The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 713 new COVID-19 cases and 14 new deaths. The statewide total stands at 105,941 confirmed cases and 3,115 deaths. Here are the numbers for our area: Hancock County has 701 cases and 27…
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security recipients will get a modest 1.3% cost-of living-increase in 2021, but that might be small comfort amid worries about the coronavirus and its consequences for older people.…
Jackson County School District’s 1,200 virtual learners will return to school tomorrow as a result of the Jackson County Board of Education’s decision. On October 6th, the Jackson County School District Board said virtual students will return to in person…
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 296 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. The statewide total stands at 105,228 confirmed cases and 3,101 deaths. Here are the numbers in our area: Hancock County has 696 cases and 26…
The Southern Miss Florida Atlantic football game was originally in question, pending the track of Hurricane Delta, but as it turns out, the coronavirus is going to cost the Golden Eagles their first home game of October. USM announced the…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 862 new COVID-19 cases and six new deaths. The statewide total now stands at 103,681 confirmed cases and 3,080 deaths. Here are the numbers for our area: Hancock County has 672 cases…
Jackson, Miss. - The Mississippi Legislature concluded its 2020 business by reappropriating more than $60 million from the Coronavirus Relief Funds allocated to the State from the federal government. Adjournment sine die, which officially ends the Session, is Saturday, October…
The Mississippi State Department of Health has reported 578 new COVID-19 cases and 23 new deaths. The statewide total stands at 102,819 confirmed cases and 3,074 deaths. Here are the numbers for our area: Hancock County has 663 cases and…
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/ Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Preparations for the Mississippi State Fair's grand opening moved forward Wednesday amid criticism that masks will not be required at the event after the governor repealed the statewide…
The Second Circuit Court District has been gradually letting jurors return to Harrison and Hancock County courtrooms for jury trials that had been postponed due to the pandemic. Jurors returned to Harrison and Hancock County courtrooms for the first time…
The Jackson County School District will no longer offer virtual learning after Monday, October 12th. For the first time since school began, the district is reporting zero new COVID cases. School Superintendent Dr. John Strycker says it is safe for…
The Mississippi State Department of Health has reported 563 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths. The statewide total stands at 102,241 confirmed cases and 3,051 deaths. Here are the numbers for our area: Hancock County has 648 cases and…
515 people across the state are hospitalized with confirmed or suspected symptoms.
132 of those patients are in I.C.U. , with 69 on a ventilator.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 215 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. The statewide total stands at 100,703 confirmed cases and 3,013 deaths. Here are the numbers for our area: Hancock County has 624 cases and 22…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Several Mississippi colleges and universities have decided to cut spring break in favor of ending their second semesters early due to safety concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mississippi State and the University of Southern Mississippi, for example, will both forgo…
By ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump says he will leave the military hospital and return to the White House Monday evening. Trump tweeted that he would be leaving after…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Donald Trump will spend a “few days” at a military hospital after contracting COVID-19. Trump was to depart the White House by helicopter late Friday for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,…
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 672 new COVID-19 cases and 20 new deaths including one in Harrison County. The statewide total stands 99,558 confirmed cases and 2,999 deaths. Here are the numbers for our area: Hancock County has…
By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, and a White House official says the president is experiencing “mild symptoms” of COVID-19. Trump’s…
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 696 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new deaths today. The statewide total stands at 98,886 confirmed cases and 2,979 deaths. Here are the numbers for our area: Hancock County has 607 cases and…
The NFL has postponed Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers game at Tennessee until later in the season after one additional Titans player and one personnel member tested positive for COVID-19.
The Jackson County School District is reporting that positive cases in students are down nearly 37 percent. JCSD Superintendent John Strycker gave an update on the current cases in the school district, announcing that from August to September student positive…
Students of Hancock High School received notice today that the entire student body will remain home to quarantine. On Wednesdays, all students in the district distance learn. Today, the district learned of additional positive cases among the student body, a…
JACKSON — Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced his new comprehensive Safe Recovery order as a one-stop resource for Mississippians as we continue to flatten the curve on new COVID-19 cases. Throughout this pandemic, one of the top priorities for the Governor…