giving back

Fish fry and silent auction to support local man

St. Martin Community Center was filled with orange t-shirts Sunday morning. People wore orange at the fish fry and silent auction in support of Jeremy Forehand who was diagnosed with renal cancer in May. Forehand graduated from D’Iberville High School…

Santa Claus is coming to town

With December fast approaching, Christmas is right around the corner. The Salvation Army is doing the most good this Christmas season. On November 18th at 11, Santa Claus is coming to the Edgewater Mall in Biloxi. The Salvation Army will…

Lizana Elementary students provide Thanksgiving meals

With the holidays right around the corner, a local elementary school wants to make sure everyone has a Thanksgiving meal. Students at Lizana Elementary School are having their seventh annual food drive. Each grade is competing to see who can…

Second annual Five Course Feast at Beau Rivage

How about a five course feast made for you by your own mayor? Five Coast mayors and five top chiefs are teaming up with Extra Table for the second annual Five Course Feast at the Beau Rivage to fight against…

New Life Disaster Relief prepares for missions

New Life Disaster Relief is back from helping hurricane victims in Texas, but their work in helping communities in need is far from over. Today, it was the volunteer organization that needed some help. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson takes us…

Flowers for Sophia

The D’Iberville Middle School student council will hold a ‘Flowers for Sophia Myers’ fundraiser during the school’s Cruisin’ kick-off event this Friday, rallying behind an Ocean Springs girl who is battling cancer. Students can purchase and decorate a paper flower…

Long Beach Fire Department gives back

With at least half a dozen major hurricane landfalls in the United State over the last two months, the recovery process could take years. News 25’s Tanner Stewart joined a group of local first responders today as they prepare to…

South Mississippi Papa John’s help out Texas

Papa John’s in South Mississippi and the Biloxi Police Department are partnering to collect items for Beaumont first responders and their families. Beaumont, Texas sustained over 47 inches of rainfall and a widespread of flooding that lasted for several weeks…

Biloxi firefighters head to Rockport

Hurricane Harvey is gone, but the damage remains in several cities in Texas. News 25’s Laurene Callander caught up with members of the Biloxi Fire Department who hit the road to Rockport this morning to lend a helping hand to…

Supplies from Waveland headed to Beaumont

An 18-wheeler packed full of donations and supplies is set to head out to Beaumont, Texas for victims of Hurricane Harvey. Infinity AP in Waveland began collecting donations from the community earlier this month and their goal was to be…

Relief efforts in Texas

A crew with the Biloxi Fire Department is on the road to Rockport to get a head start in relief efforts in Texas. Recruits packed the trailer alongside the two men traveling to Rockport with 12 mattresses, a refrigerator, tent,…

Biloxi relief teams ready for Rockport, Texas

Relief teams are leaving for Rockport, Texas tomorrow and Friday to provide more helping hands to the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Biloxi officials will head over to Texas with three trailers full of tools and supplies to provide help that…

Shuckers ask fans to donate Hurricane supplies

The Biloxi Shuckers are asking fans to step up to the plate and join them in helping hurricane victims. The Shuckers just finished helping their rival team from Jacksonville, Florida make hotel reservations on the Coast in the wake of…

Biloxi officials ready for Rockport

Relief teams are leaving for Rockport, Texas tomorrow to provide more helping hands to the victims of Hurricane Harvey. News 25’s Taylor Rubach joins us with officials from the Biloxi Fire Department and tells us more about their plans for…

Harrah’s presents a check to the American Red Cross

Today, Harrah’s Gulf Coast proudly presented a $40,000 check to the American Red Cross. The contributions to help further the organization’s mission in Texas were raised by ticket sales to the Little Big Town concert hosted at the Great Lawn.…

Biloxi church sends water supply to Houston

South Mississippians know all too well that hurricanes and tropical storms are far from being over once they push through an area. This is just one reason why members of one Biloxi church have set out on a mission to…

Operation BBQ Relief

The Shed Barbecue and Blues Joint in Ocean Springs is part of Operation BBQ Relief and sending semi-trucks full of items to Hurricane Harvey victims. The Shed has been a part of Operation BBQ Relief since 2011, lending a helping…

Harvey donation drive at the Scarlet Pearl Casino

South Mississippians did not hesitate to reach out to Texas when Hurricane Harvey hit. Many businesses, small or large, felt the need to step in and do what they can to assist those in need and the Scarlet Pearl Casino…

D’Iberville Fire Department accepting donations

The D’Iberville Fire Department opened its station as a location to donations for Harvey victims. Hundreds of items filled the semi-truck from Gollott and Sons with cleaning supplies, non-perishable food items, water, and hygiene items. The Shed BBQ in Jackson…

Gulfport helps out Texas community

Gulfport officials made it to Rockport, Texas on Tuesday and today they met with the sheriff’s Office for a relief effort meeting. The Rockport Police Department toured the city with Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes, showing the destruction of Hurricane Harvey.…

Video from local team helping Harvey victims

A small team of medical professionals from the Biloxi VA have finally made it to Houston and are helping Hurricane Harvey victims. Flooded highways slowed the team down, but didn’t stop the group from making it to the Houston VA…

Large support from community at Harvey shrimp boil

All the proceeds from a shrimp boil in Gulfport are going straight to families devastated by Hurricane Harvey. There were long lines of support at St. Joseph Hospice this morning. The shrimp boil was a chance to stack up donations…

D’Iberville is collecting donations for Harvey victims

Another Coast crew is heading out to Texas to drop off supplies to Harvey flood victims. The City of D’Iberville is currently collecting several items for Texas residents in need of food items, cleaning supplies, and other necessities. City officials…

Benefit shrimp boil for Harvey victims

Donations for Hurricane Harvey victims keep pouring in from all over the Coast. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson joins us from Gulfport to show us where you can stack up support for Houston while piling up your plate.