Mississippi News

State advising doctors to consider giving coronavirus vaccine booster to some

Federal report finds problems with immigrants in custody

Preseason media poll predicts Alabama to win SEC

1,317 cases, 8 deaths as of Thursday afternoon, MSDH says

Mississippi brief: Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade

Applications for Wild Hog Control Program available in Mississippi on July 26

Thompson dismissed Jan. 6 lawsuit to avoid 'appearance of a conflict'

Mississippi man arrested for Jan. 6 breach at Capitol

Deion Sanders: "Treat me like Nick" Saban

Top doctor: Mississippi faces 'rough few weeks' with COVID

Mississippi tax collections improve in most recent year

Child, 3, finds gun in car glove box and dies of gunshot

Mother, son face additional charges for defrauding state

In-person classes are top priority this school year

Information about expanded child tax credit in Mississippi and Alabama

Reeves pledges more law enforcement in Mississippi capital

Judge: Monitor to oversee Mississippi mental health system

Reeves sets November elections to fill 2 Senate vacancies

Burglary suspect from Brandon arrested in Oxford

Mississippi gets nearly $13 million for rural Covid fight

Rep. Thompson: Insurrection investigation will go 'as long as it takes'

MSDH issues new recommendations in response to delta variant

Jackson police: Teen accidentally shoots and kills boy, 1

Mississippi firefighters to fight wildfires in California

William Carey's School of Pharmacy gets full accreditation

Special elections will fill 2 seats in Mississippi Senate

Authorities: Train hit, killed Oklahoma man in Mississippi

Rep. Thompson explains why McCarthy should appoint Republicans to Jan. 6 committee

MHP recorded two fatalities during 4th of July enforcement period

State senator pushes for MSU national championship car tag

Under presssure, company cancels Tennessee pipeline

Tennessee Valley Authority considers replacing coal with gas

New superintendent named for Natchez Trace Parkway

Mississippi 13-year-old dies after suffering severe burns

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi to lead Jan. 6 panel

Acting MDOT director hands job over to new appointee Brad White

Federal appeals court to review Jim Crow felony voting ban

Investigators seek tips in 2019 unsolved Mississippi death

Demario Cotton in FBI custody

Lawmakers working to complete medical marijuana bill draft

Deputy prison warden indicted for 2016 incident

Body in Mississippi river that of missing Louisiana woman

$3.22M to help Mississippi communities with equipment purchases, U.S. senators say

Atheists, humanists sue over Mississippi’s license plates

Amazon announces plans to build solar farm in Mississippi

MDAH: 'Mississippi Burning' case files open at state archives

Jill Biden touts vaccine in poorly inoculated Mississippi

MDES made more than $117 million in improper unemployment payments, auditors find

Nine Ole Miss Law students to participate in fellowship program

Claudette regains tropical storm strength after 13 deaths

First Lady Jill Biden to visit Jackson Tuesday

Mississippi collects $129M from lottery since July

Mississippi to lift State of Emergency in August

Local Main Street communities recognized

Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Obama era health law

Hyde-Smith announces $94.9 million in capital grants to support rural & underserved communities

Business leaders discuss how new flag impacts state economy

Southern Baptists vote to debate sex abuse investigation

Ex-school bus driver pleads guilty in child pornography case

Former softball coach dies while serving prison sentence

NIH researchers find more evidence Covid was circulating in the US in December 2019

MEMA releases damage report from June flooding

Edelbrock locating headquarters in Olive Branch, creating 200 jobs

Mississippi reaches $55.5 million settlement with Centene

Mississippi has turned away hundreds of thousands of shots

Mississippi Jane Doe found in 1991 identified 30 years later

CDC warns about spike in RSV cases across South

14-year-old charged with shooting cousin, 11, in Vicksburg

Mississippi shipbuilder plans to hire 3,000 new workers

Interior Dept. gauging interest in Gulf of Mexico wind power

Southwest resumes flight service to Jackson after 7 years

Gov supports 'will of voters' on issue of medical marijuana

Mississippi GOP governor: State abortion law 'a vehicle' for Supreme Court to revisit Roe v. Wade

Analysis: Watchdog group examines Mississippi school funding

Doc: Apathy is why Mississippi is last for vaccinations

Lawmakers discuss future of medical marijuana in Mississippi

Sunshine Mills issues recall on certain dog food products

Brad White named MDOT executive director

Officers fill funeral for Mississippi trooper killed on duty

Three deaths during Memorial Day period, MHP reports

Analysis: Reviving initiative process could invite mischief

Mississippi Attorney General seeking info in Amory high school sexual abuse case

NFL Combine to be held for HBCU players

Mississippi capital honors Freedom Rider legacy 60 years later

Mississippi protesters: Revive medical marijuana proposal

Black man's death in Mississippi: Lynching or suicide?

