New 25 Game of the Week features Harrison Central hosting Gulfport, heated rivals from region 4 class 6A. Both coming in with perfect district marks of 3-0 which means someone has to take their first loss. Gulfport-13 Harrison Central-12 Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: Friday Night Showcase, News 25 Game of the Week, sports
It was hot and humid as we were going to get earlier today, but tonight’s frontal passage will send the temperature and humidity the other direction. Don’t expect too much to change tonight though, as the low will only fall to 68 degrees. We’ll see a 30% chance of rain from 2 AM – 6 AM, otherwise little active weather…
High school football rivalries are always good, but this week’s game between Gulfport and Harrison Central is even better. News 25’s Jeff Haeger has more. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: Gulfport, Harrison Central, News 25 Game of the Week
Families can experience live American history through the weekend as Beauvoir’s Jefferson Davis Home in Biloxi hosts the Fall Muster Civil War re-enactment. The home of the Confederate States president has long been the site of these reenactments as a traditional way of keeping the memory of these battles alive. The camp around back of the Beauvoir will open to…
They walked the earth two-hundred million years ago. Now, they greet guests at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum Biloxi. Dinosaurs loom large in Biloxi as Jurassic Quest is now open and will remain in town until Sunday. North America’s largest dinosaur exhibit is here on the Coast giving everyone a chance to step back into the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic…
The Claiborne at Gulfport Highlands is a new upscale community living facility for seniors. Today, they offered their seniors and community members a chance to get out and enjoy some fresh air. Seniors were able to network, gather information about useful resources, and enjoy some fun games. A shredding tent was also on site to help those looking to safely…
Today is National White Cane Day which is a day sat aside to bring awareness to an essential tool that allows those who are visually impaired to move freely. White canes were introduced in 1930 as a way to help visually impaired people and alert others. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson established White Cane Safety Day in an effort…
First Lady Elee Reeves, Harrison County leaders, and community members all came together to participate in the Leaders against Litter Pickup event. From Pass Christian all the way to Biloxi, people grouped together to pick up trash across the beaches, streets, and parks. Gloves, trash pickers, and buckets were provided to each volunteer. After the cleanup, those who participated gathered…
Three-and-a-half years in the making, elected state officials joined Mississippi Veterans Affairs this afternoon in Biloxi for a construction commencement ceremony for a new $34 million veterans home in Tradition. The nursing home dedication to veterans will feature 100 beds as well as private bed and bathrooms. Sixty-five percent of the funding of the brand-new facility was provided by the…
MDOT has announced emergency repairs have begun for the portion of Highway 26 that collapsed in George County in late August. MDOT awarded a $1.8 million contract to T.L. Wallace Construction of Columbia to make emergency slide repairs to the roadway. Once Highway 26 is reopened, crews will repave the local detour route used during the closure. The project is…
Some Butterball ground turkey products may be contaminated with plastic and home foreclosures jumped as the moratorium lifted. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Market site with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
Grab a paw and head on down to the Harrison County Fairgrounds this weekend for an event for you and your dog. Carl Grotton from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Kennel Club is in studio with more about Bark’n Good Times. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Bark’n Good Times
Pascagoula’s Third Friday is tonight. There’s always fun, music, and food at Third Friday, tonight’s party includes an out of this world experience. Author and Pascagoula native Calvin Parker will share his alien abduction story. Parker and his friend Charles Hickson claim they were fishing on the Pascagoula River on October 11th, 1973 when they were taken aboard a ship…
Governor Tate Reeves wants Mississippians to stay prepared when it comes to any potential weather threat. The governor has declared October 18th through the 22nd as Fall Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Mississippi. Eighty-two tornados were confirmed during 2020 in Mississippi which was the fifth most on record. Additionally, nearly 25 percent of all recorded Mississippi tornados occur during the…
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help locating two trucks stolen from a local dealership in Harrison County. The two vehicles that were stolen were a white 2019 Ford F250 and a red 2019 GMC Sierra. Investigators say the suspects used a third truck from inside the lot to ram the fence and steal the F250 and GMC…
Warm & humid will continue today as an area of low-pressure along a cold front near Wichita Falls will race northeastward toward Lake Ontario by midnight tonight. The associated cold front is expected to reach northwest Louisiana by mid to late afternoon, to near Lake Pontchartrain around midnight, and out of the area by sunrise Saturday. likely scenario for our…
Since February 2006, Bobby Edwards has been at the helm of WXXV as General Manager. Today, our staff bids farewell to the man who lead the way for the last sixteen years. From starting with a solo network FOX station he oversaw the addition of the NBC & the CW networks. Edwards has a total of 40 years in the…
Warm & humid will continue today as an area of low-pressure along a cold front near Wichita Falls will race northeastward toward Lake Ontario by midnight tonight. The associated cold front is expected to reach northwest Louisiana by mid to late afternoon, to near Lake Pontchartrain around midnight, and out of the area by sunrise Saturday. likely scenario for our area is…
A cold front is on the way. Isolated light rain showers could also develop late this afternoon. A band of rain showers will begin to move into the northwest portion of our forecast area this evening ahead of the cold front, and then spread southeastward across much of the forecast area ahead of and along the front after midnight. Very…
I’m sure most are sick of it, but more “late summer” weather is on the way and we’re in for another foggy night. That means hot afternoons and warm, humid nights which have led to more and more visibility issues across South Mississippi. We’re hitting the peak tonight, and dense fog advisories have been issued with a warm low near…
In the 5A ranks, West Harrison playing host to East Central. Lady Hornets swept in the only regular season meeting. East Central takes the 3-0 sweep: 25-10, 25-14, 25-19. Plenty more second round action and plenty more Coast teams heading to South State, Ocean Springs gets Brandon in 6A while East Central gets Vancleave in 5A. Great rematch between Stone…
Half of the volleyball teams on the Gulf Coast are still alive all the way into the second round of the playoffs. But, now a victim of their own success, some local schools knocking out other local schools on their way to the third round. Starting at Hancock where the Lady Hawks play host to Ocean Springs. Lady Greyhounds won…
Former PRCC Wildcat Brandon Rachal has signed a professional contract with the Brooklyn Nets. The JUCO All-American went unselected in the 2021 NBA Draft, but quickly latched onto the Long Island Nets summer league team. Rachal didn’t score in limited summer league action, but he was a force of nature at Tulsa following his time at PRCC, averaging 15 points…
The last two teams to play for the last two MACCC Championships were Mississippi Gulf Coast and Northwest Mississippi. Tonight, the week seven schedule brings them together once again for a top 15 showdown. Bulldogs hosting the Rangers for the first time since last year’s title game in which Gulf Coast suffered its first loss since 2018. Northwest wins 38-14….