awesome community experience but exactly who is James Booker? Booker was a one-eyed…
Biloxi High School hosted a book signing today for sophomore Bailee Edwards. Edwards is the main star in the book titled ‘Bailee: One Down Right Special Girl.’ The book covers Edwards’ life and all her activities she partakes in such as basketball, swimming, cheerleading, singing, and much more. Friends, family, and teachers gathered in the library of the school for…
Plenty of festivities going on this weekend across the Coast to kick off the holiday season, starting tonight with the annual Christmas on the Water Children’s Parade. News 25’s Grace Boyles is in Biloxi with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Christmas on the Water Children’s Parade
A protégé of Dr. Donna Alexander, a popular Gulfport gynecologist, continues her tradition in medicine after her passing earlier this year. Dr. Alexander died in February and now her nurse practitioner, Crystal Heathington, has reopened South Mississippi OBGYN as Elite Health Care. With the Gulfport Chamber of Commerce’s support, Heathington opened her clinic in the same space Dr. Alexander once…
The Mississippi Aquarium picked up 40 Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles today from the airport for rehabilitation. These turtles were shipped all the way from New England after being found stranded and cold-stunned. When the water temperature drops, the turtles’ systems begin to shut down, causing them illness such as pneumonia. The aquarium’s staff will take the turtles to the off-site…