Freeze Warning Friday for This Area
Spring is here. But it won’t feel like it early Friday. Most of the local area, including Attala, Leake and Neshoba counties, will be under a freeze warning until 8 am as temperatures drop as low as 31 degrees.
Author: Randy Bell
NWS: Area Twisters Hit 125-130 MPH
We’re learning more about a couple of the tornadoes that went through this part of Mississippi last weekend. Even though the National Weather Service hasn’t finished its report, it says the EF-2 storm that hit Humphreys, Leflore, Holmes and Carroll counties was packing winds... Read More.
Windy Today, Storms Possible Too
Much of the local area could see some isolated severe storms later today. The National Weather Service has put Neshoba County, most of Leake County and eastern Attala County under a Level-1 “marginal” risk of damaging wind gusts and hail late this afternoon and... Read More.
White House Issues Statement on Deadly Storms
Statement from President Donald J. Trump:"We are actively monitoring the severe tornadoes and storms that have impacted many States across the South and Midwest — 36 innocent lives have been lost, and many more devastated. The National Guard has been deployed to Arkansas, and... Read More.
MS Beginning Recovery From Deadly Tornadoes
Taylorsville tornado (Photo: WJ5P Ham Radio via Shady Grove Fire Rescue/ Jones County Fire Service-David Houston) A tornado outbreak across Mississippi Saturday has resulted in at least six fatalities. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says three of those were in Walthall County, two in Jefferson... Read More.
Flu Cases Creep Back Up With a Sharp Spike in One Local District
After dropping for three straight weeks, Mississippi’s flu rate has nudged back up. The State Health Department’s latest report for the week ending March 1st, shows that the percentage of patients in doctor’s offices with flu-like symptoms was 5.3 per cent, up from 5... Read More.
Bird Flu Confirmed on Noxubee Farm
Another poultry flock in Mississippi has been destroyed after testing positive for bird flu. This time, it’s in Noxubee County, where the Mississippi Department of Agriculture says the infected chickens were at a commercial breeder’s farm. Bird flu, officially known as highly pathogenic avian... Read More.
Helicopter Pilot Reported “Flight Control Problem” Before Crash
In the moments before a medical helicopter crashed in Madison County Monday killing a Neshoba County man and two other crew members, the pilot was in radio contact with a dispatcher at his base of operations…“...indicating they were having a flight control problem and... Read More.
Local Man Among Victims in Helicopter Crash
Dustin Pope (UMMC photo) “This is a tragic day for the medical center.”That was Doctor LouAnn Woodward, the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, following the crash of an AirCare helicopter in Madison County Monday…“There was not... Read More.
Don’t Forget the Smoke Alarm This Weekend
When you turn your clocks ahead this weekend, also remember to do something that could save you and your family in the event of a house fire...“Each year, we launch a campaign and it revolves around Daylight Saving Time, where we just send out... Read More.
MS Flu Rate Continues to Fall
For the second week in a row, Mississippi’s flu rate has seen a significant drop, this time falling more than two percentage points statewide. According to the Health Department’s latest report, for the week ending February 15, based on the number of patients going... Read More.
MBI Issues Notification for Missing Teen
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has joined the effort to find a teenager from Leake County who’s been missing for more than three weeks. MBI has issued a Missing and Endangered notification for 15-year-old Kassidy Washington of Lena who was last seen on February... Read More.
