Earlier today, local hospital leaders and state health officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs spoke to Coast businesses via zoom about the current COVID spike in our area. The guest speakers answered general questions about the delta variant, vaccines, and steps businesses and organizations should take to keep employees and customers safe. Dr. Dobbs discussed his support of corporations that choose to…
While, Christmas isn’t necessarily right around the corner, the ballet auditions for this year’s Nutcracker show are. The Mississippi Gulf Coast Ballet Theatre is looking for their future cast in the ballet. Auditions will take place this Saturday at their studio on D’Iberville Boulevard. They’re looking for boys and girls ranging from the beginner through the advanced level. Organizers see…
The Diamondhead School of Fine Arts will be hosting their first ever children’s dinner theatre program this Saturday. The children of DSFA will be performing ‘The Lost Ending,’ a one act comedy with musical theatre showcases. The school is a nonprofit that strives to be affordable and provide scholarships to students. They offer dance, yoga, ballet classes, as well as…
Almost half of all student loan borrowers are still in debt 20 years after graduating and ghost kitchens are becoming more popular, but what are they exactly? Jane King is in New York with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
“#Up2Us to #StandUpToCancer” Week to Kick-off Friday, August 13 With Fundraising Live Streams, Patient Stories, and Dance Challenge LOS ANGELES – August 12, 2021 – Stand Up To Cancer® (SU2C) has added more star power to the lineup of its seventh biennial roadblock televised fundraising special. Celebrities lending their support to help raise funds for cancer research, including participating in video…
Mississippi is reporting its largest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases. Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting an additional 4,412 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 20 deaths. Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases is now 376,124 with 7,730 deaths. Among cases and deaths already reported, MSDH has identified 10 additional COVID-19 cases in residents of long-term care…
Daily highs have been quite steady from day to day, topping out in the low to mid 90s. With dewpoints in the mid 70s, should see heat indices in the low 100s to 107. Short term isolated timeframes of 108+ are possible but higher rain coverage should keep those instances to a minimum. Going into later this weekend, the main…
Wednesday was the first day in shoulder pads for the Gulfport Admirals, stop number 14 on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 days, which means hitting. The Admirals are probably ready to hit somebody after the way last year turned out. Free safety Javier Simmons said, “Everybody has their certain people they hang with, some people they be with, and…
They say the only sure things in life are death and taxes, but I’d also push for adding our consistently humid summer weather. Once again today the temperature leveled off in the low 90s as the dewpoint remained in the low to mid 70s. This trend continues for the rest of the week and the start of the next with…
Proving Mississippi prepares the best seafood, Chef Austin Sumrall was crowned America’s new King of Seafood at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans. Last Saturday, Chef Sumrall competed in the competition for the first time and won. As the new seafood king, he will travel across the country and abroad to promote U.S. seafood. Sumrall is the owner…
Hospital beds are filing up with COVID patients more and more every day. Currently, Singing River Health System has 130 hospitalized COVID patients, 123 of which are unvaccinated. Thirty-three of the 130 with COVID are in the ICU and 26 of the COVID patients in intensive care are on ventilators. Singing River is reporting the average age of the COVID…
They say the only sure things in life are death and taxes, but I’d also push for adding our consistent South Mississippi summer humidity. Once again today the temperature leveled off in the low 90s as the dewpoint remained in the low to mid 70s. This trend continues for the rest of the week and the start of the next…
Some good news out of Ocean Springs. Allison Yarrow of Ocean Springs Upper Elementary School has received a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program award. As a Fulbright recipient, Yarrow will share knowledge and foster meaningful connections across communities in the United States and abroad. Fulbrighters engage in cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started…
Since the beginning of the delta spike, there has been an all-time high in COVID cases amongst pregnant women. Memorial Hospital has been one of many locations in Mississippi to see an increase. The CDC says that pregnancy increases the risk for severe illness from COVID-19. One of the biggest concerns for these COVID patients has been respiratory distress which…
Two elementary schools in South Mississippi also have closed their doors due to COVID. South Hancock Elementary announced its 14-day closure via a telephone messaging system sent to parents, according to reports. George County School District also announced that all Agricola Elementary students will transition to virtual learning beginning tomorrow until Friday August, 20th following a large number of COVID…
The team at Memorial Hospital continues to host pop-up COVID vaccination sites as the number of people receiving the vaccinations continues to rise. The most recent pop-up event the team hosted was today at the St. Thomas Catholic Church in Long Beach. The site was one of 32 pop-up events the hospital will host this month. The teams says they…
The Mississippi State Department of Health hosted a health briefing focusing on incoming federal assistance, record-breaking case numbers, and alarming ICU capacity. Mississippi will open a 50-bed field-hospital and the federal government will send medical professionals to help treat patients as COVID-19 cases continue to surge. Many hospitals face a crunch for space and staffing and Mississippi has one of…
Memorial Hospital has announced more COVID-19 vaccine events for the rest of August. Pfizer vaccines will be available tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Orange Grove Medical Clinic in Gulfport. On Saturday, the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine will be available from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Keesler Federal Credit Union location on Seaway Road in Gulfport. Tags:…
Coastal Family Health Center is celebrating National Health Center Week by hosting several events along the Coast. This year’s National Health Center Week is honoring those front-line providers, staff, and beloved patients who lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the very beginning of the crisis, community health centers began finding innovative ways to provide preventative and primary code…
Mountain Dew is coming out with a boozy option and 2021 is shaping up to be the best year ever for gambling. Jane King is in New York with those stories and more.
Another day of afternoon shower and thunderstorm activity is on tap with precipitation chances a good deal higher overall than they were yesterday, mainly during the peak heating of the afternoon hours. The main concern with the rainfall today will be the possibility of efficient storms leading to some minor flooding issues. More of the same is expected tomorrow and…
Another day of afternoon shower and thunderstorm activity is on tap with precipitation chances a good deal higher overall than they were yesterday, mainly during the peak heating of the afternoon hours. This should in turn help to keep temperatures in check with generally lower 90s expected. The main concern with the rainfall today will be the possibility of efficient…
Summer just keeps on keeping on with another toasty day with showers and thunderstorms likely during the afternoon. This persistent upper level ridge will continue over the area and dominate the weather through Thursday. Winds overall will be relatively weak and any big weather system will be pretty much non-existent outside of storm outflow boundaries and the daytime heat driven…
Good to be back after a few weeks off, and it’s no surprise it’s still hot and humid though it will be drier. That isn’t going to change anytime soon since we’re really just now hitting the peak of summer, but the next week will only be a degree or so above average. We’ll still see daily afternoon showers and…