Blues, country, pop and rock and roll echoed throughout the IP Casino and Resort this evening for the fourth annual Rock the Block fundraiser. Rock the Block is a major fundraiser for the Rock U 2 Foundation which provides scholarships…
Some South Mississippi high school students are springing forward with their plans after graduation, thanks to one school’s college and career fair today. News 25’s Taylor Rubach stepped back in school today and has more on Harrison Central High School’s…
The Institute of Marine Mammal Studies is reaching out to get local children excited about marine education with Student Sunday. The institute has set aside scholarships that will allow 200 children to visit the institute this summer, where they can…
Discovering Deer Island, over 60 students traveled from Arkansas to explore wildlife here in South Mississippi. News 25’s Laurene Callander reports on their excursion to the barrier island. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it is a bird, an…
Today Ingalls hosted over 100 middle school students for a ship building competition to really get them involved in the STEM program. Four middle schools built their own ship for engineering week. Racing boats down the water tank is how…
You can now experience Mississippi’s maritime heritage through a new activities center in Pascagoula. The Mississippi Maritime Museum officially opened the facility this afternoon during a ribbon cutting ceremony on DuPont Avenue. The building is mostly administrative offices until the…
Special guests read to students at Harrison Central Elementary this morning as Read across America Week continues. Over 30 students from West Harrison High, Harrison Central High, and North Gulfport Middle all read Dr. Seuss books to the second and…
Harrison County School District students will be found with their nose in a book this week as they celebrate Read across America Week. There will be activities all week at schools like Harrison Central Elementary School. Each day will follow…
The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies is nearing the completion of a $15 million expansion in Gulfport. The addition will be bringing aquatic interaction back to the Coast’s tourism industry for the first time since Hurricane Katrina destroyed Marine Life…
With all the buzz surrounding ongoing preparations for the Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport, Coast residents are getting nostalgic for the days when Marine Life Oceanarium and the J.L. Scott Aquarium in Biloxi were still open for business. You won’t have…
Starting today kids across the nation will be recognizing Read across America Week. News 25’s Laurene Callander joins us at Harrison Central Elementary School with a list of events for the week.
Harrison County schools are celebrating National Reading Month this week. Harrison Central Elementary Library Media Specialist Amanda Bradley is in studio with the details.
State senators are offering a bill to fund public schools for the 2017-2018 school year, casting doubt if law makers will rewrite Mississippi’s school funding formula this year. The Senate Appropriations Committee amended House Bill 1502, adding back $2.2 billion…
A top Mississippi lawmaker is blocking an effort to punish universities that refuse to fly the state flag, a symbol that critics see as racist. The state House passed a bill earlier this week saying public universities could not receive…
Hundreds of potential teachers on the job hunt could soon be employed within the Harrison County School District. This afternoon from 3 to 7, the Harrison County School District hosted their first ever teacher job fair. The district is looking…
Who knew you could learn while moving and shaking? That’s the lesson students at Lyman Elementary were taught this morning during a moving to learn demonstration. “Move to Learn” is a state wide initiative to get kids up and active,…
Bel-Aire Elementary is hosting their annual school book fair this week along with fun activities planned each day that will get the whole family involved. Each day this week, family members were invited to the school to get involved and…
Mississippi universities that refuse to fly the confederate themed state flag could lose proposed tax breaks, the latest twist in a long battle over a symbol critics see as racist. News 25’s Kendra Turley caught up with students at the…
Back in January, News 25 brought you the story of a group of students at Gulfport High School creating a solar powered vending machine for homeless students. That project is well on its way as the group was awarded $50,000…
River Oaks Elementary School in Gulfport participated in the fun of “Read across America Day” with a little friendly competition. Students dressed as their favorite book character paraded around the school as part of “Read across America Day.” Today’s event…
One hypothesis that proved correct for anyone who took a visit to the regional science fair in Biloxi this morning was that the students in South Mississippi are pretty sharp. Seven hundred students and their science projects filled the Coast…
Over 50 female students from Gulfport and Long Beach High School spent the day at the Seabee Base. Their focus was learning about different career paths in the STEM fields. The students broke up into small groups and spoke with…
Students at Lyman Elementary School put on a Black History play to educate their classmates on several Civil Rights leaders. The play featured three parts. The first part, “Yes, Black Americans Invented That,” featured a class of students being educated…
Mississippi lawmakers could expand a program that lets students use state money to attend schools with specialized help for dyslexia. Those could be private schools or public schools outside the district where a student lives. House Bill 1046 would add…