Media provider company Sparklight recently announced the beginning of their ‘A Stronger Connection’ campaign. The campaign will award $1,000 each to 12 individuals making a difference in the communities they serve. The campaign is currently underway and allows individuals throughout the 21 states the company operates to nominate fellow community members. To nominate someone, simply share a photo of the…
Yesterday we were under a heat advisory, but today that was upgraded further to an excessive heat warning. That means heat indices across South MS will lie between 104-112, and could climb as high as 115. Heat illness can occur in 10 minutes or less in these conditions, so please exercise caution outdoors. Sadly this dangerous weather won’t be limited…
Long Beach School District has been selected to be a part of Mission Acceleration’s pilot program designed to accelerate reading achievement for 1,000 children in Mississippi. The district was selected to join in the pilot project with the Center for Excellency in Literacy Instruction and the University of Mississippi. This project was developed to address the need for learning recovery…
Residents of Gulfport now have a brand-new opportunity to dive into the world of virtual reality. Team VR-Cade opened a brand-new store at the Gulfport Premium Outlets. The owners originally ran a clothing boutique. However, they changed their business model to bring more family-oriented fun to the area. The arcade is home to virtual reality headsets, X-Box One consoles, desktop…
Pass Christian’s Cory McGee put her hometown on the map on the national stage at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Now she’s back home and News 25 caught up with the former Pirate turned Hometown Hero. “I’ve had many good moments on this track, some arguments also on this track.” A trip down memory lane for first-time Olympian Cory McGee at…
Friends and family gathered this evening in Gulfport to celebrate the graduation of 24 local youth ages 16 to 24 from Climb CDC’s Youthbuild Program. Over the past year, the program participants have learned new life skills, financial literacy, along with other job-training and educational opportunities to set them up for success. At the start of the program, some participants…
Many students and parents gathered at the University of Southern Miss Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach to kick off the new school semester with fall orientation. Masked up and excited, new students packed inside the Flemings Education Building and North Academic Building on the campus of USM Gulf Park to get acclimated with college life. Student Affairs Coordinator Jessica…
The team at Memorial Hospital is continuing their fight against COVID-19 one pop-up site at a time. Today, the team hosted another pop-up drive at the D’Iberville Community Center. This site was just one of at least 32 the team has planned to open this month. However, Memorial has had to recently cancel several of these pop-up sites due to…
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive. Here to fill us in on the details is Denise Smith with donor recruitment. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Hurricane Katrina Memorial Blood Drive
Toys R Us will open shops inside some Macy’s locations next year and Bank of America will stop offering a unique service beginning today. Jane King is in New York with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is the recipient of a nearly $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. In a press release, MGCCC announced the grant will provide 115 scholarships for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors. In addition, the grant will provide the opportunity to increase STEM degree completion through co-curricular strategies such as cohorts and faculty mentoring…
Today and Saturday, a robust high pressure system is expected to build over the region. Southerly to southeasterly surface winds will help to enhance warm air advection and moisture advection into the area. Isolated to scattered showers will be possible today and Saturday afternoons, mainly along the SW MS and coastal MS areas. Locally heavy rainfall will be possible inside…
Dangerous heat has moved in and today’s heat advisory won’t be the last we’ll see over the next week. We’re in for an interesting change though. Right now we’re seeing high heat indices because the humidity rose slightly, but the temperature has remained near the seasonal average in the low 90s. As next week rolls around, we’ll see the temperature…
As St. Patrick Catholic High School continues to grow in size, so does its football program. It’s all a numbers game for the Fighting Irish who have some new neighbors this season and a new post-season standard at stop number 20 on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 Days. Wide receiver/ corner back Blake Bratton said, “You’ve got a few…
Both William Carey University’s School of Pharmacy and Memorial Hospital have worked to develop healthcare professionals on the Coast and keeping them on the Coast. When two William Carey Pharmacy School graduates were accepted to Memorial’s pharmacy residency program, two medical institution’s mission merged. After earning a degree from the William Carey School of Pharmacy, Chelsea Thames and Tiffany Entrekin…
The death of 51-year-old former Pascagoula Councilman Joe Abston sparked a community movement to get more COVID vaccine shots in arms. After having health complications, Abston was admitted to Singing River Health System in Pascagoula. Last Thursday, he was moved to the intensive care unit where he was on a ventilator and 100 percent oxygen. After ten days in the…
Governor Tate Reeves held a COVID-19 press conference today to update the public on the state’s response. Reeves addressed learning in schools amid the most recent outbreak, saying it is vital that in-person learning stays. He says schools can rearrange sizes of classes, utilize masks, offer vaccines, and other methods to keep schools open, though pep rallies and other school…
An heat advisory was issued today and is still active until 7 PM, and it won’t be the last we’ll see over the next week. We’re in for an interesting change though. Right now we’re seeing high heat indices because the humidity rose slightly, but the temperature has remained near the seasonal average in the low 90s. As next week…
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 20 is coming to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. The event will hold multiple match-ups including a title fight between Johnny Bedford and Reggie Barnett Jr. for the BKFC Bantamweight Championship. Former UFC Fighter Alan Belcher is also expected to make his bare-knuckle debut during the event against Tony Lopez. Doors open at 6…
Ocean Springs drive-thru coffee shop Java Jo’z reopened today after being closed for two months. Owner Mickey Creech noticed in June his building started giving him problems during work. Creech then decided it was time to tear down his original shop of 17 years and rebuild it from the ground up. Since his decision, the business has been closed due…
There’s a fish fry fundraiser happening this Saturday in Long Beach. Crusaders for Veterans and Equal Steps for Veterans Home are hosting the fish fry in Long Beach. Crusaders for Veterans helps vets with anything from home projects, like installing a ramp or mowing the lawn to readjusting into civilian life. While they work to assist all veterans, their main…
The Harrison County School District kicked-off school on August 6th and less than two weeks later they have already reinstated the virtual learning option due to a rise in COVID cases. The optional virtual learning window for kids will be available from Monday, August 23rd until Friday, September 3rd. Once September 3rd passes, all students will have to return to…
At the Family Education Center in Moss Point, free COVID vaccines were given to the public. Moss Point School District partnered with the City of Moss Point, the fire department, and Singing River Health System to provide vaccines for everyone. About 25 students pre-registered to receive their second dose of the vaccine after receiving their first at the Tigers Back…
Mississippi’s only children’s hospital has confirmed they are caring for 28 hospitalized children as a result of COVID-19. Children’s of Mississippi, a part of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, also reports eight children are in the ICU as a result with five of those ICU patients being too young to receive a vaccine. Children’s says this is…