Your Mississippi forecast for Thursday, August 4
Northern Mississippi– Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms through tonight. Highs will be in the lower 90s, with heat index readings...
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MDEQ investigating chemical leak from Picayune business
by Caleb Salers
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is investigating a chemical leak that took place at Heritage Plastics in Picayune on Friday, July 29, causing...
Reeves ends COVID-19 program that provides free rent, utility bill payments
Governor Tate Reeves has released plans to terminate a federal program that offers up to 15 months of free rent and utility bill payments in...
NASA Authorization Act to support projects in Mississippi
by Caleb Salers
For the first time in five years, Congress has voted to authorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) operations with the passage of the...
Airbnb removes Mississippi listing advertised as a ‘slave cabin’
An Airbnb listing in Greenville, Mississippi has been removed from the vacation rental company’s website after advertising it as an “1830s slave cabin.” The cabin,...
1,575 new COVID-19 cases reported across Mississippi.
by Caleb Salers
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported 1,575 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The latest update brings the state’s total number of cases...
Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote in favor of PACT Act to expand veterans’ benefits
by Caleb Salers
On Tuesday, Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker voted in favor of the “Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022” (PACT Act),...
Back-to-back Mississippi Match 5 jackpots hit
After 17 consecutive drawings with no winners, Mississippi Match 5 has produced two jackpot winners in a row. The jackpot was up to $432,749 when...
Mississippi confirms fourth case of monkeypox as state awaits more vaccines
Another case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Mississippi, bringing the state’s total number of cases to four. As for vaccine availability, State Epidemiologist Dr....
Man pleads guilty after shooting Moss Point police dog
A Mobile, Ala. man has pled guilty after shooting a Moss Point police dog earlier this year. On March 29, Moss Point Police officers responded...