Alyssa Martin joined WTVA in 2019.

Title: Anchor

amartin@wtva.com

https://twitter.com/AlyssaWTVA

Alyssa Martin is thrilled to be back in her hometown of Tupelo.

She has called Tupelo home for more than 20 years and having the opportunity to join the WTVA 9 News team was always a dream.

Alyssa is a graduate of Tupelo High School. She attended Itawamba Community College and then continued pursuing her broadcasting and journalism degrees at Mississippi State University.

While in college, Alyssa had the opportunity to jump right into the news industry by working on the weekends as a reporter.

After spending a few years in local television, Alyssa moved to Huntsville, Alabama, to become the weekend anchor at the ABC affiliate, WAAY-TV.


During her years at WAAY, Alyssa also anchored the mornings, mid-day and afternoon newscasts.

She also helped relaunch the Breaking News Desk, keeping viewers updated on breaking news happening locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

In her free time, Alyssa loves to spend time with her friends, family and rescue cat, Elsa.

Cadets go through firearms training week in Tupelo

Week 7 of the academy is dedicated to firearms training in the field and classroom.

Local hospital reports no Coronavirus patients

OCH Regional Medical Center posted the news on its Facebook.

Local restaurant serves unique style during the pandemic

The owner says when customers found out about the "cafeteria style" option, service boomed.

"Dance Like The Stars" raises over $259,000

The money raised goes to support the Boys and Girls Clubs of North Mississippi.

Governor Tate Reeves, Mayor Shelton take aim at each other

The governor mentioned Mayor Shelton after he was asked a question about communicating with mayors.

Pontotoc City Schools push back first day of school

The school is pushing back the date due to rising Coronavirus cases.

Aberdeen schools change start date for classes

The superintendent confirmed the change with WTVA 9 News.

More counties could be added to enhanced restrictions list

Gov. Tate Reeves expects strict COVID-19 measures in 13 counties to extend past the scheduled expiration date.

New website launched for Mississippi PPE providers

Governor Reeves announced the new website during his Coronavirus update on Wednesday.

Tommy Tuberville defeats Jeff Sessions in Alabama runoff election

The 65-year-old Tuberville is now positioned to put up a strong challenge against Democratic Sen. Doug Jones.

Data is updated nightly.

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Reported Deaths: 2894

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