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PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--The pandemic may be worse than it has ever been in Mississippi, according to numbers released by the state Dept. of Health. More than 4,000 cases were reported Wednesday, with 36 more people dead from the virus.That number includes two people in Holmes... Read More.

JACKSON, Miss.--The state's largest hospital and trauma center, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, usually takes the transfer patients from smaller hospitals across the state. But, they've been jammed up with COVID patients themselves. Now they've opened a second field hospital in the parking... Read More.

CARTHAGE, Miss.--Gas prices in central Mississippi, have gone up a few cents since Monday. Mississippi's senators have asked the president to reconsider his solution to rising gas prices.Gas in Carthage was right around the state average of $2.77 per gallon, according to Gasbuddy.com. It... Read More.

CARTHAGE, Miss.--The state Dept. of Health reported 67 more COVID deaths Tuesday. One of those people was in Attala County. Another was in Neshoba, a county that has had the highest number of cases in the state, per capita.Three more people were reported dead... Read More.

STATE WIDE--For the weekend 7,839 new cases of coronavirus were reported, with 52 deaths. Two of those deaths were in central Mississippi: one in Attala County and one in Scott County.Gov. Tate Reeves has been getting pressure to issue a state-wide mask mandate, but... Read More.

WASHINGTON--Some people have compared America's withdrawal from Afghanistan to the fall of Saigon. Two Mississippi Republicans called the scene in the country's capital city a "failure" and a "cowardly betrayal"."What has happened in Afghanistan is a complete failure that rest solely on the shoulders... Read More.

KOSCIUSKO, Miss.--It's a testy time in central Mississippi. No one is immune from having to deal with coronavirus and Mississippi's vaccination rate is still the lowest in the country. But, that number is going up."We have now surpassed the peak we had over the... Read More.

DURANT, Miss.--The average price for gas in Mississippi is $2.70 this morning. That's 37 cents cheaper than the national average, says Gasbuddy. But, it's more expensive if you're getting gas along I-55.If you're in Carthage, you're paying about $2.62. Philly has it generally in... Read More.

STATE WIDE--Mississippi has for now, avoided both tropical storms Fred and Grace. Freds's forecast path takes it to the east to Florida and Grace will likely move toward Texas once she gets into the Gulf.That path could change, but that's what the National Hurricane... Read More.

PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--When the Central Mississippi Fair began Wednesday, masks were part of the requirement. It was on that same day that Lee McCall, CEO of Neshoba General Hospital in Philadelphia, blamed the county's high number of coronavirus cases partly on the Neshoba County Fair.The... Read More.