Emily Leonard is an Emmy and Mississippi Associated Press award-winning journalist who joined the WTVA team in May 2011.
Emily Leonard is an Emmy and Mississippi Associated Press award-winning journalist who joined the WTVA team in May 2011.
She came to WTVA from Lubbock, Texas, where she worked as a morning news anchor and reporter for six years at KAMC-TV.
Emily graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Telecommunications.
In her career, Emily has covered everything from high-profile murder investigations to a fish with human-like teeth.
Mississippi has quickly become Emily's favorite place to be.
Emily serves on the Community Development Foundation's Board of Directors, as well as the Tupelo Ballet Board of Directors. She also danced (and won) Dancing Like the Stars benefitting the North Mississippi Boys and Girls Club.
Emily and her husband Matt have two children.
Feel free to email Emily at eleonard@wtva.com
Or check her out on Facebook or Instagram.
Timber prices soared during the pandemic, but as 2020 ends, prices should match 2019.
Two bridges near Iuka get a million dollar makeover.
The election is set for January 12, 2021
Voters settled runoff elections in three North Mississippi counties.
Charges for a Starkville man have now been upgraded to murder.
The victims told police that they were fixing dinner when a nude man walked into the home.
The Family Resource Center or North Mississippi and its partners plan to distribute more than 1,000 food boxes and milk products to anyone in need.
The state health department reported 914 new cases of the coronavirus and 11 new deaths Thursday, July 2.
A family from Belmont, Mississippi, is pretty thankful for all St. Jude has done for them and their little girl.
On Thursday, Sheriff Kevin Crook said deputies and narcotics officers made over sixty arrests since the start of the outbreak.
Data is updated nightly.
| County | Cases | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| DeSoto | 18020 | 198 |
| Hinds | 17192 | 342 |
| Harrison | 14654 | 214 |
| Rankin | 11404 | 225 |
| Jackson | 11146 | 194 |
| Lee | 9160 | 149 |
| Madison | 8736 | 173 |
| Jones | 6934 | 120 |
| Forrest | 6324 | 126 |
| Lauderdale | 6212 | 198 |
| Lowndes | 5623 | 124 |
| Lafayette | 5295 | 102 |
| Lamar | 5155 | 65 |
| Washington | 4984 | 125 |
| Bolivar | 4187 | 111 |
| Oktibbeha | 4136 | 86 |
| Panola | 3907 | 84 |
| Pontotoc | 3834 | 61 |
| Warren | 3766 | 103 |
| Monroe | 3746 | 112 |
| Marshall | 3622 | 73 |
| Union | 3619 | 66 |
| Pearl River | 3578 | 107 |
| Neshoba | 3528 | 160 |
| Leflore | 3148 | 110 |
| Lincoln | 3114 | 89 |
| Hancock | 3042 | 63 |
| Sunflower | 2960 | 79 |
| Tate | 2829 | 64 |
| Alcorn | 2762 | 57 |
| Pike | 2759 | 85 |
| Itawamba | 2726 | 65 |
| Scott | 2680 | 55 |
| Yazoo | 2599 | 56 |
| Prentiss | 2572 | 55 |
| Copiah | 2546 | 49 |
| Coahoma | 2536 | 56 |
