Image courtesy of MEMA The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has released its updated preliminary damage report following Hurricane Delta’s impact on the state. Delta made landfall near Creole, Louisiana as a Category 2 storm last Friday, and while it did … Continued
For the second straight day, the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 — the first time this has happened since August 7-8th. Today’s report of 1,116 new cases brings the state’s total up … Continued
By 2024, NASA plans to have landed the first female astronaut on the moon but now without a little help from Mississippi. Announced at the tail end of September, the Artemis program, which includes Phase 1 plans to land the … Continued
Photo Courtesy of USM Athletics For the second straight week, Southern Miss has had its game postponed due to COVID-19. The Golden Eagles were set to travel to UTEP Saturday, but an outbreak within the USM football program has caused … Continued
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) will be accepting applications for the Mississippi Agriculture Stabilization Act (MASA) Thursday, October 15 through Monday, November 16. MASA went into law on … Continued
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippi juniors and seniors involved in student leadership to apply for the 2021 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP), an educational program that will provide $10,000 college scholarships to two … Continued
Even though he recently allowed Mississippi to become the first state to relinquish its mask mandate, Governor Tate Reeves has a message for Mississippians. Important to remember that COVID-19 is not gone! We’ve seen numbers increase over the past few … Continued
Tuesday, four special election runoffs took place across the state of Mississippi — two in the state Senate and two in the House of Representatives — and Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann is welcoming the Senate’s new members. Bart Williams (R) … Continued
Gov. Tate Reeves appointed Hinds County Court Judge Carlyn M. Hicks to a term extending through Jan. 3, 2022. Judge Hicks has served by the temporary appointment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph since July 14. The Chief Justice … Continued
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting the state’s highest one-day rise in new COVID-19 cases since August 19th. 1,322 new cases bring the state’s total up to 108,139. With the confirmation of *12 additional deaths, 3,152 Mississippians have … Continued