Hometown Heroes: Volunteer Leslie Ramone gives back to community
At a time when she had nothing but a car, Leslie Ramone gave her all to help those around her. Leslie Ramone is this month’s Hometown Hero.…
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Hometown Heroes: Jubilee Havens Founder Sharon Robbins
One woman turned her early life’s misfortune into an opportunity to help others who fall down similar paths. Overcoming hardships is an integral part of any person’s life, but…
Hometown Heroes: Little Lending Libraries
In this week’s segment of ‘Hometown Heroes,’ you don’t need a library card to enjoy a good book. Here on the Coast you can find a good story even in the littlest of places. News 25’s Lindsey Goodwin has more…
Like Father, Like Son: Meet This Week's Hometown Heroes
Like father, like sons. This dynamic trio and their entire charity group are writing a chapter of a life-long story, attending 'school' to learn more about the world and giving back while doing it. They see the problems faced by…
Hometown Heroes: J. Lee’s Gourmet BBQ Sauce
He says you can put it on anything from burgers to cupcakes and ice cream. You have to taste it to believe it, but that’s just part of why J. Lee’s Gourmet BBQ Sauce is going national. Today’s Hometown Hero…
Going Beyond the Classroom: This Week's Hometown Hero
News 25 Today's Lindsey Goodwin introduces us to gifted teacher, Dayna Clark, taking us inside the classroom of this special South Mississippi teacher who goes above and beyond to meet the needs and help empower her students, in this week's…
Meet This Week's Hometown Hero With News 25 Today Anchor Lindsey Goodwin
News 25 Today Anchor Lindsey Goodwin introduces us to this week's Hometown Hero, a wife, a mother, walker and fighter, breast cancer survivor Denise Landry. Also get a rundown of how you can help in the fight against this deadly…
This Week’s Hometown Heroes Rescue Furry Friends of a Different Kind
It's the largest rescue group in the state, and it's spread around the world. They specialize in not your average four-legged friends, but rather those that live and roam in our backyards. Out of sight, out of mind for some,…
Lindsey Goodwin gives us a Sneak Peek of this Week’s Hometown Heroes
It's a job twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week: filled with lots of challenges, but even more reward. It's one local rescue’s mission to give our misunderstood coastal creatures a second chance at life, and it takes some…
Adapt and Overcome: This Week’s Hometown Heroes Standing Strong through Adversity
Imagine slowly watching your world go black right before your eyes. While some are born blind, others have to face the enormous task of adapting to losing their sight. It's one local program's mission to help become the eyes for…
Overcoming Trials and Tribulations: Get a Sneak Peek at this Week’s Hometown Heroes
Adapt and overcome. It's the only thing these two men could do as they watched their sight slowly disappear. But the help of one local program has given them back more than just sight; it's given them a vision to…
This Week’s Hometown Heroes are Giving from the Heart to Help Out
Give a little, get a little. It's this back and forth reciprocity that's making one friendly city on the Gulf Coast an even closer community. It's making a difference in families, friends, and individuals — all starting from behind a…
Giving from the Heart: Catch a Sneak Peek of this Week’s Hometown Heroes with Lindsey Goodwin
They say no one has ever become poor by giving. In fact, it's their giving nature that's exactly what's making one local community wealthy with love and friendship. Hear their stories as they step out from behind their computer screens…
Hometown Heroes: Touched by an Angel
We know superheroes like Spider-Man and Batman are characterized by their super powers or their ability to fight off evil villains. Perhaps some of our real life superheroes are the ones who don’t wear capes, but rather the ones with…
Tune into this Week’s Hometown Heroes with Lindsey Goodwin to See Not All Heroes Wear Capes
It's not all about super powers and fighting evil... Sometimes all it takes is one person to bring out the superhero within you. And one local senior citizen and her visiting angel are proving not all heroes wear capes, but…
Gardening with a Purpose: Hometown Heroes
If you live near Division Street in Biloxi, you've probably heard of one little lady with a big name. And it's what members of the community are doing to keep her roots planted right where they started. This week's hometown…
Tune into this Week’s “Hometown Heroes” with Lindsey Goodwin
Tune into News 25 Today Friday morning for our latest edition of "Hometown Heroes." News 25 Today anchor Lindsey Gooodwin will take you to a South Mississippi garden that's about to be in full bloom and shares the root of…
Lindsey Goodwin With This Week’s Hometown Hero: A Furry, Friendly Helper
They say petting an animal can help relieve stress, so what happens when our four-legged friends are brought into the workplace? Well, studies say the effects seem to magnify — helping employees become calmer, happier, and healthier, especially in high…
This Week’s Hometown Hero: A Man Who Lives to Serve
It's an organization dedicated to 'doing the most good.' and one Gulfport man is taking that mission by storm. He’s not only served our nation, but has continuously served our Coast's homeless for more than two decades. And he says…
Hometown Hero Day Sendoff
Members of the Mississippi Army National Guard received a big public sendoff on Saturday morning as they prepared to deploy overseas. Residents lined Highway 90 in Pascagoula and waved flags to show support for members of the 859th Engineer Company.…