Entries by NEMiss.News

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MS Covid-19 update 15APR20: MS reports highest new cases to date

About the case count: The MS Department of Health currently updates its map and statistics each morning with test results from the previous day that were reported by 6:00 PM that day. Outside laboratories also report positive test results, which are included the totals. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. Mississippi […]

Covid-19 update 14APR20: NE Miss has 3 new deaths

About the case count: The MS Department of Health currently updates its map and statistics each morning with test results from the previous day that were reported by 6:00 PM that day. Outside laboratories also report positive test results, which are included the totals. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. Mississippi […]

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The Golden Tongue Devil Speaketh!!

By Steve Holland   A few of you may remember that I spent the past 36 years of my life as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. There were hordes of you who thought I was a legislative whiz kid. Some of you thought I was the devil personified. Others belied the years […]

MS Covid-19 update 13APR20:

About the case count: The MS Department of Health currently updates its map and statistics each morning with test results from the previous day that were reported by 6:00 PM that day. Outside laboratories also report positive test results, which are included the totals. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. Mississippi […]

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Baptist Union Co. recognizes all healthcare workers face high COVID-19 risks

Besides the normal physical and mental stresses of caring for sick people, all healthcare workers face additional risks during the COVID-19 crisis – life and death risks. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County (BMHUC) in New Albany is the third-largest hospital in the 15-county Northeast Mississippi area and regularly serves patients from six or seven counties. BMHUC […]

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MS Covid-19 update 12APR20:

About the case count: The MS Department of Health currently updates its map and statistics each morning with test results from the previous day that were reported by 6:00 PM that day. Outside laboratories also report positive test results, which are included the totals. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. Mississippi […]

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MS Covid-19 update 11APR20: 4 new deaths in NE Miss

About the case count: The MS Department of Health currently updates its map and statistics each morning with test results from the previous day that were reported by 6:00 PM that day. Outside laboratories also report positive test results, which are included the totals. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. Mississippi […]

Amory school preparing hanging flower baskets for New Albany

A technical school in Amory in Monroe County is preparing hanging flower baskets to be hung this spring in downtown New Albany. Warner Creekmore, a New Albany resident, teaches horticulture at the Monroe County Career and Technical Education Center (CTE) in Amory. The CTE draws students from five different area schools. Since the school year […]

MS Covid-19 update 10APR20: no new deaths in NE Miss.

About the case count: The MS Department of Health currently updates its map and statistics each morning with test results from the previous day that were reported by 6:00 PM that day. Outside laboratories also report positive test results, which are included the totals. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional […]

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Faith in the future: Hope isn’t cancelled

Christians and Jews both celebrate traditions important to their faiths in the spring. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after the vernal equinox.  Passover is a spring festival, tied to the night of a full moon after the northern vernal equinox – usually the first full moon, […]