Mississippi

U.S. 09/21/21, 14:04

A Republican from Mississippi slammed Joe Biden's administration for allocating "outrageous" amounts of monoclonal antibodies for treatment where the deadly COVID-19 Delta variant hit hardest on Sept. 19. Gov. Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) pushed back against the Magnolia State's rising COVID-19 death tally exceeding 9,000. He claimed the daily count is decreasing ...

U.S. 09/20/21, 00:21

A Democrat who occupies the Oval Office used mandatory immunization as an excuse to distract the nation from his political problems, Mississippi's governor said on Sept. 19. Gov. Tate Reeves (R) accused Joe Biden of using the COVID-19 vaccine mandate to avoid taking responsibility for his failed presidential policies. "[Biden] wants to ...

U.S. 04/16/21, 17:26

A Mississippi resident has suffered a blood clot after getting the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. He has become partially paralyzed on half of his body, unable to walk, and is incapable of speaking. Brad Malagarie, 43, of St. Martin, was having a typical day when it all went wrong. After ...

U.S. 03/11/21, 17:17

The issue of transgender athletes competing in women's sports has been one of the hottest topics in recent weeks. The question of whether it is fair to allow biological males to compete against females is still being debated, but a few states are taking matters into their own hands. Mississippi Gov. ...

Texas 03/04/21, 11:45

President Joe Biden has slammed Texas and Mississippi governors for removing all their CCP Virus (coronavirus) restrictions and reopening 100% of their businesses, calling their decisions “Neanderthal thinking.” "It's a big mistake," Biden said on Wednesday, March 3, after reporters asked about the two states announcing they will lift their mask mandates and all capacity ...

U.S. 06/29/20, 04:35

The Mississippi House and Senate voted on Sunday, June 28, to remove the Confederate emblem from its state flag, after being the last state to remove the icon. Lawmakers from both sides had given impassioned speeches both for and against removing the emblem, a decision that had created division among Mississippians, ...

2022 Campaign 11/06/19, 05:35

Republicans reinforced their dominance in Mississippi by maintaining the governorship and picking up a Democrat's last remaining statewide office. Second-term Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday defeated fourth-term Attorney General Jim Hood in the Mississippi governor’s race. “I want to be the governor for all Mississippians, and I’m going to work ...

Politics 10/20/19, 16:52

President Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Tupelo next month, seeking to solidify support in Mississippi and campaign for Gov. Tate Reeves ahead of the state’s gubernatorial election. The Trump campaign announced Friday, Oct. 18, that the president will hold a “Keep America Great” rally at 7:00 p.m. Nov. ...

U.S. 10/03/19, 07:21

President Donald Trump has endorsed Tate Reeves for his bid in the November governor election in Mississippi, calling on voters to support the Republican nominee. “Mississippi, there is a VERY important election for Governor on November 5th,” President Trump wrote in a tweet on Wednesday night, Oct. 2. “I need you ...

U.S. 08/08/19, 08:15

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday, Aug. 7, that its officers had raided seven food processing plants in Mississippi and arrested 680 mostly Latino workers in what a federal prosecutor described as "the largest single-state immigration enforcement operation in our nation's history." The raids, planned months ago, happened just hours ...

U.S. 08/04/19, 16:02

Gulfport Police are searching for the gunman in a shooting that happened just before 11a.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, at Emerald Pines Apartments in Gulfport, Mississippi.  Gulfport Police Chief Leonard Papania said one person was dead in the shooting. Police have not yet identified the victim or said if they have an identity ...

U.S. 07/14/19, 06:06

Weakened but still potent, Barry inundated the Gulf Coast but appeared unlikely to deluge New Orleans as it continued its slow advance, though it brought fresh fears of flash flooding to Mississippi's capital city Sunday morning. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Saturday night urged residents across south Louisiana to stay ...

U.S. 07/13/19, 12:42

Tropical Storm Barry has been upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, as of late Saturday morning, with sustained winds reaching 75 miles per hour off the Louisiana coastline. Louisiana has remained in a state of emergency since yesterday evening, as the outer reaches of the storm began to edge their way ...

U.S. 06/13/19, 20:26

Police appealed for calm Thursday in a tense Memphis neighborhood where a rock-throwing crowd gathered after federal marshals fatally shot a black man who, authorities said, had rammed a police vehicle with a stolen car. Thirty-six officers suffered minor injuries from flying rocks and bricks in the hours following the death ...

U.S. 06/05/19, 16:30

The flooding Missouri and Mississippi rivers were testing sandbag fortifications Wednesday as surging waters making their way downstream rose to some of their highest levels in more than two decades in parts of Missouri.The Missouri River had been projected to start falling in Jefferson City but first rose above its ...

U.S. 06/04/19, 16:51

A white Mississippi woman accused of brandishing a handgun at an African American couple while telling them to leave a campground faces a misdemeanor charge.The Oktibbeha (awk-TIB'-ih-hah) County Sheriff's Department says 70-year-old Ruby Nell Howell of Starkville turned herself in Tuesday and was released on bond. A sheriff's department news ...

U.S. 06/01/19, 09:17

Former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran was a master of the federal budget process, quietly shrugging off criticism about pork-barrel spending while directing billions of dollars back to his home state of Mississippi.Cochran died Thursday at age 81. He was the 10th longest-serving senator in U.S. history and wielded power for ...

U.S. 05/31/19, 17:59

The Latest on funeral services for former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (all times local):5:50 p.m.Leaders of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee will speak at the funeral of Thad Cochran, who was chairman of the committee for several years.An American flag flies at half-staff for former Mississippi U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, ...

U.S. 05/31/19, 10:23

A funeral will be held next week in the Mississippi Capitol for former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, a Republican who represented the state for 45 years.Cochran died Thursday at a veterans' nursing home in Oxford, Mississippi. He was 81.Coleman Funeral Home says visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at ...

U.S. 05/30/19, 19:35

In the Washington political scene of bombast and big egos, Republican Thad Cochran of Mississippi wielded power with a quiet, gentlemanly demeanor. He played piano in his Capitol Hill office and dashed off handwritten notes of thanks or congratulations to constituents. The white conservative reared in the segregationist the Deep South ...