For many schools on the Coast, students, teachers, and faculty celebrated their first days of class of the 2021-2022 school year this week. Long Beach schools celebrated their first week back this evening with a community pep rally. Every year the Bearcats hold a community wide pep rally for the beginning of school, however, due to COVID they were unable…
After having to cancel in July due to inclement weather, Biloxi Main Street’s First Friday was back tonight in Downtown Biloxi. Along with the usual food, games, and live music, this month the event also featured a COVID-19 vaccination station. Memorial Hospital administered free first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at the block party. All those who received a vaccine…
The 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for their new state-of-the-art facility at Keesler. This facility marks the first time the units from New Orleans and Biloxi will come together full-time under one roof. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the two units were separated in their own cities. After the storm hit, the New Orleans unit moved to…
Gulfport Premium Outlets partnered with Singing River Health System to host a vaccination event in hopes of getting more people vaccinated along the Coast. The state of Mississippi is out of ICU beds with zero capacity. Due to this, emergency rooms are holding ICU level patients in emergency room beds. Mississippi has had an uptick in people getting vaccinated due…
The Mississippi Coast Black Rodeo is ready to wrangle in some fans to the Coliseum Saturday night. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. The rodeo is put on by the Real Cowboy Association and it will bring cowgirls and cowboys to Biloxi. It’s family fun entertainment with music, plenty of bull riding, calf…
Back Bay Mission teamed up with the New Orleans Saints to raffle off not one but two awesome prizes for all the members of Saints Nation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Back Bay Mission is committed to strengthening neighborhoods, seeking justice, and transforming lives, and this raffle is a way to continue helping those in the community. Those interested in…
St. Patrick Catholic High School students returned to school today and faculty and staff say they are excited to kick off the new school year. Last year students had to adjust to having lunch delivered to their classrooms, signage throughout the school directing them through the hallways and virtual learning. This year, all the students are back in class in…
The Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum in Gulfport had its window repaired today after about a month and a half of waiting. Francisco Gonzalez showed up to work on June 20th to find his glass window shattered. Gonzalez says someone had thrown a metal shackle and broke the window sometime between the museum closing on the 19th and the opening on…
After having to cancel in July due to inclement weather, Biloxi Main Street’s First Friday is back tonight in downtown Biloxi. Along with food, games, and live music, this month, the event also features a COVID-19 vaccination event. News 25’s Grace Boyles has more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: block party, First Friday
A new life saving technology could be coming to cars soon. The FAA is asking airports to prevent to-go cocktails from getting on planes and to charge disruptive passengers at the gate. Jane King is in New York with that and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report, News
The less humid pattern will begin a slow transition later today through the weekend. An area of high-pressure will move into the GOM as a warm front over the N’tern GOM moves north Saturday. The moisture flow will be felt later today as winds will be more southerly. Today should stay relatively dry as we are stuck between the ridge…
Calm conditions continue along the Gulf Coast overnight. Low temperatures should drop into the mid 70s for locations along the immediate coastline, while interior areas dip into the lower 70s. There is a low rain chance for Friday with just a pop up shower possible late in the day. High temperatures will be in the upper 80s to around 90…
For stop number 10 on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 Days, Bay High has seen some tough times in recent years, but now, the Tigers are finally starting to turn the corner and they’re proving the doubters wrong in the process. Defensive End Johan Smith said, “Right now, it’s kind of surreal because we just started school back and…
At the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum artist John E. Adams showcases his photography highlighting coastal waters and boats. Earlier today, the public had the chance to meet artist John Adams and hear his artistic process from beginning to end. His artwork displayed today is from his 2017 completed project ‘An American Brushstroke- the Trawlers of the Gulf States.’ Adams…
It is the Gulf Islands National Seashores 50th anniversary. It was officially signed into law in 1971 and it is the largest national seashore, stretching from Mississippi to Florida. Like many other national parks this summer, they’ve seen a dramatic increase in visits. For example, in the Mississippi portion, during the month of June, they’ve seen a 200 percent increase….
A new organization, the Citizens Alliance of Mississippi, calls for legislators to sign a medical marijuana pledge. The organization was formed so that legislators will support a medical marijuana bill with a free market like Initiative 65 had. If signed, it means the next bill will have no licensing caps or requirements for minimum net worth to own or operate…
Gulfport community leaders are not wasting any time preparing residents to let their voices be heard at the election polls. With a 100 Day Voter Registration Blitz campaign, local leaders and churches are pushing to increase voter registration and voter turnout. They are asking volunteers to help with phone banking, mobile voting drivers, text blasts, and community canvassing. According to…
Naval Construction Group Two Hosted a Change of Command ceremony in the training hall on board Naval Construction Battalion Center. The Change of Command Ceremony is a product of rich heritage within the naval tradition and to keep that tradition going, Captain Peter Maculan passed the command over to Captain Jeffrey Deviney who will now oversee Naval Construction Group Two….
Magnolia Medical Foundation is a community-based organization that provides preventive health services to high risk and undeserved individuals and communities. To help stop the spread of COVID, Magnolia Medical Foundation teamed up with Memorial Hospital to administer COVID vaccination shots inside of the Knight Nonprofit Center. The delta variant is sweeping across the country and is now leading to a…
Memorial Hospital has been going through a nursing shortage recently, but the new COVID surge has put a new layer of strain on their team. The system of care for the state is transferring patients to the hospital from other facilities. These transfers must be accepted regardless of the limited space and staff. Some patients are sent to the emergency…
Today, Mississippi’s top health official said the COVID-19 delta variant is ‘sweeping across Mississippi like a tsunami’ as the state reported 3,164 new cases of the highly transmittable virus in a single day. State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said 90 percent of new COVID-19 cases in Mississippi are now the delta variant. The state’s hospitals are overwhelmed with almost…
Live Nation revenue is up 700 percent as concerts come back and a new survey finds Americans are sharply divided over vaccine mandates. Jane King is in New York with that and more. Categories: Business Tags: morning business report
Today and Friday, the lingering frontal boundary will continue to move southward into the open Gulf waters. Upper level high-pressure will build in on Thursday followed by a short wave upper level weakness moving through Friday overnight. Overall rain chances will be low the next few days. Northerly surface winds today will help dry weather to persist and enhance subsidence….
Thursday and Friday, the lingering frontal boundary will continue to move southward into the open Gulf waters. Northerly surface winds Thursday will help dry weather to persist. High temperatures will be fairly close to normal over the next few days thanks to the lower humidity values, so that will be a nice change from the hot temperatures we experienced last…