As everyone’s schedules begin filling up with spooky events and activities happen throughout October, make sure to mark your calendars for Ocean Springs newest Halloween bash. This year, the City of Ocean Springs will be hosting ‘Spooky Springs at the Scary C’ on Saturday, October 30th. During the day, local businesses will be putting out candy for kids. At 5:30…
Hundreds of people gathered in Moss Point to celebrate Cruisin’ the Coast at the Cruisin’ the River City event. Moss Point’s downtown river front was filled with vintage and antique cars from all over. Cruisers enjoyed food, music, the Pascagoula River Audubon Center, and other downtown amenities. Awards were also given out at the event. Moss Point is one of…
The Beau Rivage Resort and Casino is beginning their Cruisin’ celebration by offering a one-time edition 25th Cruisin’ the Coast anniversary chip. The chip has a value of $25 to represent the number of years Cruisin the Coast has been in operation. The chip can be used on the gaming floor or be kept as a Cruisin’ keepsake. It is…
Cruisers rolled into Margaritaville in Biloxi today to continue their celebrations. Hundreds of cruisers from all over the country gathered at the land of cheeseburgers and margaritas for the annual Margaritaville Block Party. There was plenty to do and see at the event, including vendors, live music, cool cars, and even hourly giveaways to win stays at a variety of…
Today’s Cruisin’ the Coast events have been centered around our military veterans. Years ago, organizers would take the block party to the VA Hospital in Biloxi, but because of factors like construction and COVID, they now host a Salute to our Veterans at Cruise Central. During the salute, the Gulfport Fire Department presented the Flag of Honors and the National…
Today’s experiment uses a few ingredients from the kitchen to create a spooky science experiment. Tags: Hooked on Science
Christmas could be at risk as supply chain disaster gets worse and Facebook and Instagram are back after longest worldwide outage ever. Jane King is at the NASDAQ with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Cruisers rolled into Cruise Central as the gates opened up at 9 a.m. for them to take part in the festivities. This year, the event is well on its way of breaking 8,620, the record number of vehicles that was set in 2019. Cruisers are registered from 45 states and Canada. This year they have 1,200 first time cruisers. Having…
The Vicari Auto Auction is back. They’ve been at Cruisin’ the Coast for 24 out of the event’s 25 years. Throughout the years, the auction has sold tens of thousands of cars to buyers across the nation and even overseas. This year, they’ll be over 600 vehicles and 700 memorabilia items to bid on. The items will be up for…
Today, MSDH is reporting an additional 947 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 61 deaths. Eleven of these deaths occurred between September 16th and October 2nd and 50 deaths occurred between August 20th and September 29th, identified from death certificate reports. Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases is now 491,724 with 9,749 deaths. Categories: Local News, News Tags: COVID-19, health
There is a marginal risk for excessive rainfall for the best chances of getting rainfall this afternoon over coastal Mississippi. This is all being brought about from an upper disturbance that extends from northern LA up into the northeast. The east side of this trough is where the plume of deep moisture and support for convective development is greatest. Cloud…
The main focus will be more toward rainfall rates and not as much on totals area wide. Rates could be around 2 to 3 inches per hour today and isolated areas could see 2 to 4 inches in a short time causing some localized flooding issues. A marginal risk is out for excessive rainfall for the best chances of getting…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — ’Goula Cruise is back at Beach Park in Pascagoula October 7-9 during Cruisin’ the Coast 2021. Pascagoula is an official sanctioned site and is an incentive stamp site for registered Cruisin’ participants. ‘Goula Cruise runs from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day. Enjoy the cruise down Buffett Beach to Beach Park. At Beach Park, you can…
Today, the focus will be more toward rainfall rates and not as much on rainfall totals area wide. Rainfall rates in individual storms could be around 2 to 3 inches per hour today and isolated areas could see 2 to 4 inches in a short time causing some localized flooding issues. There is a “Marginal Risk” for excessive rainfall, which…
Expect stormy weather to linger in South Mississippi through the evening, but it will eventually clear out. Exactly when is still a bit up in the air though. It looks to me as if this low will begin to weaken and get pulled into the upper levels, but it could stick around a bit longer. It’s not looking likely, but…
History on the fast track, Nascar driver Bubba Wallace earned his first cup series victory after Nascar called the Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway early due to rain. Wallace is the first black driver to win a race in Nascar’s top flight since Wendell Scott on December 1st, 1963. A lightning storm halted the race, which had already been postponed…
In 2019, former Biloxi Shucker Corbin Burnes couldn’t keep the ball in the yard and his 8.82 ERA was proof of that. Crazy how much can change in just a couple of short years. Burnes wraps up his 2021 season as the first Milwaukee Brewers pitcher to ever win the Major League ERA title. He posted a clip of 2.43…
In somewhat of a belated recap of the Juco football slate, Mississippi Gulf Coast won a game on Thursday that means more off the field than it does on the field. Down by six in the waning moments against Copiah-Lincoln, the Bulldogs scored the game winning touchdown with two seconds left on the clock. The 14-13 victory was pure bliss…
After losing to the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Bucs in week one, Mississippi State alum Dak Prescott has his Dallas Cowboys sitting pretty at 3-1 four weeks into the season. The former Bulldog is really hitting his mark in 2021, completing passes at a clip of more than 75 percent, good for second best in the league behind…
Enjoy a cup of coffee and great conversation with Gulfport Police Department this Wednesday, October 6th. In honor of National Coffee with a Cop Day, meet up with GPD at Boozer’s and Brew and a Café Too on 20th Avenue and 15th Street in downtown Gulfport near the aquarium. Officers will provide bagels as well as coffee. Come with questions…
Rain or shine, car enthusiasts gathered this evening in Long Beach to see a few of the thousands of cars in South Mississippi this week cruise through town. At 1 pm., cars began lining up at Long Beach High School for the 25th annual Long Beach Kickoff Parade. All participating cars were made in 1989 or earlier. Representatives from car…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist announced today they discovered a butterfly larvae pest, known as the Saunders 1850, while inspecting a container of pineapples from Costa Rica at the Port of Gulfport last month. The larvae were discovered while conducting inspections at the port on Wednesday, September 2nd. The USDA positively identified the larvae as Saunders 1850, which…
Expect stormy weather to linger in South Mississippi through the evening, but it will eventually clear out. Exactly when is still a bit up in the air though. It looks to me as if this low will begin to weaken and get pulled into the upper levels, but it could stick around a bit longer. It’s not looking likely, but…
Many unique vehicles can be found during the Cruisin’ the Coast festivities, but not many are old bright yellow school buses. Cruisin’ Class is in session and Leander, Texas resident Noel Larson is the bus driver. Larson and his wife have come to Cruisin’ the Coast the past three years with some of his hot rod collection and his 1955…