High School Baseball: Vancleave vs. Sumrall
Vancleave hosting a win-or-go home second round playoff baseball game, taking on Sumrall. Sumrall wins 15-7. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, High School Baseball, sports, Vancleave
Eighth annual Mother’s Day Cookout for Seniors in Biloxi
Mother’s Day weekend is starting early here on the Coast. Earlier today in Biloxi, Woolmarket Senior Center and St. Joseph’s Hospice hosted their eighth annual Mother’s Day Cookout. Last year, the event was canceled due to COVID, but now it is back. Local seniors were dancing their way to happiness and getting some fresh air. The cookout served free hamburgers…
Two Men and a Truck give back to mothers in need across the Coast
To show their appreciation for mothers, Two Men and a Truck decided to help mothers in need across the Coast by collecting items for the Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence. Mother’s Day is a time to give thanks and show appreciation for all the hard work that mothers do. Many times, those mothers living in shelters are looked over. Two…
Gulfport High School is now home to a world ranked Robotics Team
Gulfport High School’s Robotics team is now ranked number two in the world for their 2021 Robot Build. Zakeri Brown has been competing on robotics teams since the eighth grade. Now as a junior, he’s the captain on Team Fusion, the world ranked Gulfport High School team. Gulfport High School’s robotics team has been competing in the ‘First Robotics Competition’…
Mental Health Awareness Month
For more than 65 years, May has been observed as National Mental Health Awareness Month. This month gives people a chance to come together to show support and efforts for those who suffer from mental disorders and illnesses. Mental illness is a physical illness of the brain that causes disturbances in thinking, behavior, energy, or emotion that makes it difficult…
Investing in South Mississippi: Community Center of Hope hometown endowment
The Salvation Army is taking another step in providing and securing the futures of South Mississippi families in need. This new phase of the program aims to keep a never-ending flow of income for the people, services, and operations of the Community Center for Hope. It’s just been over a month since the Salvation Army and community leaders broke ground…
Shuck Cancer Fun Ride
Bicyclists from across the Coast are gathering this evening in Downtown Biloxi for a ride with purpose. News 25’s Grace Boyles has more from the start of the Shuck Cancer Fun Ride. Categories: Harrison County, Local News, News Tags: Shuck Cancer Fun Ride
River City Festival in Moss Point
Get ready for some family friendly entertainment happening in Moss Point on Saturday. The inaugural River City Festival will take place at the Recreation Center Grounds from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Three years of planning went into this event in order to provide a way for the community to come together. There will be plenty of food vendors, games,…
First Friday at the District Green tonight from 4 to 9 p.m.
It’s the first Friday of the Month and you know what that means! First Friday returns to the District Green on Howard Avenue with plenty of live entertainment, vendors, as well as food trucks. This is the third First Friday in 2021. This monthly event, like many others, had to be put on hold at the beginning of the pandemic,…
Fort Bayou Drawbridge will reopen
Today, MDOT told WXXV the Fort Bayou Drawbridge will reopen soon. MDOT announced the bridge will reopen two weeks from today on Friday, May 21st. Work on the bridge is moving forward as crews work to repair and reopen the bridge. MDOT closed the drawbridge on March 14th for a repair project. This project was awarded to C.E.C. Inc of…
Empire Fighting Championship back on the Coast
It’s going down at the Mississippi Coast Convention Center tomorrow night as Empire Fighting Championship is back with a stacked card. Empire Fighting Championship COO Louis Guirola is on set with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Empire Fighting Championship
Resurrection Catholic Track and Field: Sam Williams wins Gold in 1A Shot Put
Resurrection Catholic’s Sam Williams took gold in the shot put and fourth in discus at today’s 1A/3A/5A Track and Field State Championships. Williams finished up strong before reporting to South Alabama for football this summer. Tags: Resurrection Catholic, Sam Williams, sports, track and field
PRCC sophomore Jaronn Wilkens named NJCAA All-American
Make it five All-Americans in the last four years for the Pearl River Community College men’s basketball program with one of the twins, Jaronn Wilkens, checking in as NJCAA recipient. Yesterday, the sophomore forward was named All-American Honorable Mention, one day after being named All Region 23. This season, Wilkens averaged more than 15 points and six rebounds per game,…
