Author: Randy Bell

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.

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.

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.

Mississippi continues to see a downward trend in the number of flu cases.  And the most dramatic change is in the public health district which includes Attala, Holmes, Carroll and Montgomery counties along with much of the Delta.  There, the flu rate which had... Read More.

If you get your electricity from Entergy, your bill is going up.  The company says the typical residential customer can expect to pay about $165 a month starting in February.  That’s an increase of more than $14.  Entergy says the price of natural gas... Read More.

After a Christmas flu spike in Mississippi, most areas are now seeing fewer cases.  The Health Department says the statewide flu rate has dropped slightly, now under 5 per cent.  For the week ending Jan. 3, health care providers across Mississippi reported 761 suspected... Read More.

We're seeing an uptick in flu cases in Mississippi.  After trending behind 2024's numbers for most of the fall, now that winter’s here, we’ve caught up.  Our statewide flu rate has jumped to 3.9 per cent for the week ending December 20th and that’s... Read More.