5 Things to Know This Weekend

1) Grab your trash bags and gloves and head to the Gulfport Beach today at 8 a.m.! Several residents have organized a and they want you to come help. Check out the groups Facebook page for details. Gulfport Patch will be there!

2) Looking for stuff to do this weekend? There's plenty to do: a planetarium show, salsa lessons and pageant - it's all listed in this week's "GET OUT: Weekend Events Preview".

3) Have you seen Gulfport Police Chief Robert Vincent's latest blog "Barney Doesn't Work Here"? Check it out by clicking this link.

4) A search committee for the new Stetson University College of Law dean has been announced. To view the members of the 14-member committee check out the news release on the university's website. Former Vice President and Dean Darby Dickerson left this month to become Dean of Texas Tech University School of Law. Professor Royal C. Gardner is the interim dean.

5) Here is your Weekend Forecast! Saturday, it'll be mostly sunny with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 101. We do have a 30% chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m. Saturday night, there is still a 30% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly before 8 p.m. Otherwise, partly cloudy with a low around 82. We should have a north northwest wind around 6 mph. Sunday, we have a 30% chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m. Otherwise, it'll be mostly sunny with a high near 90 with heat index values as high as 101. Expect a north northwest wind between 5 and 7 mph. Sunday night, another 30% chance of rain mainly before 8 p.m. Partly cloudy with a low around 81. We should have a north northwest wind between 5 and 8 mph.