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From the University of Mississippi Medical Center Office of Communications and Marketing MOBILE COVID-19 TESTING SET FOR COVINGTON, LEAKE AND YAZOO COUNTIES Media contact: Marc Rolph at (601) 815-5133 or [email protected]. JACKSON, Miss. – Residents of Covington, Leake and Yazoo counties and surrounding communities can be tested... Read More.

MSDH Update for June 17, 2020 - June 21,2020 on the number of cases and deaths.  New cases:   1646   (5 Day Total) New Deaths:     40   (5 Day Total)  

Hilton Heights Water Association had a broken water line in Marilyn Heights affecting Pin Oak, Steed Lane, Canton Drive and Freeman Lane. The Water Line has been repaired but you will need to boil your water for the next several days before consuming.

Surrounding Counties Update 5/21/20 Carroll County 113 cases, 9 total deaths, 45 LTC Facility cases, 7 LTC Facility deaths. Holmes County, 343 cases, 22 deaths, 72 LTC Facility cases, 11 LTC Facility deaths. Humphreys County, 50 cases, 6 deaths, 16 LTC Facility cases, 4 LTC Facility deaths. Leflore... Read More.

Cases and deaths up in Mississippi yesterday.  5/21/20 New Cases: 402 New Deaths: 16

U.S. Senator Cindy-Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, praised the U.S. Commerce Department allocation of $21.3 million dollars in federal fishery disaster relief funds to Mississippi.  The funding is associated to devastation experienced by Gulf Coast fisheries following prolonged freshwater inundation... Read More.

COVID-19 in Mississippi Total Mississippi Cases and Deaths as of May 12 Daily totals as of 6 p.m. of all reported cases and deaths since March 12, 2020. •New cases reported today: 182 •New deaths reported today: 8 Counties reporting deaths today: County Deaths reported today Jasper 1 Leake 1 Leflore 1 Lincoln 1 Hinds... Read More.

POWER 107 will air Governor, Tate Reeves live this afternoon at 2:30 pm when he delivers his daily briefing.   

POWER 107 will broadcast live, the National Day of Prayer at 12 noon on 107.1 and WELZ-AM, 100.3 FM.  Due to COVID-19 it will not be held today on the steps of the Courthouse, but you can listen to the live broadcast on your... Read More.

According to Yazoo County Coroner, Ricky Shivers, Alisha Lee, age 32 of Canton was discovered Sunday evening May 3. 2020 in a mobile home on Fannie Lane off of Highway 432 in eastern Yazoo County.  Ricky Shivers, Yazoo County Coroner pronounced the victim at... Read More.

MSDH Update for May 3, 2020 as of 6pm. New cases: 327 New Deaths: 7