High School Baseball: St. Martin vs. Pearl
First round of the 6A playoffs, St. Martin having to host Pearl over at Pearl River Community College due to wet field conditions in this winner-take-all game three. Pearl wins 10-3, putting an end to St. Martin’s season. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: High School Baseball, sports, st. martin
High School Baseball: Pearl River Central vs. Brookhaven
According to MaxPreps, the Pearl River Central baseball team is coming into the second round of the playoffs with an overall record of 26-2. Now according to Scorebook Live, PRC has an overall record of 18-0-1. Whichever one is right, or maybe some combination of both, the Blue Devils ran away with the region 7 class 5A championship and they’re…
Student Athlete of the Week: D’Iberville Middle School’s Julie Segroves
D’Iberville’s stand out pole vaulter and straight A student Julie Segroves is soaring to new heights this season and she’s only in the eighth grade. D’Iberville High Pole Vault Coach Weldon Galle said, “I think she’s brought a little bit of light into the pole vault community and has more people talking about it. Just nobody ever talks about it…
Live Local: La Pointe-Krebs House in Pascagoula
For this week’s edition of Live Local, News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf takes us to a building in Pascagoula that you may be able to see this May during it’s rededication ceremony. Pascagoula’s Le Pointe-Krebs House is also known as the Old Spanish Fort. It was built by a French man, Joseph Simon de la Pointe, in 1757. La Pointe Krebs…
Update on Jackson County School District high school graduation plans
After Governor Tate Reeves released an executive order last week that lifts nearly all COVID-19 restrictions in the state, local high schools are altering their graduation plans. High schools like East Central, Vancleave, and St. Martin originally had limits on the number of guests per graduate that could attend their ceremonies at the Coast Coliseum. Now with the restrictions lifted,…
Spring Fest Arts and Crafts Festival
This Saturday get out and shop locally at Mississippi Mercantile Company’s Spring Fest. This fun arts and crafts festival will include gifts, handmade items, furniture, home décor, boutique items, and so much more from inside the Mississippi Mercantile Company. Thirty additional vendors will be outside and offer a wide variety of items such as homemade candles, baked goods, and local…
Beach Park in Pascagoula gets a new look
Pascagoula is getting ready to reintroduce a revamped Beach Park to the city. The longtime local favorite received several improvements thanks to the work of Pascagoula Pride, a nonprofit organization. Some of the upgrades include aesthetics, signage, landscaping, and more. It’s all just in time for summer. Pascagoula Public Information Officer Katarina Luketich says that Pascagoula Pride has gone above…
Swarming termites along the Coast
The large swarms of termites are back along South Mississippi and have residents bugging out. Swarming season starts right before Mother’s Day each year and this year is no different. This is the time of year when termites find new homes and start new colonies. The type of termites that many are dealing with are known as Formosan termites. In…
Jackson County School District released community survey for Esser Funding
More federal funding is set to be distributed to Jackson County schools and the school district is asking for the community’s input on how it should be spent. Around $18 million in federal Esser three funding is set to be distributed to the district and they are mandated to seek community input and make their plans for the funding public…
National Day of Prayer event at the Gautier Church of God
Residents in Gautier gathered together to celebrate National Day of Prayer. Gautier Church of God welcomed members and non-members to participate in National Day of Prayer. Community leaders and pastors from various churches came together to spread hope to those in the City of Gautier. To make sure everyone felt safe they allowed people to come inside or listen from…
National Day of Prayer event at the Jackson County Courthouse
In Jackson County, people from all walks of life joined together on their lunch breaks to pray. About 40 people turned out for Jackson County’s National Day of Prayer annual service in front of the courthouse building in Pascagoula. This year’s prayer rally was not on as large a scale as in year’s past, but Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell…