Businesses in Downtown Ocean Springs are preparing for the weekend’s 43rd annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival. The festival, honoring the renowned master potter of the same name, draws crowds of over 100,000 people to Ocean Springs each year, giving a financial boom to downtown businesses. The festival will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday…
Saturday morning, an Ocean Springs mom will be speaking on stage at the state capital as the ‘See Me Now’ Bus Tour kicks off. Mika Hartman is the mother of Hudson, the three-year-old with Down Syndrome whose diagnosis spurned her activism. Hudson was the grand marshal in the 2019 Buddy Walk and played a part in passing the Human Life…
The Gulf Coast Veterans Parade is happening Saturday. Here to give us details about it are the parade’s vice president Jerry Taranto and the grand marshal Dr. Inez Kelleher. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: gulf coast veterans parade
It’s the First Friday of November which means it is time for another block party in Downtown Biloxi. Here to tell us about what’s on tap for tonight’s First Friday Celebration at the District Green is Biloxi Main Street Association president Bobby Gillon. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Biloxi Main Street Association, First Friday Downtown Block Party
The Jackson County School District is going back to the drawing board on potential facility upgrades after voters rejected a bond proposal earlier this year. The Jackson County School Board held a facility workshop this week to talk about future plans for its aging school buildings. Since the bond vote failed, district leaders have created a master facility plan to…
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has joined two other attorney generals in filing a lawsuit to stop President Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors. Governor Reeves said he wanted to see a lawsuit filed by the end of the week. According to the AG’s Office, Mississippi joins Louisiana and Indiana in the suit to halt what they call President Biden’s…
Since 1928, Shearwater Pottery has been owned and operated by the Anderson family. News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf is giving us more details about the over 90-year-old pottery studio. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Peter Anderson, Shearwater Pottery
An area of low-pressure over the NE’tern Gulf should reach Florida this evening, with most remaining cloud cover over the local area exiting by early/mid afternoon. Clouds may be hard to come by on Saturday and Sunday, other than perhaps some upper-level cirrus. Breezy conditions today will gust to upper teens to low 20 mph range at times through this…
Cloudy and cooler weather dominates today thanks to a stalled front to the South, but a long period of sunny days lies ahead. Not going to be that lucky tonight though as the cloudy skies hold steady, with a cool low near 52. A few upper 40s are likely inland, but the cloud cover will keep lows from falling too…
For any Coast teams that end up making a run to state championship weekend, the drive just got a little shorter and the home field advantage just got a lot better. Today, the Mississippi High School Activities Association voted to move the state title games to Southern Miss for the third time in four years due to Jackson State possibly…
In the 6A ranks, everything pretty much locked up, but if you’re undefeated Ocean Springs why not stay perfect, one-seed on the road at four-seed Harrison Central. Ocean Springs wins 38-13 with their perfect record intact going into the first round of playoffs next week. D’Iberville-34 St. Martin-20 Gulfport-27 Biloxi-19 Pascagoula-54 Hancock-46 East Central-42 Vancleave-35 George County-42 Long Beach-7 Pearl…
Last year, Picayune football was playing like Picayune football, starting with a perfect record of 8-0 before losing its final two games of the regular season and a first round playoff game. This year, the Maroon Tide learning from those mistakes and showing no signs of slowing down. Having already wrapped up the region 4 class 5A championship, looking for…
The 28th annual Biloxian Made Good was honored tonight by the Biloxi Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Virginia Burkett graduated from Biloxi High School in 1968. After college she began her career specializing in environmental science. Dr. Burkett now lives in Louisiana as the current chief scientist for climate and land use change at the U.S. Geological Survey. Tonight…
Bringing color and culture to South Mississippi, a new and one-of-a-kind business opens at the Gulfport Premium Outlet. Aloha Glamour is the world’s first Afro-Waiian clothing boutique. What started off as an in-home business grew to make appearances in local pop-up shops and today has its own physical store front. Aloha Glamour Founder and CEO Alexis Williams said, “Every…
After last week’s severe weather postponed their grand entrance, the mermaids at the Mississippi Aquarium are finally having their Mini Cruise Welcome Parade. All five mermaids rode in classic and exotic cars earlier this evening in what turned out to be a farewell parade. The Pass High Pirates band and cheerleaders, along with members of the Krewe of Mystic Seahorses,…
Cloudy and cooler weather dominates today thanks to a stalled front to the South, but a long period of sunny days lies ahead. Not going to be that lucky tonight though as the cloudy skies hold steady, with a cool low near 52. A few upper 40s are likely inland, but the cloud cover will keep lows from falling too…
An Ocean Springs resident is heading a program to donate gift cards to our local firefighters for Christmas. Linda Bock began her gift card program last year as a way to boost the moral of local public servants. Last year, Bock ran the program ‘Adopt a Cop’ and donated about 100 different gift cards to police officers along the Coast….
This morning, Gautier High School hosted their annual Veterans Day Breakfast. Students honored those who served our country. Flags flew high in the sky as veterans, community members, students, and staff all gathered outside of Gautier High School to pay respect to those who have served our country by hosting their annual Veterans Day Breakfast. Pascagoula Gautier Superintendent Wayne V….
The Gulfport Rotary Club is known for their community service. Today, at the Hancock Whitney Bank Building in Downtown Gulfport, they awarded a special person with their Founder’s Day Award. The Gulfport Rotary Club presented Mr. John L. Kelley with the 2021 Founder’s Day Award. Mr. Kelley is a long-time resident of Gulfport, well known for his selfless devotion to…
Thursday Night Lights are becoming a regular thing in South Mississippi this season which means double the fun for News 25 Sports Director Jeff Haeger. Jeff has more from Gautier High School to preview tonight’s marquee game against first place Picayune. Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, News 25’s Game of the…
Memorial Hospital’s footprint is expanding as four clinics on the Coast are being added to its family. The hospital’s primary care services are extending to new locations in Biloxi, D’Iberville, and Gulfport after it acquired them from Merit Health Medical Group. The primary care clinics began scheduling appointments today. Promenade Family Practice and Lakeview Multi-Specialty will serve D’Iberville and Cowan…
Soon children ages five to 11 will be getting their COVID shots around the Coast. The Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccines which will come in vials with one-third of an adult dose. Just like adults, children will be encouraged to receive two shots three weeks apart and a booster shot afterward. At Memorial Children’s Clinic, children can receive…
Tonight at the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, the Biloxi Bay Chamber is hosting the 28th annual Biloxian Made Good. This event honors an individual who has gone beyond his or her roots to make a name in a career field in another community. News 25’s Sabria Reid has more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: 28th annual Biloxian Made Good,…
A teacher shortage has been affecting our state. Today, William Carey University held its first ever teacher shortage conference at the Tradition Campus in Biloxi. For over five years, there has been about a 30 percent decline in teacher education in the classroom across Mississippi. To help find solutions to this teacher shortage, William Carey University and the Gulfport School…