With a vision of a healthy Mississippi, the Children’s Center for Communication and Development cut the ribbon for their new therapy playground today in Long Beach. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation awarded a grant of $323,540 to the Children’s Center at the University of Southern Miss through the USM Foundation. Tuesday, kids involved with the center…
Last week director of the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies Dr. Moby Solangi traveled to Jackson to speak before the state’s ports and marine resources committee about the proposed Mid-Breton Sound diversion on the Mississippi and Louisiana state line and its anticipated impacts on the Gulf Coast’s ecosystem. When the Bonnet Carre Spillway was opened in 2019 for 123 days…
The weather has been nice since last weekend, but today was the last seasonal day we’ll see for over a week. This afternoon was still warm with lower humidity, but it will rise sharply through the night. Expect a considerably warmer low than last night, now near 68 degrees on the coastline. Inland areas will be slightly cooler, but will…
The Singing River Pharmacy will be hosting a National Drug Take Back Day event this Saturday. The Take Back Day will be held in the parking lot of the Singing River Healthplex in Pascagoula from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Drug Take Back Day is a way for people to dispose of unused prescription drugs while also being educated about…
Memorial Hospital has announced a vaccine drive to be held in collaboration with multiple local agencies this weekend. Along with the Gulfport NAACP, Gulfport city officials, and the Links Organization, a health fair will be held to administer Pfizer COVID vaccines along with booster shots and health screenings for the public. The fair will be held on Saturday from 9…
Macedonia Baptist Church in Ocean Springs hosted a drive-thru lunch to show their appreciation to all the first responders in the area. Last year, the lunch was canceled due to the pandemic, so the church gave out gift baskets. Over 100 meals were given out at the drive-thru lunch. First responders were able to choose from a variety of meal…
There is an urgent need for blood nationally and locally. News 25’s Janae Jordan spoke with the American Red Cross and the Blood Center about how low donor turnouts are causing a blood shortage. Fall is typically a time when the blood supply rebounds from summer blood shortages, but that is not the case this year as many people opted…
A Biloxi Middle School student and a Biloxi High School student were caught playing with a weapon at their bus stop today. In an email sent to parents today, school administrators say they were alerted to the situation and searched the students. One of the students was found in possession of an unloaded gun without a magazine or bullets. Law…
The Walmart located on C.T. Switzer Drive in Biloxi was evacuated for a time earlier this afternoon following reports of a bomb threat. According to Biloxi police, the Walmart received a non-specific bomb threat. All employees and staff were evacuated and BPD searched the building to look for potential threats. Biloxi police determined there was no threat to the area…
For today’s experiment, we’re going to show you how to make your broom stand up all by itself. Tags: Hooked on Science
American Express has a unique solution to the work from home dilemma and Amazon is stepping up its hiring ahead of the holidays. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Market site with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
This year, we’re seeing the 100th rendition of the Jackson County Fair. It’s already kicked off, but here to tell us what the fair has to offer are Fairgrounds Director Tammy Moore and Chairman of the Livestock Barn Dawn Jones. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Jackson County Fair
It’s Tuesday which means it is time for the News 25 Pet of the Week. Here with more is Maridee Mallette from the Jackson County Animal Shelter. Categories: Pet of the Week Tags: jackson county animal shelter, pet of the week
Two Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles will undergo treatment at the Mississippi Aquarium. The two turtles were transferred from the New England Aquarium to the Mississippi Aquarium last Thursday. They both are still recovering after being cold stunned in December 2020 in the waters off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The aquarium is treating one of the turtles for a bone infection…
High-pressure currently extends from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes. A minor disturbance to he SE will move NW through the area through Wednesday night. In doing so, the flow will shift to more onshore which will start moisture return to the local area. It’ll start with increasing dew-points today with possibly a few showers in offshore waters south…
A broad upper level high-pressure extends from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes. A trough of low-pressure off the east coast of the country will sag southwest today. In doing so, the flow will shift to more onshore which will start moisture return to the local area. It’ll start with increasing dew-points today with possibly a few showers in…
Our cool and dry pattern is starting to fade away. For Tuesday, we remain dry, however, rain chances, albeit slight, will begin to increase over the Gulf waters Tuesday afternoon as moisture increases. Going into Wednesday, as moisture spreads inland, rain chances will increase to mainly scattered coverage for a majority of the region. Additionally, we could potentially see a…
Over the last four years, the Vancleave volleyball program has been the golden standard here on the Gulf Coast. Tonight, that standard was very much challenged by East Central, the same team that stole this year’s district title on point differential. Visiting Lady Bulldogs looking to punch their fifth consecutive trip to the state championship match and it would take…
Fall weather moved in over the weekend is still with us as we begin the week! Sadly, it isn’t going to hang around much longer than tomorrow. Tonight will still be dry and chilly though, with a slightly warmer low near 54 degrees and light northerly winds. Tomorrow continues our “slightly warming” trend as the high rises to 78 degrees…
LSU Head Football Coach Ed Orgeron will only carry that title for the next couple of months as he prepares to step aside following the 2021 season. Ironic time for the news, just one day removed from a 49-42 upset win over 20th ranked Florida in Death Valley. In two seasons following the program’s 2019 national title, the Tigers are…
Who would have thought both T.Q. Newsome and Derick Hall would end up playing linebacker at the next level when they signed together back in December 2018? But here they are, both making noise on the same Saturday afternoon, Hall forcing a fumble of his own for Auburn, recovered for the Tigers touchdown in a 38-23 win at Arkansas. So…
When T.Q. Newsome was the quarterback at Gulfport High School in 2017 and 2018, he accounted for 52 total touchdowns. Now, a converted linebacker at Southern Miss, his sole focus is stopping teams like UAB from finding the end zone as much as he did. During the third quarter of Saturday’s game, the former Admiral did just that, forcing a…
The Lemoyne Boulevard Baptist Church is hosting their first pumpkin patch and doing it with a purpose. The church partnered with St. Martin High School to collect nonperishable food items for ‘Food for Thought’ Food Pantry. As you shop for pumpkins, bring food items to donate. Visit the pumpkin patch with your friends and family during the week starting at…
For the last year-and-a-half, Mississippi Heroes has been recognizing caregivers for all that they do for others. Tuesday night, at Memorial Hospital, the organization celebrated a professional caregiver for the first time. Nurse Efua Asiedu was surprised Tuesday evening at work and recognized for all she does for her patients. Asiedu was nominated by the wife of a former patient…