Radar Image Courtesy of National Hurricane Center President Trump has approved an emergency disaster declaration for Mississippi. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that assistance has been made available to Mississippi as the state prepares for the potential impact of … Continued
Photo Courtesy of the Mississippi Economic Council Due to concerns surrounding COVID-19, the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) is moving its 19th annual Hobnob Mississippi to a virtual format. Typically, the political event is held at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, … Continued
Hundreds of new jobs are coming to North Mississippi. Material Bank, the world’s largest material marketplace in the architecture, design and construction industry, will create 300 new jobs by locating a new distribution center in Olive Branch. With a corporate … Continued
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 578 new cases of COVID-19. Today’s report brings the state’s total number of cases up to 102,819. With the confirmation of 23 additional deaths, 3,074 Mississippians have passed away from the virus. … Continued
On Tuesday morning, ground was broken for the multimillion-dollar expansion of the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton. The $3,628,930 project, which is being funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA), will include the construction … Continued
Kickoff for this Saturday’s matchup between Ole Miss and Alabama in Oxford has been pushed back to 6:30 p.m. due to the projected path of Hurricane Delta. Originally set to begin at 5 p.m., Ole Miss Athletics announced the time … Continued
60-year-old Louis Joseph Normand, Jr. of Diamondhead has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bank fraud. The office of U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst said Normand owned businesses involved in the sale of trucks called National Truck Funding and … Continued
With Hurricane Delta projected to make landfall along the Louisiana coast on Friday, Governor Tate Reeves has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the storm’s impact on Mississippi. “I have declared a state of emergency for Hurricane Delta,” … Continued
A couple of months ago, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced that he would be seeking re-election come June of 2021, but now it seems as if it won’t be without a little competition. Wanda Evers, the daughter of late … Continued
The first truly convoluted week of the 2020 NFL season, which saw a postponement of the Steelers-Titans game due to COVID-19, is now behind us, and even without the play of A.J. Brown, Mike Hilton, and Jefferey Simmons, plenty of … Continued