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Neshoba County School District is Providing Free Meals
Neshoba - The Neshoba County School District is providing free meals for children. The Grab and Go breakfast and lunch program starts this Wednesday, March 18th, until further notice. "The service is available for ages 18 and under, including infants and toddlers. Children do... Read More.
Mississippi Public Universities modify class schedules in response to coronavirus
Mississippi’s eight public universities have modified the schedules for the spring semester classes to inhibit the spread of the coronavirus.
“The health and safety of our students, faculty and staff are paramount,” said Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr., Commissioner of Higher Education. “Our universities are modifying... Read More.
Breaking News – MSDH Reports First Presumptive Case of Corona Virus in Mississippi
Breaking News - Tonight the Mississippi Department of Health is reporting that the first presumptive case of Corona virus has been confirmed in Forrest County. The person identified as male recently travelled to Florida. Following confirmation, he voluntarily isolated himself at home in order... Read More.
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Neshoba and surrounding counties
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Jackson has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Neshoba and other counties in the Kicks96 News coverage area.
Other counties covered in the watch include Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, and Winston.
The watch is in effect until 7:00 pm tonight.
A... Read More.
Coroner: Woman killed in forklift accident at lumber mill
SHUQUALAK, Miss. (AP) —Heavy rains may have contributed to the death of a woman in Mississippi who was hit by a forklift at a lumber mill.
The Noxubee County Coroner told news outlets that 45-year-old Toya Smith died Wednesday morning at Shuqualak Lumber Company.
The coroner... Read More.
New Mississippi AG reviewing Curtis Flowers case
Mississippi’s new attorney general must decide whether to take a quadruple murder case to a seventh trial.
Curtis Flowers has had two mistrials and four reversed convictions in a nationally watched case involving the 1996 slayings of four people at a Winona furniture store.
News outlets... Read More.
New Mississippi AG reviewing Curtis Flowers case
Mississippi's new attorney general must decide whether to take a quadruple murder case to a seventh trial.
Curtis Flowers has had two mistrials and four reversed convictions in a nationally watched case involving the 1996 slayings of four people at a Winona furniture store.
News outlets... Read More.
ECCC Tennis Teams Open Spring 2020 Season With National Rankings
For the first time in program history, both the East Central Community College men’s and women’s tennis teams will open the spring season with a national ranking.
The Lady Warriors are No. 20 in the first Oracle/ITA JUCO Women’s Top 25 Poll of the season... Read More.
Town of Newton now owns closed hospital
A Mississippi city hopes to attract a new health care provider to a closed hospital building that it now owns.
WTOK-TV reports that Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann's office transferred the former Pioneer Community Hospital of Newton to the city of Newton last week.
The state... Read More.
Arrest made in deadly Noxubee County shooting
An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a 30-year-old Macon man.
The Noxubee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the arrest of Demarcqueis Clark, 20. Investigators charged Clark with manslaughter in the death of Jamarcus Taylor.
Taylor was shot and killed outside the Airport Food... Read More.
