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State COVID numbers drop but officials are concerned for the future

Mississippi sees a significant decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations as the state recovers from previous surges, but ...

Education

Lafayette County Schools test above state average, move to improve

Lafayette County School District Board awards students for their 2020-21 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program scores and announces the ...

News

MSAAP urges to schools to mandate masks

As Mississippi recently gained its ninth COVID-19 pediatric death, the state’s chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics ...

News

County clinics make booster available to those 65 and older, immune compromised

The state continues its efforts to raise the vaccination rate and immunity of its residents. The Mississippi State ...

Oxford

NE Sparc celebrates 5000th customer

NE SPARC announces a milestone achievement — the 5,000th customer of its world-class fiber optic network. Lisa Stout ...

Lafayette County

Mississippi reports two more child deaths from COVID

Mississippi health officials say two more children have died of COVID-19, raising the state’s pediatric death toll from ...

Education

Local schools tour electric school bus

North East Mississippi Electric Power Association hosted schools from the area and Lion Electric, Co., which produces electric ...

News

State lawmakers push for action on new medical marijuana proposal

Medical marijuana is an increasingly prominent topic within Mississippi as lawmakers push for progress on legislation that could ...

News

COVID cases, deaths decline but state has only reached winter’s peak

Mississippi’s COVID-19 cases and death rates are declining, but officials warn that numbers are only reaching the peaks ...

State/Region News

MSDH: over 90% of Mississippians are pleased with vaccination process

The Mississippi Public Health Association and the Office of Health Protection partnered under a sub-grant to assess the ...

News

Baptist remains on high alert as COVID patients numbers decrease

Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi is experiencing a decline in COVID-19 patients, but the hospital remains on high ...

News

Pfizer vaccine could be approved for children 5 to 11 years old

In a pivotal trial for the COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer has received results showing the vaccine is safe and ...

University of Mississippi

Board: Public universities cannot require COVID-19 vaccine

The board that governs Mississippi’s public universities has voted to prohibit schools from requiring COVID-19 vaccines for students ...

News

Lafayette County Schools seek third round of pandemic stimulus funds

As Mississippi officials continue to debate how to spend the pandemic stimulus funds, at least one local school ...

News

FDA only recommends 65 and older, high-risk individuals to get booster shots

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of advisers recommended Pfizer booster shots to those 65 and older ...

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Mississippi now has country’s highest rate for COVID deaths

Mississippi has surpassed New Jersey as the state with the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., ...

Education

Mississippi Ranks 35th in the Nation for K-12 Achievement

Mississippi ranks 35th in the nation for K-12 achievement in 2021, climbing from 50th in 2013, according to ...

State/Region News

Deaths in hospitalized COVID patients was the highest in early 2021

In a report from the Mississippi Department of Health, Mississippi recorded more COVID-19 related hospitalizations in the last ...

State/Region News

State sees decline in cases, hospitalizations but lands second in COVID death rates

The Mississippi State Department of Health releases data showing a steady decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, but ...

News

Recent study shows COVID-19 vaccines do not cause miscarriages

A recent study by Vaccine Safety Datalink, a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and nine other ...

News

Gov. Reeves extends COVID-19 state of emergency by 30 more days

Governor Tate Reeves extended the Mississippi COVID-19 state of emergency for another 30 days to upkeep the relief ...

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Monoclonal antibodies present a new path for the COVID positive

RedMed Urgent Clinic of Oxford and Batesville has opened a COVID treatment center that strictly administers the monoclonal ...

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