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…
November 1st is here and along with it, some much more seasonal weather! It was already here actually since we saw a late front last week, keeping cooler and drier air in place for the Halloween weekend. That won’t change tonight, with a nice, seasonal low near 51 on the coastline. Inland areas will dip into the upper 40s, but…
November 1st is here and along with it, some much more seasonal weather! It was already here actually since we saw a late front last week, keeping cooler and drier air in place for the Halloween weekend. That won’t change tonight, with a nice, seasonal low near 51 on the coastline. Inland areas will dip into the upper 40s, but…
November is National Aviation History Month and the Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum in Gulfport is celebrating by hosting a gala called “Come Fly With Me.” The fundraising event will take place Saturday, November 20th at 6 p.m. and will have dinner, drinks, dancing, live music, a live auction, and a silent auction. Individual tickets are $75 and a table for…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — Motorists on Irish Hill Drive may notice a half-dozen new signs declaring “No Littering/$450 fine.” The two-sided red-and-white signs are primarily near the CSX railway in the areas between Iberville Drive and Veterans Avenue. The City of Biloxi’s sign shop erected the signs last week at the direction of Mayor “FoFo” Gilich. “It takes five people…
A new digital identification program is coming to the Magnolia State later this month. The mobile ID can allow users to store a virtual driver’s license and coronavirus vaccination card. Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell says “From a law enforcement perspective, it will allow a law enforcement officer approaching the car to interact via Bluetooth with that phone so that…
A very dry and stable airmass in place will affect the Mississippi Gulf Coast through mid-week. Overall, the pleasant period of weather experienced over the weekend will continue through Tuesday. Skies will remain mainly clear, humidity values will remain low, and temperatures will be near seasonal averages. Additionally, a risk of some fog forming each night will persist due to the combination…
Surface high pressure is maintained over the Lower Mississippi River Valley through Monday. Cool, dry northerly flow over the forecast area and nearby limited temperatures to around to a bit below seasonal norms today, topping out in the around 70 to mid 70s range. Tonight, clear skies and the dry airmass will allow for efficient overnight cooling, with temperatures bottoming…
Surface high pressure is maintained over the Lower Mississippi River Valley through Monday. Cool, dry northerly flow over the forecast area and nearby limited temperatures to around to a bit below seasonal norms today, topping out in the around 70 to mid 70s range. Tonight, clear skies and the dry airmass will allow for efficient overnight cooling, with temperatures bottoming…
I hope you’re ready for some much more seasonal, cooler weather as we head into a beautiful Hallo-weekend. Not sure if that particular phrase exists, but it should and feels appropriate since Halloween is Sunday. Well see plenty of sun over this Hallo-weekend as well with two nearly identical days. Expect a nice fall afternoon Saturday with a high near…