The Gulf Coast Veterans Day Parade floated through Downtown Biloxi Saturday after the city was chosen as this year’s venue. The highly anticipated parade showed off JROTC programs from coastal schools, the military, and an array of other groups. The full parade returned this year after COVID-19 forced organizers to hold it as three separate smaller events along the Coast…
A group of high schoolers in Pass Christian took time out of their weekend to drop off food for some neighborhood families. Saniia Turner and her friends from the Delta Gems loaded up about 60 bags of food, each of which can feed four people. The bags included non-perishables and ingredients that can last families for more than just a…
Crowds flocked to Ocean Springs over the weekend as the Gulf Coast community celebrated a veteran of the art world. One of the state’s biggest festivals, named for the master potter of Ocean Springs, drew an impressive crowd after being dampened by COVID last year. This year marks the Peter Anderson Festival’s 43rd year as more than 400 vendors decorated…
Somewhere around 50 animals, some of them pregnant, were taken from an RV in Moss Point in an apparent animal hoarding case. Vanessa Cruz from Pet’s Sake Rescue in Long Beach spear-headed the removal of 34 adult cats, six kittens, and two dogs from the abandoned RV. The number of animals without a home is expected to increase as more…
The New Orleans Saints dropped five passes during the first half of Sunday’s game, more than they had in the previous seven games combined, which makes their 27-25 loss to the Atlanta Falcons that much harder to swallow. In a game that was so much about the Saints being unable to put points on the board, the story line changed…
For a handful of years now, Geiger Heating and Air and News 25 have partnered to provide someone in need with a new heating system for the holidays. Here to talk with us about the special event is Brian Younger. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Geiger Heating and Air, Heat for the Holidays
Starbucks employees will vote on unionizing this week and Elon Musk turns to his massive following for financial advice. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Market site with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
Today on Mom to Mom, we have a fun sweet treat your kids will enjoy making. Tags: Mom to Mom
There’s an urgent need for more nurses across Mississippi right now. Memorial Hospital just launched a virtual job fair today, hoping to find qualified candidates for South Mississippi. Here to tell us more about the need and this week’s job fair is Memorial’s Director of Human Resources Tony Alves. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: employment, job fair, Memorial Hospital
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 introduce you to a 13-year-old girl named Kelly. If you’re interested in adopting Kelly, you can visit the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services website at mdcps.ms.gov and click on…
A pedestrian was hit by a car this morning in Gulfport. The accident occurred near Highway 90 and Highway 49 around 6:45 a.m. According to Gulfport Police, the person who was hit was taken to the hospital for treatment. The driver involved was cooperating with the investigation and no charges were filed. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags: Gulfport, Highway…
Police in Gulfport are investigating an apparent weekend homicide. They’re waiting for autopsy results right now. Gulfport police say they were called to the area of 25th Street near Hewes Avenue around 4:30 Sunday afternoon for a welfare check and that’s when they found a man’s body. Police have not released his name yet, but they say it appears he…
Much of the workweek will remain a temperature forecast as surface high pressure keeps any rain potential out of the area through midweek. Mild daytime temperatures in the mid to upper 70s with mostly clear skies can be expected once again and will likely be the case through at least midweek. In advance of a cold front Thursday, some moderate…
High pressure in the upper/mid-levels will remain the driving force of the short term forecast period. Much of the workweek remains a temperature forecast as surface high pressure keeps any rain potential out of the area through midweek. Mild daytime temperatures in the mid to upper 70s with mostly clear skies can be expected once again and will likely be the…
An area of high pressure will continue to move slowly east across the central U.S. states and Gulf Coast region into Monday. Expect generally clear and sunny skies to continue Monday through Tuesday morning before clouds increase Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday. No rain is expected until a few showers develop across portions of the coastal waters Wednesday night. The models…
An area of high pressure ridge will continue to move slowly east across the central U.S. states and Gulf Coast region into Monday. Expect generally clear and sunny skies to continue Monday through Tuesday morning before clouds increase Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday. No rain is expected until a few showers develop across portions of the coastal waters Wednesday night. The…
Yesterday’s clouds didn’t last long into the afternoon, and they’ll be gone as we head into a chilly, clear night. In fact it will be quite chilly as the falls to 46 degrees on the coastline, lower 4os inland. Thankfully we don’t see any more cooling during the day, high climbing just one degree up to 69. There will be…
St. Stanislaus on the road at Morton. Morton-42 St. Stanislaus-31 Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, sports
Stone Tomcats on the road taking on Mendenhall. Mendenhall-29 Stone-15 Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, sports
And what would the 4A playoffs be without the Poplarville Hornets? Reigning 4A South State champions for the fourth time in five years playing host to the Raymond Rangers. Poplarville-42 Raymond-7 Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, sports
Out of every high school football team on the Coast, Bay High is the one playoff team with the best comeback story. The Tigers are coming off their third straight non-losing season after a three year stretch of winning just three games combined. Their seven wins this year are the most since their 10-win season in 2012, which is also…
Moss Point started the non-district portion of the season with a record of just 1-3, but that was then. And this is now and the Tigers have been winning ever since, now five in a row, the last four of those coming in district play. That makes the Tigers the one-seed coming out of region 8 class 4A for the…
Last season, Moss Point was one of the few high school football teams that had the potential to make a deep run in the 4A playoffs. News 25’s Jeff Haeger has more. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, sports
Today the team at Magic 93.7 and News 25’s Lori Buhring got together to flip on Christmas music on their radio station and spread some holiday spirit. Christmas classics such as ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ and “Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree’ will be spreading the joy every day and night until the clock strikes midnight on Christmas…