Just like the entire nation, health care systems on the Coast are seeing new cases of COVID pop up in the community. Memorial Hospital currently has 24 COVID patients, seven of which are in the ICU. In an effort to increase the vaccination rate in South Mississippi, Memorial announced five additional vaccination sites this week, bringing the total up to…
One family in the Chapelwood subdivision woke up to a very scary scene early this morning. David Ames is still in shock trying to wrap his mind around the idea that a car was sitting inside of his home. Around 12:30 at night, a driver, driving down Landon Road in Gulfport crashed into his home, but that’s not the only…
A grand jury finds no criminal conduct in the death of a Hancock County inmate that happened in July 2020. According to the report, Lauren Lindsey Darnell was an inmate at the Hancock County Jail and died on July 25th, 2020. At the time, no suspicious circumstances were reported. The report reads: “The grand jury finds no criminal conduct on…
Jackson, Miss. – The former Mayor of Moss Point, Mississippi, and his wife were sentenced today for conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to the Mayor’s Gala held in 2019, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Mario King was…
Last night, Harrison County Fire Rescue responded to a call of a vehicle hitting a home. A resident sleeping escaped injury when a car left Landon Road then hit two cars in a driveway and ended up in the home’s bedroom. According to Harrison County Fire Rescue, the driver of the car that left the roadway was taken to the…
Today is the first day of school for some students in the Gulfport School District. News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf is at Gulfport High School where summer is officially over for their ninth graders. Categories: Local News, News Tags: back to school, gulfport school district
A Weak frontal boundary draped along the lower Tennessee valley will continue to slide east and out of the region, high-pressure will slowly build eastward through Friday as this weakness moves off the east coast over the next 48 hours. T-storms will be present today but mainly scattered in the afternoon hours. Hot summertime temperatures will be found through the…
Hancock County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspect wanted in connection with a Wednesday evening shooting that left one man injured. The shooting occurred about 6:45 p.m. on West Holmes Street in Bayside Park. Deputies on Wednesday night were searching for a person who witnesses say fired at least two shots. The victim, a 38-year-old man, was shot once. He…
A much drier trend is already beginning to take hold with less than 20% coverage for showers/t-storms. The upper level weakness continues to hold over the mid-Atlantic and northeast with upper level high-pressure in place over the nation’s mid-section. Our area continues to lie on the fence in between these two large scale features. Weak frontal boundary draped along the…
Rain chances are much lower across the region now that our weather pattern has finally started to change. With high pressure slowly building in from the west, we should only see a few showers and thunderstorms each day. Rain chances will be at about 20% for Thursday and Friday, going up to about 40% over the weekend. High temperatures will…
When Mississippi State and LSU got together in last year’s season opener, the Tigers were more than a two-touchdown favorite. But in comes Mike Leach and his air raid offense in his first-ever game as head coach of the Bulldogs to crash the party of the defending national champions. MSU put up more than 600 yards of total offense that…
With ties to Harrison Central High School, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, and Ole Miss, Kaitlin Lee’s magnolia state roots run deeper than most, but it’s the middle one of those that has the former softball star coming back to where it all began. Today, Lee was named pitching coach of the Bulldogs under first year Head Coach David Kuhn….
From last year’s Bubble Booker to this year’s NBA Finals Devin Booker, the Moss Point alum finishes his amazing post-season run with the Phoenix Suns just two wins away from winning it all. But the Greek Freak and the Milwaukee Bucks were not to be denied, becoming just the third championship team in NBA history to win four straight finals…
This week in Hattiesburg, USM’s Frank Gore Jr. is a popular watch list selection, this time courtesy of the Doak Walker Award, going to the nation’s top running back. Gore seems poised for a breakout second season, coming off the best year for a Southern Miss running back since 2017 with 708 yards on 121 careers and three total touchdowns….
As students prepare to head back to school, Gulfport businesses and organizations helped equip children with some classroom essentials. Earlier this evening at Import Performance, over 100 book bags with school supplies were handed out. All of the supplies were donated by local business owners. In less than 20 minutes, all the book bags were distributed. However, with the help…
Mississippi’s increasing COVID patient numbers are causing a change in safety protocols at Singing River medical hospitals. The need to keep visitors, patients, and staff safe from coronavirus was the topic of today’s medical staff meeting. Limiting the number of visitors and guests and requiring everyone who enters to wear a mask are small but important safety protocols as the…
Last night, the Pascagoula City Council voted unanimously to allocate American Rescue Plan Act funds to address aging infrastructure in the city. The first installment of funds, which totals nearly $2.6 million, will be used to replace and relocate failing water distribution infrastructure in the 8th and 13th Street area as well as the South Fernwood and Redwood Streets area….
Rain chances are much lower across the region now that our weather pattern has finally started to change. With high pressure slowly building in from the west, we should only see a few showers and thunderstorms each day. Rain chances will be at about 20% for Thursday and Friday, going up to about 40% over the weekend. High temperatures will…
Friends, family members, and co-workers are mourning the loss of Department of Marine Resources Senior Master Sergeant Tommy Jennings. His daughter posted on Facebook on July 17th stating that Jennings was very ill and in an intensive care unit. On Tuesday, Jennings passed away from a heart attack at the age of 49. Jennings was a resident of Bay St….
The Mississippi Center for Autism and Related Developmental Disabilities is hosting a summer enrichment fun day this Friday. The children at the facility can look forward to enjoying an egg spoon race, potato sack race, face painting, and water slides. The fun day event was inspired by one of the clients at the facility who expressed wanting to get an…
Wanna take a free ride? Try transit! Coast Transit Authority is giving everyone free rides all day this coming Friday. The CTA will offer rides on all services they operate including trolleys, the beachcomber, the casino hopper, as well as its hybrid buses. CTA has been operating at about 80 percent compared to pre-COVID statistics, but their casino hopper has…
As we are in the midst of hurricane season, let’s check in on a group that’s essential to the Hurricane Center since their data narrows the cone of uncertainty. “I would say my count is probably about 30 storms in total.” “I’ve probably flown in about 12 to 15 different hurricanes.” “I have no clue. I’m sorry.” “I’m working on…
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced a hefty grant to allow the University of Mississippi Medical Center to continue research for prescription opioid abuse. Last week the CDC issued provisional drug overdose death counts for 2020 which reported a 30 percent increase in drug overdose deaths in the U.S. last year. Just in Mississippi, there was nearly a 35 percent increase in…
Today, Mississippi is reporting 961 new COVID cases. This comes as the state faces an explosion that’s crippling local hospitals and a rise in delta variant infections. In a Tuesday press conference held by state health officials, they stressed the importance of vaccinations as the highly transmissible delta variant of the virus is spreading in Mississippi. State Health Officer Dr….