Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System is now offering Moderna and J&J COVID-19 boosters under emergency use authorization. The clinics are offering these boosters to the veterans as well as their spouses and caregivers. Individuals who received a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine must wait six months after their initial series and be either 65 years and older or 18 and older…
Coastal Family Health Center is offering one-on-one assistance to those needing health insurance during the Affordable Care Act open enrollment. It opened yesterday and will accept enrollments up until January 15th. Open enrollment for individuals needing health insurance using the Affordable Care Act can enroll or re-enroll with the help of Coastal’s certified application counselors. This service is available to…
Not much change again today as our clear & dry weather continues to linger over South Mississippi. That pattern will begin to shift somewhat as we approach the middle of the week as a short-wave moves in. This will bring a bit of moisture and energy by Wednesday night, but not much else. For tonight though, expect clear skies for…
The 43rd annual Peter Anderson Festival is happening this weekend in Ocean Springs. In honor of the event, News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf takes us to the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, a museum dedicated to the work of Peter’s brother. The Walter Anderson Museum of Art, WAMA for short, displays work from Walter Anderson and his two…
Special Elections are today across Coastal counties. News 25’s Sabria Reid is at a polling place where residents are voting in Jackson County at the Sue Ellen Rec Center. Tags: election day, special elections
Having recently competed in the MHSAA Marching Band Championships and making finals for the first time since 2014, the Harrison Central High School Band is capping off the marching season with a little bit of fall fun. This Saturday, Harrison Central’s band is hosting a fall festival fundraiser ‘Field of Dreams.’ The family-friendly event begins at 2 p.m. at Harrison…
Organizations across the nation are feeling financial strain due to COVID-19. Locally, one organization in need of help is the Biloxi VFW Post 2434. Thanks to a number of community involved events, the Biloxi VFW Post 2434 is getting back on their feet. However, there is still a need. “Things are getting better. They have improved over the past two…
November is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month. News 25’s Rick Gogreve looked into where the teen smoking and vaping crisis stands and how it has changed in recent years. According to results from the FDA’s National Youth Tobacco Survey, 1.73 million fewer middle and high school students used tobacco products in 2020 compared to 2019. While the number is dropping…
The Nature Conservancy is launching a pilot oyster shell recycling program that will use oyster shells collected from local restaurants. Currently, most of the used oyster shells are being discarded without reuse and are ultimately a lost resource that could be utilized for restoration. The collected oyster shells will become a valuable attachment surface for baby oysters to grow. Recycling…
Last year, Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers installed three kiosk machines across the Coast. Now they are getting ready to install a fourth machine at the DMV on Highway 67 in Biloxi. The kiosk machine will allow those waiting at the DMV to find out information on who is wanted, gather information on the community, road closures, weather reports, and also…
At Mississippi Gulf Coast, the men’s golf team checks in as the nation’s new number one in the latest Bushnell Golfweek NJCAA Division II Coaches Poll. The Bulldogs were already top dog in the Golfstat computer rankings thanks to big wins in the NJCAA Tournament Preview and the MGCCC Fall Invitational over the last two weeks. Gulf Coast has played…
Biloxi native Barry Lyons has devoted most of his life to the game of baseball and now the game is giving back as it comes full circle for the former major leaguer. Welcome to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, Lyons was one of eight named to the class of 2022. Currently the ambassador of the Biloxi Shuckers, Lyons attended…
One of the top-rated high school quarterbacks to ever come out of Mississippi, St. Stanislaus alum Myles Brennan is ready to start a new chapter of his college football career. As first reported by Rivals and later confirmed by LSU Head Coach Ed Orgeron, the fifth-year senior is set to enter the NCAA transfer portal more than four years after…
No NFL quarterback has more comeback wins when trailing by 16 points or more than Tom Brady. He had a chance to do it for a ninth time in his career on Sunday, but the New Orleans Saints rose to the occasion and took the lead back for good with less than two minutes to go. Almost a Halloween horror…
It’s Tuesday which means it is time for our News 25 Pet of the Week. Today Maridee Mallette with the Jackson County Animal Shelter is in studio with Snoopy. Categories: Pet of the Week Tags: pet of the week
On the first Saturday of each month, Jackson County hosts a guided nature discovery tour at the Fontainebleau Trail in Ocean Springs. Here to tell us about it is Tour Guide Mark LaSalle. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Fontainebleau Trail, nature trail, tour
The Stone High School Band marched as caterpillars morphing into butterflies as they won the 4A State Championship for the second year in a row. ‘Metamorphosis: The Evolution of my Best Self’ was the title of the show for year’s state competition. Challenged with both school quarantine and band quarantines, students were out of practice for three weeks. This year’s…
Hospitals throughout the state of Mississippi are having to close floors and reduce patient rooms due to a nursing shortage that is growing worse each day. Through the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, the state had been able to fund hundreds of nurses across Mississippi during the latest COVID-19 wave for the past six weeks. However, that funding has recently ended…
Mississippi State Senator Dennis DeBar, chair of the Senate Education Committee, was in Pascagoula Monday for a state-wide listening tour to discuss teacher pay raises. Educators from all grade levels and subjects voiced their frustrations with the lack of money they’re being paid, considering the salary of teachers in other states in the region, the number of years they’ve been…
Rising mortgage rates could derail the red-hot housing market and a CDC panel is expected to issue a recommendation on children’s COVID vaccines today. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Market site with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
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’re introducing you to Brent. Take a look. If you’re interested in adopting Brent, you can visit the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services website at mdcps.ms.gov and click on the Mississippi…
A lovely afternoon ahead with plenty of sunshine. A cold front will move through the area Wednesday night into Thursday morning bringing a continuation of dry weather but a few showers will be possible along the boundary. Cloudy skies will keep things cool Thursday but the clouds should give way after Thursday but may be slow to do so. The…
Very nice conditions will remain for the next several days. Another cold front will move through the area Wednesday night into Thursday morning bringing a continuation of dry weather but a few showers will be possible along the boundary. High pressure to the back side of the front will move in a bit faster bridging the front over our area…
Very nice conditions will remain for the next several days. Another cold front will move through the area Wednesday night into Thursday morning bringing a continuation of dry weather but a few showers will be possible along the boundary. Cloudy skies will keep things cool Thursday but the clouds should give way after Thursday, but may be slow to do…