An upper level high-pressure is developing along the Mississippi Valley from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The moisture recovery has occurred since yesterday evening. A disturbance in the NW’tern GOM will continue to slowly move to the NW towards E’tern Texas. Showers and t-storms will affect the area through Thursday morning with low severe potential, but gusty winds is…
An upper level high-pressure is developing along the Mississippi Valley from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The moisture recovery has occurred since yesterday evening. A disturbance in the NW’tern GOM will continue to slowly move to the NW towards E’tern Texas. Showers and t-storms will affect the area through Thursday morning with low severe potential, but gusty winds is…
Our brief period of pleasant weather comes to an end for much of the area as we head into Tuesday and Wednesday. Rain chances today move up to about 50 percent for much of the Mississippi Coast, with areas in Southeast Louisiana seeing up to a 70 percent chance. Otherwise it will be partly to mostly cloudy, warm and humid….
The cooler, drier weather of last week is gone and calm, more humid weather is moving in. That means our cooler, drier period is over as drier, more humid air moves in. Expect that as early as tonight with a much warmer high near 71 and likely patchy fog. Partly cloudy skies linger as well, and build into tomorrow afternoon….
The New Orleans Saints 28-13 week three win against the Patriots looked a lot more like their week one performance than it did week two and that’s certainly a good thing heading into week four. Head Coach Sean Payton said, “Just being in this league long enough, that sometimes that formula has to change. We felt like going in that…
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College football team is back at practice following the tragic passing of Levi Madison on Friday. Following the team’s return to campus after their game at Hinds Community College, the freshman defensive lineman and two teammates were involved in a single-car accident in Wiggins. In the early morning hours of September 24th, Madison succumbed to…
It had to end some time, so get ready to see rain soon as we get back to a more “late summer-like” pattern. That means our cooler, drier period is over as drier, more humid air moves in. Expect that as early as tonight with a much warmer high near 71 and likely patchy fog. Partly cloudy skies linger as…
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College football team is back at practice following the tragic passing of Levi Madison on Friday. As the Bulldogs continue to mourn his passing, they also start the process of playing out the rest of the 2021 season in his honor. Last night, the Gulf Coast family held a private memorial service followed by a…
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are starting to decrease here along the Coast. Exactly one month ago on August 27th when the delta variant was ripping through the state, the department of health reported 4,041 new COVID-19 cases in a single day. Numbers are less than half of what they were just a few weeks ago, according to Chris Ayers, clinical…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 1,773 cases of COVID-19 and 55 new deaths for the three-day period running from September 24th to September 26th. Twenty-eight of those deaths occurred between September 12th and September 23rd and 27 deaths occurred between August 24th and September 20th. Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic is…
The Southern Rail Commission will award grant funding from the Federal Railroad Administration to three cities along the Coast. Those cities are Gulfport, Bay St. Louis, and Pascagoula. Along with these three coastal cities, Birmingham, Alabama will also receive funding. SRC will award a total of $953,338. Gulfport will receive $246,500. Bay St. Louis will receive $270,000. Pascagoula will receive…
Two former Coast high school football players were involved in a car accident on Friday that included MGCCC football players: freshman offensive lineman Brandon Cunningham from St. Martin, and sophomore running back Cam Thomas from Picayune. Cunningham is currently in Jackson, receiving treatment for the injuries he sustained in the accident. Thomas was uninjured. When the news broke, Picayune Head…
Get your cameras ready because the Friends of Ocean Springs Municipal Library will host their second annual amateur photo contest. Contestants may begin submitting their photos on September 30th until November 1st. Amateur photographers in three age groups, children, teens, and adults, are invited to submit their best work in five separate categories. These categories include people, animals, landscapes and…
We’ll be turning the page on the calendar later this week and with the month of October comes the Halloween festivities. One local favorite to get you and your family in the Halloween spirit is the Trinity Episcopal Church Pumpkin Patch in Pass Christian. Their pumpkins arrived Sunday evening and the patch is now open to the public. Not only…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is increasing grant funds available to all students. MGCCC announced an increased CARES Grant amounts available to students by $500 for those currently enrolled at the college. Pell Grant eligible students can now receive up to $1,500 per semester and non-Pell eligible students can receive up to $1,250. Students are able to use these grants…
Mississippi will soon start rebuilding a section of highway that collapsed during torrential rainfall brought by Hurricane Ida. Two people were killed and nine were injured August 30th as seven vehicles plunged, one after another, into a deep pit that opened up on the dark stretch of Mississippi Highway 26 near Lucedale. One injured person eventually died in a hospital…
On Mondays here on News 25 we feature children from Mississippi hoping to get adopted in our Grant me Hope segment, made possible by Caring Hearts Counseling Services. Today we introduce you to Will, a 16-year-old who says life with a family would give him a place to belong. If you’re interested in adopting Will, you can visit the Mississippi…
The first half of this week will be the end of clear skies and no rain as high-pressure develops and extends along the Mississippi River Valley from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. Moisture recovery will take some time but should start to see a west to east progression of showers developing today. Portions of the forecast area east of…
Don’t expect a noticeable change to the weather as a sunny and dry weekend lies ahead, but it’ll get warmer and more humid next week. Skies remain largely clear through the weekend, but more and more cloud cover is on the horizon. Only seeing light, wispy clouds this evening with an overnight low near 57 degrees and light northerly winds….
Reigning 4A South State champion Poplarville in the Pass. Poplarville-28 Pass Christian-6 Ocean Springs-45 Hancock-21 Gulfport-41 St. Martin-7 George County-43 Gautier-27 East Central-43 West Harrison-13 Vancleave-48 Long Beach-20 Picayune-42 Pearl River Central-0 Moss Point-14 McComb-12 South Pike-24 Stone-14 Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: high school football, sports
Right down the road from WXXV, Harrison Central playing host to Pascagoula. Red Rebels having won this match-up by 39 points last year before the Panthers rejoined the region 4 class 6A ranks. Harrison Central-33 Pascagoula-31 Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: football, high school football, sports
St. Stanislaus has eight years’ worth of bragging rights over rival Bay High, but that could all change tonight even though SSC is no longer part of the same district. Tigers hosting the Rock-a-Chaws and Bay High preaching the next step all off-season, this is the prove it moment for the Tigers. Bay High-22 St. Stanislaus-14 Categories: Friday Night Showcase,…
D’Iberville Warriors are out to prove they’re just as dangerous as last year and the Biloxi Indians are out to prove last year doesn’t mean anything. Reigning Region 4 champion D’Iberville paying a visit to Biloxi, having won the 2020 match-up 34-0 one year ago tomorrow. D’Iberville-34 Biloxi-14 Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: football, high school football,…
The three commissioners representing Jackson County on the Coastal Mississippi Tourism board are pushing back following the resignation announcement of CEO Milton Segarra. In a statement, Commissioners Roxy Condrey, Carla Todd, and Jim Williams say: “The Jackson County Commissioners are extremely disappointed and do not agree with the outcome of last week’s special call meeting resulting in the resignation of…