The festival highlighting the Coast’s seafood industry took place this weekend. The fifth-annual Gulf Coast Oyster Cook-Off and Festival was held at Point Cadet Plaza in Biloxi. Festival season is back and restaurants from across the Coast set up shop at Point Cadet Plaza in Biloxi and prepared their oyster delicacies for festival-goers to enjoy. Clear Vision Entertainment President Glenn…
The City of D’Iberville and the D’Iberville-St. Martin Chamber of Commerce hosted an Easter Egg Hunt at Rusty Quave Sports Complex for the kids. Prior to the Easter Egg Hunt, a city-wide cleanup was held. Over 5,000 eggs were placed in five different fields around the sports complex. The egg hunt was broken down into different age groups. The Easter…
To raise awareness for domestic violence, the Scarlet Pearl wore purple shirts in remembrance of Augusta ‘Gussie’ Brooks, a former employee at the Scarlet Pearl Casino and Resort who lost her life to domestic violence. On February 23rd, the Scarlet Pearl held a training on domestic violence and the following week, Brooks tragically lost her life. The domestic violence awareness…
Last year, the Springs Arts Festival in Ocean Springs was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this year, the 26th annual Spring Arts Festival was held with vendors from all over, ready to showcase their products. Over 150 artists, crafters, food vendors, boutique businesses, and plant vendors set up shop along the streets of Downtown Ocean Springs, ready to…
Every Monday here on News 25 we feature a Mississippi child hoping to get adopted. Today we meet William who describes himself as funny and an animal-lover. If you are interested in adopting William, you can visit the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Service website at mdcps.ms.gov and click on the Mississippi Heart Gallery for more information. To learn more…
A ‘Fish Fry for Eli’ will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Knuckleheads in Ocean Springs. For $10 a plate, you’ll get fried fish, potato salad, and jambalaya. The proceeds are going toward the medical bills of Eli Savage, a dispatcher with the Ocean Springs Police Department, who just returned home from MD Anderson after his second…
Here are the winning numbers for tonight’s Mega Millions draw. All numbers are unofficial until certified by the Mississippi Lottery Corporation. Tags: lottery, lotto, Mega Millions, Mississippi Lottery
In honor of crawfish season, the Bacot McCarty Foundation held a crawfish boil for the Gulf Coast community and helped some local nonprofits at the same time. There was plenty of Cajun food and music at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center this evening as the Bacot McCarty Foundation held its Jolly Kickoff Fais Do Do to mark the beginning of…
Earlier Friday in Gulfport, Mississippi Aquarium released ten endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles. Over one hundred Gulf Coast residents came out to witness the aquarium’s very first turtle release. Since December, Mississippi Aquarium has been rehabilitating 25 endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The annual cold weather that occurs each winter causes thousands of endangered sea turtles…
The Ocean Springs Fire Department has a brand-new recruit! Meet Axe. He’s the newest and fluffiest member of the Ocean Springs Fire Department. Axe was born on Valentine’s Day and was picked up by the fire squad yesterday from a breeder in Louisiana. Axe was purchased by the Fire Department and will live at the fire station with the firefighters,…
Today, the Pass Christian Police Department celebrated the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer James H. Stewart Jr. Stewart was an officer with the Pass Christian Police Department for over 30 years and served in many roles while with the department. His friends, family, and old co-workers attended the ceremony and the Pass Christian Police Department named their dispatch…
Coastal Family Health Center, El Pueblo, and the Salvation Army Kroc Center partnered together to offer COVID-19 vaccines to the community. The drive-thru event made it quick and easy for people to get their vaccinations. Coastal Family Health Center had up to 80 doses. The site focused on making sure those in the minority community were vaccinated. Spanish-speaking translators were…
Memorial partnered with local schools to vaccinate Biloxi School District employees with their second dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. Today in the Biloxi High School Gymnasium, 190 second dose Pfizer vaccines went into the arms of teachers, staff, and administrators. Memorial’s goal is to reach teachers and staff with very little disruption to their day. Starting at 8 a.m.,…
Some special children here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and their parents took an adventurous trip today at the Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport. Eight-year-old Airen Jones engulfed himself in aquatic wonders in Gulfport, along with other local children and their parents, all members of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Down Syndrome Society, including the group’s president, Aleshia Jones, Airen’s mother. “They’re…
Mississippi’s Junior Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is part of a delegation of nearly 20 Republican senators visiting the border today to discuss immigration issues. Hyde-Smith, along with Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn and others, traveled to the McAllen, Texas region for briefings and tours yesterday and today. In a statement released by her office, the visit is meant to…
The Bacot McCarty Foundation and Lynn Meadows Discovery Center are teaming up this evening to bring some Cajun fun to the Coast community. News 25’s Grace Boyles is in Gulfport at the Jolly kick off Fais Do Do, which also happens to be Grace’s first crawfish boil. Categories: Local News, News Tags: bacot mccarty foundation, Fais Do Do, Jolly Kickoff
The Magnolia House in Harrah’s Gulf Coast Casino unveils a new seasonal menu. If you tuned into ‘News 25 Today’ this morning you would have seen Chef Kelly English cook up his new spring menu. Chef English visited all the way from Memphis to showcase the new menu items. He prides himself on using fresh ingredients from the Gulf Coast….
The Spring Arts Festival in Ocean Springs is always something to look forward to here on the Coast. Today we have Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Cynthia Sutton on set to give us a preview of this year’s rendition. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Ocean Springs, Spring Arts Festival
A new law signed by Governor Tate Reeves will allow people who move to Mississippi from out-of-state to maintain their professional licenses. House Bill 1263 requires licensing boards to issue occupational licenses for professionals without new testing or classroom training if a person held a license in good standing from another state for at least one year. This new rule…
Multiple candidate town halls were held in different Harrison County cities this evening as the race to reach voters before April 6th heats up. The Harrison County Republican Club held forums for primary candidates in Gulfport and Long Beach as a way to continue voter outreach. In Long Beach, board and mayoral candidates introduced themselves to the public and fielded…
With Governor Tate Reeves lifting the statewide mask mandate and tourists flooding back to the Gulf Coast for spring break and the summer season, local restaurants have been struggling to find employees. This time last year, the Gulf Coast Restaurant Group and the restaurant industry as a whole was suffering record job losses, location closures, and revenue loss due to…
Joseph Rohrbacker, the man accused of shooting and killing Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Lt. Michael Boutte, is now facing eight more charges. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department issued warrants for Rohrbacker’s arrest for three counts of touching a child for lustful purposes, or molestation, three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child, one count of intimidating a witness,…
If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend, the Kroc Center is hosting breakfast with the Easter Bunny. Waffle House will be catering the event for up to 150 guests. Breakfast with the bunny begins at 8:30 and runs from 10:30 a.m. Kids will be able to take photos with the Easter Bunny and an Easter Egg…
Residents of Vancleave and the surrounding areas are coming together to lend a helping hand to eight-year-old Sa’Miya Buxton. Sa’Miya was hit by a vehicle while boarding a school busy on February 4th in Vancleave. She suffered multiple fractures in her leg and arm and has under gone surgery to repair some of her injuries. To help with medical bills…