By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A state official says the people have already submitted about 600 ideas for a new Mississippi flag without the Confederate battle emblem. Department of Archives and History director Katie Blount…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections says it is investigating the death of a 32-year-old inmate. Nathaniel Bryan Taylor was in the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville. He taken by ambulance Wednesday to the Greene County…
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State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs says that within two weeks, Mississippi’s Hospital System will be ‘thoroughly overwhelmed.’ On Monday, 943 people were hospitalized in the state with confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 293 people were battling the virus…
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 1,635 new COVID-19 cases and 31 new deaths including one in Harrison County and one in Jackson County. The statewide total now stands at 45,524 confirmed cases and 1,389 deaths. Here are numbers…
A nine person committee designing the new Mississippi state flag will meet for the first time this Wednesday. The committee consists of three members each appointed from state leaders Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, House Speaker Philip Gunn, and Governor Tate…
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Tropical Storm Gonzalo has formed over the central Atlantic Ocean, breaking the record for the earliest "G" letter named storm. Previously, the earliest 7th named storm to form in the Atlantic basin (which includes the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean…
Healthcare facilities which followed applicable public health guidance in good faith in treating patients are now immune from civil liability for COVID-19 related lawsuits under recently enacted legislation. Senate Bill 3049, authored by former Senator Sally Doty, also extends protection…
A brother of slain Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers and a longtime figure in Mississippi state politics has passed away today. Charles Evers has died at the age of 97 in Brandon this morning. A coroner says he died of…
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 1,547 new COVID-19 cases and 34 new deaths with one new death in Harrison County. The statewide total now stands at 47,071 confirmed cases and 1,423 deaths. Here are the numbers for our…
Governor Reeves today continuing to raise the alarm of the serious threat of COVID-19. Reeves continues to stress that our hospital system is ‘stretched to the point of pain.’ Governor Reeves said hospitalizations in our state have gone from approximately…
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A nine person committee designing the new Mississippi state flag will meet for the first time this Wednesday. The committee consists of three members each appointed from state leaders Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, House Speaker Philip Gunn, and Governor Tate…
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 1,635 new COVID-19 cases and 31 new deaths including one in Harrison County and one in Jackson County. The statewide total now stands at 45,524 confirmed cases and 1,389 deaths. Here are numbers…
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs says that within two weeks, Mississippi’s Hospital System will be ‘thoroughly overwhelmed.’ On Monday, 943 people were hospitalized in the state with confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 293 people were battling the virus…
(WXXV) — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported a record-breaking additional 1,635 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi on Tuesday. The previous single-day record of new cases was 1,251, which was set yesterday, July 20. In South Mississippi, the…
(WXXV) — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported a record-breaking additional 1,635 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi on Tuesday. The previous single-day record of new cases was 1,251, which was set yesterday, July 20. In South Mississippi, the…
Governor Tate Reeves extends the previous ‘Safer at Home’ order until Monday, August 3rd, adding 10 counties to the list of mandatory mask mandates. The 10 counties added to the list of mask mandates are: Bolivar Covington Forrest Humphreys Panola…
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 1,251 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths. The statewide total now stands at 43,889 confirmed cases and 1,358 deaths. Here are the numbers for our area: Hancock County is at 204 cases…
JACKSON, MISS--Today, the Mississippi Lottery Corporation (MLC) completed its June transfer of $10,723,795.84 in net proceeds to the Lottery Proceeds Fund in the Mississippi State Treasury. This brings the total amount deposited to the State for Fiscal Year ending June 30,…
Every Monday for the next two months on WXXV we will feature a child from Mississippi hoping to get adopted. Sixteen-year-old Haley hopes her future family will be kind and enjoy spending time together playing games and staying active. If…
(WXXV) — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported a record-breaking additional 1,251 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi on Monday. The previous single-day record of new cases was 1,230, which was set this past Thursday, July 16. There were…
Today, a press conference took place regarding an arrest in the fatal Memorial Day road rage shooting on I-10 in Jackson County. Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation made the arrest with assistance from a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…