Every year on the Thursday before Halloween, figures from Pascagoula’s past come back to life to tell tales from their time. This is all part of the city’s annual haunted cemetery tour. The tour normally takes place at Krebs Cemetery,…
Anti-Bullying Week continues throughout local school districts. Today, students at North Bay Elementary teamed up for a life-long commitment. Administrators paired older students with younger students to implement a bully free buddy system. All grade levels took a pledge to…
When it comes to producing associate degrees, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is one of the best in the nation. Educational magazine “Community College Week” ranked Gulf Coast 68 out of the country’s 1,300 community colleges. This is a huge…
Over 400 students across South Mississippi gathered at Gulf Coast Jeff Davis campus for Congressman Palazzo’s leadership summit. Ten students were selected from 41 different schools, including those who are homeschooled. All had to possess leadership qualities in order to…
If you haven’t heard the bark about Bulldog Day at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, it’s one of their biggest days of the year. Thousands of prospective freshmen are getting a feel for one of the college’s three campuses in…
With Election Day less than two weeks away, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump made one last stop in South Mississippi today, well kind of. News 25’s Laurene Callendar reports on the mock presidential debate at Harper McCaughan Elementary…
To have a friend, be a friend? That’s the new motto at North Bay Elementary School in Biloxi. It even says so on the school’s new buddy bench that was donated by Shaggy’s this morning in honor of Anti-Bullying Week.…
The Mississippi Department of Education released letter grades for school districts across the state. The accountability system is based on an "A" through "F" system. For the 2015-2016 school years, district grades include 14 "A" districts, 39 "B" districts, 36…
A partnership between USM’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory and Ocean Springs High School allows students to research and understand marine life and preservation along the Coast. Today, the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory donated more than 750,000 juvenile oysters to the…
More than 80 high schoolers from Mississippi’s three coastal counties were powered up today and plugged in to opportunities available to them in the energy industry. It’s called the Beam Event, an annual partnership between Mississippi Power and the American…
Chevron reached out to local middle schoolers to show them the career opportunities in front of them. About 400 middle schoolers took part in a career fair at Pelican Landing in Moss Point this morning. Chevron personnel from a number…
The Cleveland School District says it's ready to stop fighting a plan to merge historically black and white schools, but some say the willingness to act comes at a cost: closing historically black schools. The move is a concession for…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College wins an award for its high graduation rate among student athletes. Gulf Coast graduated 98 percent of its student-athletes in the 2015-2016 academic year, winning the Halbrook Award for its division. The purpose of the…
Discussion about Mississippi state taxes and spending continue between state lawmakers, but the two sides don't exactly see eye to eye. During meetings in Jackson, a group made up mostly of republicans looked for ways to trim the budget. On…
Mississippi's republican legislative leaders want to re-write the state's education funding formula saying they want to put more money into the classroom and less into administrative expenses. On Tuesday, legislative committees hired a private firm out of New Jersey called…
Mississippi receives federal advanced placement grants in an effort to boost college and career readiness for historically underserved students. The state will receive nearly $190,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Education to help low income families pay for…
A group of Coast elementary school students are prepared to give Gulfport residents a history lesson. Tomorrow from 9 until noon, Pass Road Elementary will be putting on a Gulfport family reunion. The fair will be packed with over 25…
There will be a new way the state board of education assign grades to schools and school districts. The board voted to approve the new scoring level system Thursday. Last month the board discussed a potential plan to assign A's…
Whether it’s positive or negative, every choice has a consequence. That was the message driven home to some Biloxi High School students today as the Choice Bus paid a visit to the school. The Choice Bus is an interactive experience…
A new, free program offered by Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston campus offers a helping hand to young people in Stone County looking to complete their high school diploma and train for a career. The WIOA Youth out of…
The University of Southern Mississippi has enrolled its largest freshmen class yet and their most academically talented freshman class in the university's history. For the seventh straight year, the medium grade point average for first time full, full time freshmen…
Data from a new study shows a stark difference between Mississippi public college graduates in health and education related fields and STEM fields and their plans to stay in the state after they throw their cap. News 25’s Kristen Durand…
The Mississippi University for Women has announced they are creating a scholarship in memory of the two nuns slain almost two weeks ago. Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill were murdered in their home on August 25th. Through a…
It was lights, camera, action for North Bay Elementary this morning. Today, students auditioned to see who could make the cut for their morning news program. Nine talented fifth graders gave it their all while reading and reporting the news…