AAA: Gas Price Average in MS Moving Closer to $3
Gas prices in Mississippi are up an average of another seven and a half cents a gallon this morning to $2.959. AAA says the statewide average has jumped more than 40 cents since Monday.
Author: Randy Bell
Gas Prices in MS: How High Will They Go?
The price of gas is still climbing across Mississippi but the rate of increase is slowing. AAA's average price statewide is up another six and a half cents this morning to $2.883, following an 8-cent jump on Thursday. The auto club says the average... Read More.
Gas Prices Continue to Climb
The price of gas in Mississippi is now at its highest point since September of 2024. As concerns continue over oil supplies in the Middle East, AAA says the average pump price statewide has jumped another eight cents this morning, now at just under... Read More.
MS Gas Prices Now Highest Since Last Spring
Gas prices continue to skyrocket across Mississippi with AAA’s statewide average up 19 cents since Monday. And in some places, the price hikes have been much more dramatic, 30 cents a gallon or more. The auto club says gas across the state is selling... Read More.
Iran Bombing Triggers Gas Price Increase
Gas prices are shooting up across Mississippi after President Trump's decision to attack Iran. The price of oil is climbing and AAA says the average price for a gallon of gas in the state has jumped almost a dime since Monday, to around $2.64... Read More.
MS Flu Rate Inches Higher
Mississippi’s flu rate has crept slightly higher but there are bigger problems in other parts of the country. The CDC says ten states now have more flu activity in Mississippi. That includes two of our neighbors, Louisiana and Alabama. In Mississippi, doctors who report... Read More.
MS Flu Cases Reach Season High
Mississippi’s flu rate is now at its highest level of the season, jumping above the previous peak that we saw around Christmas. Doctors who file reports with the Health Department say they saw almost 16,000 patients during the week ending February 7th with more... Read More.
Attala Now Eligible for Federal Ice Storm Aid
Attala is one of 18 counties the Trump administration has added to its federal disaster declaration following the ice storm in Mississippi. Local governments in Attala County are now eligible for public assistance to help cover the cost of debris removal, emergency protective measures... Read More.
State Flu Rate Creeps Higher, Hotspot Cools Off
Mississippi’s statewide flu rate continues edging upward and now only seven states are seeing more flu than we are. At the same time, there’s been a dramatic decrease in cases in the public health district which historically has been Mississippi’s flu hotspot.
The State Health... Read More.
Flu Cases Climbing in MS
What a difference a week makes. Flu activity in Mississippi, which had been third-lowest in the nation, has leapfrogged more than two dozen other states. And our CDC classification has gone from "minimal" to "high." We’re still seeing less flu than three of our... Read More.
National Guard to Help with Ice Storm Recovery
Governor Reeves is sending the National Guard into the hardest-hit areas in north Mississippi after last weekend’s ice storm…
“We will deploy, at least initially, up to 500 members of the Mississippi National Guard with the expectation that it is possible that those numbers will... Read More.
Former Superintendent Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Scheme
A former Leake County school superintendent faces up to five years in federal prison after admitting to his role in an embezzlement scheme. Earl Joe Nelson entered a guilty plea to a conspiracy charge before a district judge in Aberdeen Tuesday. Prosecutors say Nelson... Read More.
