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FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON: A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI... PEARL RIVER ABOVE PHILADELPHIA AFFECTING NESHOBA COUNTY. ...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * WHERE...PEARL RIVER ABOVE... Read More.

  The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted Thursday to allow school districts to use hybrid scheduling if needed to minimize the current spread of COVID-19.The hybrid scheduling option is available immediately and will extend through March 11, 2022. Hybrid scheduling enables districts to... Read More.

The Mississippi House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill to establish a medical marijuana program in the state.   But it made some changes in the legislation that had been approved by the Senate.   People who qualify for a medical marijuana card would be entitled... Read More.

After a weekend lull, Mississippi is back to some big COVID numbers.  The State Health Department reported 8,460 new cases Wednesday and 48 more deaths — one of them in Attala County.    It’s the county’s 91st death blamed on the virus.  The upswing... Read More.