Mississippi's last abortion clinic at center of US debate

Mississippi inmate dies after assault by fellow prisoners

Here are the 63 Republicans who voted against the anti-Asian hate crimes bill

Experts predict busy Atlantic storm season but not like 2020

Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4M to hackers

Complaint: Mississippi ICE center is violating COVID rules

Mississippi governor announced additions to education boards

The employee responsible for inspecting the cracked Memphis bridge has been fired

Supreme Court to weigh rollback of abortion rights

Pipeline operator says "normal operations" have resumed

EXPLAINED - Mississippi Supreme Court: November's medical marijuana vote obsolete

Mississippi River traffic reopened under damaged bridge

Mississippi justices toss voter-backed marijuana initiative

House strikes deal to create independent January 6 commission

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 333180

Reported Deaths: 7502

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	22901	279
Hinds	22780	438
Harrison	19569	326
Rankin	14851	287
Jackson	14342	251
Madison	10692	227
Lee	10437	179
Jones	8746	169
Forrest	8210	157
Lauderdale	7561	243
Lowndes	6790	150
Lamar	6696	88
Lafayette	6459	124
Washington	5516	139
Pearl River	4915	149
Bolivar	4909	134
Oktibbeha	4784	98
Panola	4723	112
Marshall	4654	106
Warren	4640	127
Pontotoc	4404	73
Monroe	4255	137
Union	4253	79
Neshoba	4182	180
Lincoln	4098	115
Hancock	4050	88
Leflore	3565	125
Pike	3530	112
Tate	3495	88
Alcorn	3439	74
Sunflower	3430	93
Adams	3333	87
Scott	3317	75
Yazoo	3311	73
Simpson	3148	90
Copiah	3138	67
Itawamba	3101	80
Coahoma	3087	85
Tippah	2988	68
Prentiss	2929	63
Covington	2824	83
Marion	2795	80
Leake	2784	75
Wayne	2707	43
Grenada	2663	88
George	2616	51
Newton	2566	64
Tishomingo	2368	69
Winston	2355	84
Jasper	2261	48
Attala	2208	73
Chickasaw	2163	60
Stone	2102	37
Holmes	1956	74
Clay	1922	54
Clarke	1820	80
Tallahatchie	1817	42
Calhoun	1775	32
Smith	1759	35
Yalobusha	1694	40
Walthall	1415	48
Lawrence	1377	26
Greene	1357	34
Amite	1328	43
Noxubee	1316	35
Perry	1310	38
Montgomery	1309	44
Carroll	1245	31
Webster	1175	32
Jefferson Davis	1133	34
Tunica	1111	27
Benton	1046	25
Claiborne	1043	31
Kemper	1007	29
Humphreys	991	33
Franklin	859	23
Quitman	835	19
Choctaw	813	19
Wilkinson	746	32
Jefferson	697	28
Sharkey	515	18
Issaquena	169	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 569131

Reported Deaths: 11483

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	83188	1584
Mobile	45534	855
Madison	36714	532
Tuscaloosa	26717	465
Shelby	26527	255
Montgomery	25707	624
Baldwin	23668	325
Lee	16753	181
Calhoun	15107	332
Morgan	14916	289
Etowah	14637	368
Marshall	12786	235
Houston	11462	292
Elmore	10636	217
St. Clair	10500	251
Limestone	10468	158
Cullman	10236	204
Lauderdale	9968	253
DeKalb	9278	191
Talladega	8721	187
Walker	7581	286
Autauga	7402	113
Jackson	7263	117
Blount	7182	139
Colbert	6577	142
Coffee	6024	131
Dale	5307	117
Russell	4655	42
Chilton	4630	117
Covington	4555	125
Franklin	4420	81
Tallapoosa	4372	157
Escambia	4191	82
Chambers	3842	125
Dallas	3687	163
Clarke	3642	62
Marion	3378	106
Pike	3242	79
Lawrence	3188	101
Winston	2907	72
Bibb	2795	65
Geneva	2709	83
Marengo	2583	67
Barbour	2431	61
Pickens	2391	62
Butler	2356	72
Hale	2316	78
Fayette	2243	64
Henry	2048	45
Randolph	1942	44
Cherokee	1938	48
Monroe	1918	41
Washington	1762	39
Macon	1672	52
Crenshaw	1639	58
Clay	1621	59
Cleburne	1590	45
Lamar	1494	38
Lowndes	1442	54
Wilcox	1291	31
Bullock	1256	42
Conecuh	1180	30
Coosa	1158	29
Perry	1097	28
Sumter	1080	32
Greene	973	36
Choctaw	638	25
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

Tupelo

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Columbus

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Oxford

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Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to be the rule for our Sunday and beginning of our work week. Otherwise, we will see high temperatures reaching well into the 90s for highs and heat index values between 100 to 115 during the afternoon hours.