Entries by NEMiss.News

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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, […]

MS Covid-19 update 9APR20: 2 new deaths in Northeast MS

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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How Mississippi’s governor undermined efforts to contain the corona virus.

Editor’s note: Mississippi is once again the subject of unfavorable national press attention. This time it’s the result of the actions (or inactions) of one man. Alert Mississippians have already read here and elsewhere about the tardy and inconsistent statements and orders of Mississippi Goobernor Tate Reeves related to the COVID-19 pandemic. New Yorker writer […]

Presley: AT&T endangers Tippah County customers

Editor: Mississippi Public Service Commissioner, Brandon Presley is “hopping mad” at AT&T. That company has placed customers’ (in one of Mississippi’s hardest-hit  by Covid-19 counties) lives in danger and is being generally unresponsive to their duties. And its not the first time. From Brandon Presley: LONG POST WARNING: I’ve spent 36 minutes on the phone […]

MS Covid-19 update 8APR20: Worst day so far for new US 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 […]

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Tupelo Restaurants Will Sell Drive-Thru Alcohol

Tupelo- The Tupelo City Council met on Tuesday April 7, with a smaller than usual attendance. Mayor Jason Shelton, President Nettie Davis, and a few more council members were present. The remaining members attended the meeting by phone. Council members present in the council chambers practiced social distancing by using seating usually occupied by the […]

MS Covid-19 update April 7, 2020: Lee Co. up 8 cases

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 […]