| Tippah | 2526 | 52 |
| Simpson | 2460 | 72 |
| Leake | 2393 | 67 |
| Marion | 2307 | 74 |
| Covington | 2261 | 73 |
| Grenada | 2258 | 74 |
| Wayne | 2193 | 37 |
| Adams | 2181 | 72 |
| George | 2110 | 41 |
| Winston | 2089 | 71 |
| Newton | 2027 | 48 |
| Attala | 1982 | 65 |
| Tishomingo | 1978 | 61 |
| Chickasaw | 1915 | 46 |
| Jasper | 1858 | 39 |
| Holmes | 1732 | 68 |
| Clay | 1695 | 38 |
| Tallahatchie | 1588 | 35 |
| Stone | 1547 | 27 |
| Clarke | 1510 | 62 |
| Calhoun | 1431 | 22 |
| Smith | 1342 | 26 |
| Yalobusha | 1254 | 35 |
| Walthall | 1166 | 38 |
| Greene | 1159 | 30 |
| Noxubee | 1147 | 26 |
| Montgomery | 1131 | 36 |
| Lawrence | 1093 | 17 |
| Carroll | 1077 | 22 |
| Perry | 1064 | 31 |
| Amite | 1038 | 29 |
| Webster | 990 | 24 |
| Claiborne | 904 | 26 |
| Jefferson Davis | 902 | 31 |
| Tunica | 897 | 22 |
| Benton | 874 | 23 |
| Humphreys | 862 | 25 |
| Kemper | 818 | 20 |
| Quitman | 716 | 11 |
| Franklin | 715 | 17 |
| Choctaw | 649 | 14 |
| Wilkinson | 603 | 25 |
| Jefferson | 575 | 21 |
| Sharkey | 459 | 17 |
| Issaquena | 161 | 6 |
| Unassigned | 0 | 0 |
| County | Cases | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 65606 | 1094 |
| Mobile | 32260 | 595 |
| Madison | 28795 | 237 |
| Tuscaloosa | 21859 | 277 |
| Montgomery | 20388 | 348 |
| Shelby | 19707 | 139 |
| Baldwin | 17629 | 217 |
| Lee | 13482 | 112 |
| Morgan | 12795 | 154 |
| Etowah | 12265 | 213 |
| Calhoun | 11730 | 228 |
| Marshall | 10543 | 133 |
| Houston | 9221 | 182 |
| Limestone | 8494 | 85 |
| Cullman | 8412 | 143 |
| Elmore | 8379 | 123 |
| Lauderdale | 8049 | 121 |
| DeKalb | 7985 | 122 |
| St. Clair | 7985 | 144 |
| Talladega | 6637 | 114 |
| Jackson | 6115 | 57 |
| Walker | 6078 | 185 |
| Colbert | 5650 | 104 |
| Blount | 5568 | 95 |
| Autauga | 5499 | 67 |
| Coffee | 4734 | 71 |
| Dale | 4186 | 92 |
| Franklin | 3801 | 53 |
| Russell | 3642 | 16 |
| Chilton | 3513 | 79 |
| Covington | 3479 | 86 |
| Escambia | 3434 | 46 |
| Tallapoosa | 3228 | 111 |
| Dallas | 3164 | 105 |
| Chambers | 3137 | 75 |
| Clarke | 3111 | 39 |
| Pike | 2694 | 35 |
| Lawrence | 2597 | 59 |
| Marion | 2566 | 67 |
| Winston | 2364 | 43 |
| Bibb | 2261 | 51 |
| Geneva | 2171 | 51 |
| Marengo | 2133 | 32 |
| Pickens | 2030 | 31 |
| Barbour | 1898 | 40 |
| Hale | 1897 | 48 |
| Fayette | 1835 | 34 |
| Butler | 1766 | 60 |
| Cherokee | 1673 | 33 |
| Henry | 1622 | 29 |
| Monroe | 1542 | 21 |
| Randolph | 1495 | 36 |
| Washington | 1447 | 27 |
| Clay | 1316 | 50 |
| Crenshaw | 1270 | 48 |
| Macon | 1246 | 38 |
| Cleburne | 1241 | 28 |
| Lamar | 1220 | 24 |
| Lowndes | 1186 | 37 |
| Wilcox | 1100 | 22 |
| Bullock | 1074 | 29 |
| Perry | 1008 | 19 |
| Conecuh | 991 | 23 |
| Sumter | 912 | 28 |
| Greene | 786 | 24 |
| Coosa | 661 | 19 |
| Choctaw | 524 | 24 |
| Out of AL | 0 | 0 |
| Unassigned | 0 | 0 |
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