Good to be back after a few weeks off, and it’s no surprise it’s still hot and humid. 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 are trending in a drier direction though. We’ll still see daily…
‘Police in the Park’ hopes to strengthen trust between police and the Gulfport community this Saturday. Making an effort to build relationships within the community they serve, the Gulfport Police Department is partnering with local organizations to host an outdoor fun day. Partnering with Extend a Hand, Help a Friend, Morning Star Baptist Church, Gulfport Leisure Services and the Boys…
COVID-19 hospitalizations are approaching a record high for the state. The State Department of Health reported today that there are 3,488 new COVID cases and 36 deaths throughout the state, bringing Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases to 368,549 with 7,685 deaths among cases and deaths already reported. MSDH has also identified 36 additional COVID-19 cases in residents of long-term care…
To bring awareness to underprivileged communities across the Coast, the Salvation Army of the Mississippi Gulf Coast hosted an Ambassador for Good Day event. This year, the Salvation Army set up a mock homelessness camp with local celebrities dressed in nice attire standing on the corner with a cardboard sign that said ‘need has no season.’ Some of the local…
A festival set to take place in early September has been moved to December as concerns over the delta variant continue. 100 Men Hall’s Booker Fest will now run from December 3rd to December 5th instead of the original dates of September 3rd through 5th. The festival honors blues keyboardist James Carroll Booker, who was born in New Orleans and…
COVID numbers continue to spike along the Coast, leaving those in nursing homes, personal care homes, assisted living homes, and intermediate care facilities wondering if they will have to revert back to the COVID-19 protocols that were put in place at the start of the pandemic. When the pandemic first hit, seniors were not allowed to leave the facility or…
Two VA medical centers in Mississippi, including the one in Biloxi, will be helping out other medical facilities in the state due to the shortage of ICU beds during the current COVID-19 wave. The G.V Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center and Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System will accept general public intensive care, acute medical and surgical community patients as…
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In January of this year, Sarah Shelton founded the Diamondhead School of Fine Arts. She has an impressive resume, having worked with the Alabama Ballet, Ballet Memphis, and the Beau Rivage’s annual production of the Nutcracker. Sarah is here with us today to tell us about the school’s first show. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Diamondhead School of Fine Arts
Starting this month, you can shop at Sephora in some Kohl’s stores and AMC reaches a deal with Warner Brothers for movies to show in theatres for 45 days exclusively. Jane King is in New York with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, high temperatures will be in the lower 90s each day with overnight lows in the mid to upper 70s. Showers and a few thunderstorms will be possible daily with rain chances ranging between 20 and 40 percent. The tropical disturbance we’ve been watching is now very near the Leeward Islands and it is expected to…
The normal summertime pattern will be dominate the region through Thursday. Southerly to southeasterly surface winds will help to enhance warm air advection and moisture advection over the next few days, which will help with lifting in the environment. Scattered showers and storms will be possible mainly during the peak daytime heating hours. These storms will have the potential for…
The tropical disturbance we’ve been watching is now very near the Leeward Islands and it is expected to produce gusty winds and heavy rains across portions of those islands during the next several hours. Satellite and radar data indicate that deep storm activity around the system continues to gradually organize in curved bands across the northern half of the circulation,…
The grind don’t stop at stop number 12 on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 days and neither does the chase. Ocean Springs has as much potential as any team on the Gulf Coast, but the Greyhounds still have a long way to go on just the first day of official MHSAA practice. Head Coach Blake Pennock said, “I mean…
The Mississippi Highway Patrol will appear in the 2022 America’s Best Looking Cruiser Calendar. Each year, the American Association of State Troopers holds a nationwide competition to determine which state has the best-looking cruisers. The top 13 cruisers were voted on by Facebook users from July 20th through August 3rd. Mississippi Highway Patrol’s cruiser received 11,506 votes and placed tenth…
One Coast city was recognized by Nasdaq.com today as a top destination for families in the southeast. Pascagoula was praised by the online platform for its open space perfect for outdoor activities, in addition to its central location on the Gulf Coast, making weekend trips to Pensacola or New Orleans easy. The article also commended the Coast city’s affordability, noting…
The Naval Construction Battalion Center’s Lodge wins the ‘Best of the Best’ in a competition involving every other Navy lodge around the globe. For the lodge general manager Annette Cephas, earning this award is the equivalant of taking home Olympic gold. The lodge is best rated with the highest marks in guest satisfaction, operations, quality assessment, and financial performance. Aside…
Chef Austin Sumrall of Mississippi was crowned America’s new King of Seafood in New Orleans last Saturday. As the winner of the 17th annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off, Sumrall will travel across the country and abroad to promote U.S. seafood. Sumrall is the owner of White Pillars restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi. Thirteen chefs from all over the nation and Guam…
The Mississippi Department of Education announced the school districts selected for its 2021-2022 Digital Learning Coach Program, one of which is here in South Mississippi. Pearl River County Schools will be one of 62 schools across the state receiving a digital learning coach to help teachers and administrators best utilize educational technology to improve student outcomes. The digital learning coaches…
The delta variant is sweeping across the state and hospitals along the Coast are at their breaking point with a shortage of nurses and no ICU beds available. To help make it easier on staff, Memorial Hospital set up a COVID testing site outside the hospital. People sat in their cars outside of Memorial Hospital, waiting in long lines to…
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves is speaking out following the continued rise in cases here in the state. On social media today, Reeves shared a graph from state health officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs which shows the percentages of both vaccinated and unvaccinated folks in terms of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. In his post, Reeves states: “It was recently said nationally that…
Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting nearly 7,000 new cases of COVID-19 for August 6th through August 8th. Along with the additional 6,912 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi, MSDH is also reporting 28 deaths for the same three-day period. Thirteen deaths occurred between July 29th and August 6th and an additional 15 deaths occurred between July 29th…
One lane of Highway 90 at Porter Avenue was briefly closed earlier this afternoon following an accident that was caught on the Biloxi Lighthouse camera. A car turning onto Porter clips an SUV heading westbound on 90. The SUV then skids to the left, crossing the median and enters the eastbound lane and hitting the driver’s side of a pickup…
Gulfport High School hosted its own vaccination event Saturday at the Bert Jenkins Gym. Team Memorial came to this location earlier this summer to give out COVID vaccines and the recipients on Saturday were originally supposed to come only for their second vaccine dose. However, with the recent surge in COVID cases, the team decided to offer the vaccines for…