Rhea joined WTVA in August 2020.
Originally from the Midwest, Rhea moved south and graduated from the University of Alabama in May of 2020 with a bachelor's degree in telecommunication and film and an emphasis in sports reporting.
While in Tuscaloosa, she worked for Bama's student recruitment team and interned at WVUA 23 in the sports department. It was here she developed a passion for reporting on SEC sports.
Rhea is based out of WTVA's Starkville bureau. She is excited to report on sports and tell the local stories in the Golden Triangle.
In her free time, Rhea enjoys spending time with family, friends, and her dog Riggins. Yes, he is named after Tim Riggins from Friday Night Lights.
If you have a story idea, feel free to email her at rthornton@wtva.com.
Dylan Karges is in the process of creating 75 cast iron figurines for display in Unity Park.
The Starkville hospital has made it possible for those stuck inside their homes to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
The large donation will allow the Tupelo shelter to improves its transport program.
4-County receives millions of dollars to provide internet service to rural parts of east central Mississippi.
Five mayoral candidates presented to folks on Zoom why they should be the next mayor of West Point.
CEO Brian Clark explained the company has a four-phase plan spread out across three years.
After two years of cancellations, Starkville Main Street Association announced the competition will return on April 23rd.
Mississippi State University received over 1-thousand Pfizer vaccines and 300 Johnson and Johnson shots to administer to its students and employees.
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle pays nearly $1.5M for new Da Vinci XI robotic system to perform minimal invasive surgeries.
Starkville Ward 3 alderman candidate Jeffrey Rupp is unopposed in the primary election and in the June general election.
Data is updated nightly.
County | Cases | Deaths |
---|---|---|
DeSoto | 20784 | 248 |
Hinds | 19894 | 408 |
Harrison | 17493 | 302 |
Rankin | 13316 | 275 |
Jackson | 13099 | 243 |
Madison | 9896 | 210 |
Lee | 9859 | 169 |
Jones | 8293 | 160 |
Forrest | 7523 | 146 |
Lauderdale | 7189 | 237 |
Lowndes | 6265 | 144 |
Lamar | 6107 | 84 |
Lafayette | 6028 | 117 |
Washington | 5280 | 132 |
Bolivar | 4770 | 129 |
Oktibbeha | 4552 | 97 |
Panola | 4442 | 103 |
Pearl River | 4420 | 139 |
Warren | 4281 | 118 |
Marshall | 4273 | 100 |
Pontotoc | 4164 | 72 |
Monroe | 4057 | 132 |
Union | 4037 | 75 |
Neshoba | 3988 | 176 |
Lincoln | 3871 | 108 |
Hancock | 3721 | 85 |
Leflore | 3468 | 124 |
Sunflower | 3293 | 89 |
Tate | 3227 | 81 |
Pike | 3181 | 104 |
Scott | 3105 | 72 |
Yazoo | 3043 | 68 |
Alcorn | 2977 | 64 |
Itawamba | 2968 | 76 |
Copiah | 2930 | 65 |
Coahoma | 2896 | 77 |
Simpson | 2874 | 84 |
Tippah | 2848 | 68 |
Prentiss | 2756 | 59 |
Marion | 2659 | 79 |
Wayne | 2613 | 41 |
Leake | 2611 | 73 |
Grenada | 2549 | 82 |
Covington | 2545 | 80 |
Adams | 2459 | 82 |
Newton | 2448 | 59 |
George | 2378 | 47 |
Winston | 2259 | 81 |
Tishomingo | 2220 | 67 |
Jasper | 2197 | 48 |
Attala | 2133 | 73 |
Chickasaw | 2048 | 57 |
Holmes | 1864 | 71 |
Clay | 1824 | 54 |
Stone | 1791 | 31 |
Clarke | 1768 | 76 |
Tallahatchie | 1755 | 40 |
Calhoun | 1632 | 30 |
Yalobusha | 1588 | 36 |
Smith | 1586 | 34 |
Walthall | 1305 | 43 |
Greene | 1294 | 33 |
Lawrence | 1263 | 23 |
Noxubee | 1259 | 33 |
Montgomery | 1255 | 42 |
Perry | 1251 | 38 |
Carroll | 1208 | 26 |
Amite | 1201 | 41 |
Webster | 1134 | 32 |
Jefferson Davis | 1054 | 32 |
Tunica | 1025 | 25 |
Claiborne | 1013 | 30 |
Benton | 972 | 25 |
Kemper | 952 | 26 |
Humphreys | 943 | 32 |
Franklin | 819 | 23 |
Quitman | 789 | 16 |
Choctaw | 728 | 17 |
Jefferson | 648 | 28 |
Wilkinson | 647 | 27 |
Sharkey | 496 | 17 |
Issaquena | 168 | 6 |
Unassigned | 0 | 0 |
County | Cases | Deaths |
---|---|---|
Jefferson | 75413 | 1487 |
Mobile | 37774 | 798 |
Madison | 33868 | 494 |
Tuscaloosa | 25283 | 443 |
Montgomery | 23969 | 565 |
Shelby | 23112 | 238 |
Baldwin | 20638 | 300 |
Lee | 15524 | 165 |
Calhoun | 14286 | 311 |
Morgan | 14140 | 268 |
Etowah | 13664 | 345 |
Marshall | 11957 | 219 |
Houston | 10383 | 278 |
Elmore | 9994 | 200 |
Limestone | 9814 | 147 |
Cullman | 9475 | 188 |
St. Clair | 9429 | 234 |
Lauderdale | 9218 | 227 |
DeKalb | 8747 | 181 |
Talladega | 8060 | 171 |
Walker | 7092 | 275 |
Jackson | 6755 | 110 |
Autauga | 6727 | 103 |
Blount | 6488 | 135 |
Colbert | 6205 | 130 |
Coffee | 5401 | 112 |
Dale | 4768 | 110 |
Russell | 4289 | 38 |
Franklin | 4199 | 82 |
Chilton | 4083 | 109 |
Covington | 4053 | 114 |
Tallapoosa | 3893 | 146 |
Escambia | 3880 | 74 |
Dallas | 3527 | 149 |
Chambers | 3500 | 122 |
Clarke | 3463 | 60 |
Marion | 3066 | 100 |
Pike | 3058 | 75 |
Lawrence | 2953 | 95 |
Winston | 2723 | 72 |
Bibb | 2564 | 58 |
Marengo | 2486 | 61 |
Geneva | 2458 | 75 |
Pickens | 2329 | 59 |
Barbour | 2249 | 55 |
Hale | 2187 | 75 |
Butler | 2123 | 66 |
Fayette | 2089 | 60 |
Henry | 1878 | 44 |
Cherokee | 1820 | 44 |
Randolph | 1769 | 41 |
Monroe | 1715 | 40 |
Washington | 1640 | 38 |
Macon | 1548 | 48 |
Clay | 1494 | 54 |
Crenshaw | 1493 | 57 |
Cleburne | 1460 | 41 |
Lamar | 1393 | 34 |
Lowndes | 1364 | 53 |
Wilcox | 1243 | 27 |
Bullock | 1213 | 40 |
Conecuh | 1090 | 28 |
Perry | 1079 | 26 |
Sumter | 1029 | 32 |
Coosa | 993 | 28 |
Greene | 907 | 34 |
Choctaw | 587 | 24 |
Out of AL | 0 | 0 |
Unassigned | 0 | 0 |