As COVID cases continue to surge in our area and their varied impacts on our ability to provide educational services to students has continued to accelerate in recent days. In order to achieve higher levels of physical distancing in classrooms and decrease the current level of direct exposures and quarantines, the Ocean Springs Board of Trustees has approved the implementation…
While taking a cruise along Highway 90 in Gulfport, make sure to keep an eye out for the Mississippi Aquarium’s newest mural. Gulfport artist and retired Gulfport firefighter Robert Waldrop designed and painted the 70 by 5 foot mural at the intersection of Highway 90 and 20th Avenue. The mural highlights the Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphins who call the aquarium home….
What a difference a week makes! Last week, we showed you how Hurricane Zeta debris clean up had begun in Pass Christian and now just a little more than a week later sections of the city streets and sidewalks are clearly debris free. One section notably debris free is East Second Street in Pass Christian. Pass Christian Mayor Chipper McDermott…
C-Spire does more than help us communicate via the world wide web. At the Mississippi Center for Autism and Related Development, C-Spire donated five brand new iPads to help with the communication of autistic children. The iPads will be used to increase the communication skills with children who are nonverbal. The easy to use touch screen makes it easy for…
With the holidays this year occurring in the midst of a global pandemic, the Gulf Coast Community has continued to help make sure no one goes hungry. This afternoon in Gulfport, several community organizations, including Feeding the Gulf Coast of Mobile, Extra Tables out of Hattiesburg, and Extend a Hand, Help a Friend, gathered to distribute boxes of food to…
Pass Christian middle and elementary school’s robotics team is taking the program to new heights, scoring three major wins in the recent Mississippi Gulf Coast VEX IQ Challenge for Excellence and Design. At first glance it may look like Legos, but this set up is actually constructed by Pass Christian Elementary and Pass Christian Middle School robotics students and serves…
Over in Biloxi, Hurricane Zeta repairs continue to move along at a steady pace and one downtown monument damaged by the storm is ready for visitors once again. A four-man team from Bailey Granite in Kentucky made repairs to the Gold Star Families Monument yesterday morning. Although there was some minor damage to the granite panels, the monument has been…
Mississippi is receiving it first round of coronavirus vaccines, but who will have access to the vaccine first? Nine hundred and seventy-five doses of the coronavirus vaccine will be sent to Memorial Hospital in Gulfport this weekend or early next week. Everyone wants to know who will get the vaccine first. Cindy Hansen, the director of employee health at Memorial…
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 2,746 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths across the state. The statewide total stands at 170,672 confirmed cases and 4,041 deaths. Here are the numbers in our area: Hancock County has 1,410 cases and 45 deaths Harrison County is now at 8,140 total cases and 117 deaths Jackson County has 7,123 cases…
A pedestrian was killed while crossing train tracks in Biloxi late this morning. Police tell News 25 a man was walking across the tracks on the intersection of Eisenhower Drive just before 11 a.m. when the train fatally struck him. The train came to an emergency stop shortly after the incident, prompting closures of railroad intersections at Eisenhower Drive and…
Attention all art lovers, there’s a new exhibit on display at MGCCC’s Jackson County campus. It’s featuring the work of Frank Janca, a Biloxian and internationally renowned artist. The name of the exhibit is ‘Mississippi and the French Connection.’ Janca picked this name because he has painted subjects in both France and Mississippi, yet the way he expresses light in…
The Jackson-George Library System is changing their services for the safety of their patrons. After the state released an advisory about having gatherings inside, it was decided that they needed to reduce their service. They’re now providing only curbside services and computer by appointment. You can still access multiple library services online like the new Overdrive Library program which provides…
Face mask distributions to the public are happening all across the country in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. Locally, the Pascagoula Fire Department did its part to keep the community healthy by holding a mask distribution today. Dozens of cars rolled through the parking lot of the Pascagoula Senior Center where the distribution was held from 8…
A Harrison County grand jury found enough evidence to indict former Biloxi city official Fredrick Cliff Kirkland on nine sex crime charges. According to our media partner the Sun Herald, Kirkland was initially arrested on December 17th, 2019 on two counts of touching of a child for lustful purposes. After hearing evidence in the case, the grand jury indicted him…
The Waveland Police Department recently added a new furry officer to its ranks: Mako, a four-year-old Belgian Malinois. Mako will help the department apprehend felons, do building checks, and sniff out drugs in the area. While Mako may be new to Waveland, he’s no stranger to the Coast. The K9 also served at Pass Christian Police Department until he was…
The pandemic has taken its toll on plenty of organizations and functions in the past year, including the participating numbers in the Boy Scouts. In an effort to change that, Pack 301 of Gulfport held a round up event earlier this evening to recruit young boys from kindergarten to fifth grade to join. While the pandemic forced Pack 301 to…
Today kicked off 12 days of holiday wishes for one brave South Mississippi teen battling cancer. Kaleq and his family received the full Mississippi Aquarium experience and even a few big surprises. They say wishes do come true and for 13-year-old Kaleq Jefferson that’s especially the case. Kaleq’s sister Korde Jefferson said, “It’s good to know that other people support…
The Mississippi Maritime Museum announces Lorren West as their first executive director. West has an extensive background in college education management. She’s worked in colleges across the country and served as president of one for 18 years. She’s hoping to utilize her management skills as well as her passion for all things sea-faring. West has been working with the museum…
Thirty-one years and going strong, that’s just how long the Gulfport-Orange Grove Rotary Club has been providing gifts for young people here in South Mississippi. Members of the Gulfport-Orange Grove Rotary Club work year-round to help out our local community, setting up little free libraries and hosting dictionary giveaways at South Mississippi schools, but they’re turning a new page on…
2020 has provided many challenges for high school students and parents at Harrison Central High School have banded together this holiday season to support students in the marching band. This is the first time the Pride of the Coast band has held a silent auction for the holidays and it is designed to help some students in the band pay…
There will be a few changes when Mississippi lawmakers return to the state capitol in Jackson for the 2021 legislative session. Face masks will be required when legislators return in January for the 2021 session. According to lawmakers, they will continue with measures put in place this past year including social distancing and being in separate rooms, but it looks…
State Auditor Shad White announced his office returned nearly $500,000 to taxpayers across Mississippi after previous investigations showed public funds were stolen or misused. Amounts were returned from cases involving the City of Columbus after former Chief Financial Officer Milton Rawle was arrested for embezzlement in August. The Auditor’s Office has now recovered $242,951 for the city. Auditors also issued…
Long Beach High School announced they will move to virtual learning for the next two weeks. LBHS had 14 students test positive for COVID-19 and 135 plus students have been identified as close contacts. In an announcement on their website, they stated that “in an abundance of caution to keep students, staff, and community as safe as possible, LBHS will…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas with all the decorations out and about and now it is beginning to sound like Christmas thanks to the Salvation Army’s bell ringers. Their Red Kettle Campaign is in full swing, but this year the army is experiencing some hardships. They are down $20,000 in donations from last year. If you would…