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Free Covid-19 testing is available at the Attala and Winston County Department of Health today. According to the MSDH testing hours are 11:00am-6pm. However, before visiting a county health department or other testing site, you must first be screened by speaking with a UMMC... Read More.

Today is Monday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2020. There are 17 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semi-automatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... Read More.

Today is Sunday, Dec. 13, the 348th day of 2020. There are 18 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 13, 2000, Republican George W. Bush claimed the presidency a day after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down further recounts of... Read More.

NEW YORK (AP) — Charley Pride, the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi who became one of country music's biggest stars and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86. Pride died Saturday in Dallas of complications... Read More.

Today is Saturday, Dec. 12, the 347th day of 2020. There are 19 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 12, 2000, George W. Bush became president-elect as a divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court decision for recounts in... Read More.

Homestead for the Holidays continues tonight. Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson says "we are excited to host Homestead for the Holidays. The event takes place at the Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum tonight from 5-8 pm. Admission is $6 for adults and $4... Read More.

Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson; his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI. On this date: In 1816, Indiana became the 19th state. In 1844, the first experimental use... Read More.