Page 12 - South Mississippi Living - November, 2024

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Left to Right:
Trey Tonnessen, Grant Chighizola, Elizabeth Keen, and Jevan McCoskey.
NEWS 25 NIGHTS
story courtesy of WXXV 25 photo by Katherine Sowers
You may have noticed a few changes to WXXV News 25 nights. Vicksburg native Elizabeth Keen is the latest to join the anchor desk at 5 p.m. every weeknight and as Sunday night anchor at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.
"It means a lot for me to start my television career in my home state, it's taken no time at all for the Coast to feel like home. I've absolutely loved getting to meet so many wonderful people and explore everything that this region has to offer,” says Keen.
WXXV’s 9 p.m. newscast is popular with folks who like
to make it an early night, airing one hour earlier than most primetime network nightly newscasts. It is anchored by Picayune native Grant Chighizola who made the move from WXXV’s News 25 Today morning shows to nights earlier this summer.
"We're able to cover so much in the 9 p.m. newscasts, with a strong emphasis on community-focused content and new reporting from our nightside reporters," says Chighizola.
With the FOX network’s acquisition of College Football on Friday nights (and basketball coming this Spring) running long into the 9 p.m. hour, the WXXV 9 p.m. newscast has been moved to the Gulf Coast CW station on Friday nights for the foreseeable future.
"Moving to the CW is a win-win. Not only are we able to expand our sports offerings as a station on FOX, but we're able to expand our newscasts reach on a channel that typically doesn't carry our news broadcasts in the CW," says Chighizola.
Along with Chighizola on News 25 Nights are Sports Director Jevan McCoskey and Meteorologist Trey Tonnessen serving up your nightly Weather Authority Forecast.
The 9 p.m. newscast is viewers first chance each day to
catch a new sports report from McCoskey who has continued popular franchises “25 Teams in 25 Days” and “Friday Night Showcase” to cover local high school football and “The Saints Report” to cover our NFL neighbors. He is eagerly awaiting Super Bowl 59 in February.
"Not only does South Mississippi have a bounty of local
high school and college sports to cover, but it also provides
the ability cover professional teams like the Biloxi Shuckers, the New Orleans Pelicans, and the New Orleans Saints. In February 2025, WXXV will have full coverage of Super Bowl 59 from New Orleans and it has always been a dream of mine to cover a Super Bowl," says McCoskey.
With one month left in hurricane season Trey is part of the WXXV Weather Authority team keeping their eyes on the tropics for potential threat and recently got to ride into the eye of Hurricane Milton with the Keesler Air Force Base Hurricane Hunters.
“It was breathtaking to see the science that we use everyday to forecast in person and from a perspective that very few have ever gotten to experience,” says Tonnessen.
Catch the News 25 Nights crew Monday-Thursday at 9 p.m. on WXXV FOX 25, Fridays at 9 p.m. on the Gulf Coast CW and weeknights at 10 p.m. on WXXV NBC 25.
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