Weather and emergency officials say if you live in a mobile home, finding a shelter in your area to stay in until the storms pass could be a life and death issue.
“We’re taking positive steps to particularly deal with homelessness downtown because all of those people are part of the fiber of Jackson,” said Bishop Ronnie Crudup.
Lt. Marzell Brooks died of Covid-19 in November. Over the weekend, Capt. David Johnson succumbed to a heart attack. Between the two of them, they had close to 50 years in the Brookhaven School District as school resource officers.
Sitting on the newly established Biloxi boardwalk, a young woman gathered with her family. Her name is Amiee Carter, and it’s a miracle she’s here to smile in the first few days of 2021.
“So we’re doing our best to stick by everything the governor says we need to do during this time, because safety and good health and things like that are very important, and we want to be a supporter of that.”
Many Christmas wishes have been made this year. Some will be granted, some won’t. Regardless, a lot of Gulf Coast residents and visitors are looking for something less from the pocket book and more from the heart.
“I want them to find out why these guys are walking out on such a low bond, a low bond, when their bonds should have been at least $50,000 or $100,000 for rape,” Boyanton said.
Students of Biloxi High’s campus security council spent their Saturday acting as Santa’s elves to hand out hundreds of gifts to more than 70 good boys and girls.
The foundation is already down, and framing has begun. The house will be just over 3,000 square feet and will sit on a little more than one acre of land.
“That’s it. Seeing the people out here enjoying the display like that,” he said. “That’s why I do it, for the community so that everybody can enjoy it.”
“I would go into homes and businesses and do like parties where people could decorate their own cookies, and there’s none of that because there’s no parties.”
"Only one house was burning and as people started to gather we started screaming asking them to water down what is called the Parker-Roark House," said neighbor Cynthia Johnson Walker.
“I had a family that waited so long for an autopsy report that their life insurance policy was canceled because it took them so long to get a final copy of the autopsy report,” said Rankin County Coroner David Ruth.
Once upon a time in Brookhaven, Mississippi, there was a pandemic, but the people at the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce still wanted to crown a Miss Merry Christmas.
“Not so happy,” said 9-year-old John Gordon, describing the feeling of being told he has to wear his mask. “Because it’s just not fun wearing them, and they’re hard to breathe through."
La Mariposa has now been open 14 years. In spite of plans to social distance, aldermen rescinded the owner's permit to hold her yearly anniversary party. She and others feel like it was a vindictive political move.
On October 10, 2019, April Jones and Will Polk disappeared into the thin air of Quitman County. A year later, there is still no progress on their case. Yet.
“It can be very stressful. You’re trying to protect the whole community. And it’s just difficult when you have so many disasters happening at once," said Copiah County EOC Director Randle Drane.
Crafters and artists are currently in the homestretch of their work season, with holiday markets and crafts fairs being the finish line on what has been a very long year.
“I was sad because I lost my hair, but my daddy told me that hair don’t make the person, the person makes the hair,” said the 7-year-old cancer survivor.
On the outside of 100 Black Men of Jackson is a sign that says, “The Village,” referring to how it takes a village to save a child. In this case, John Hardy had a village looking out for him, and it saved his life.
“We’ve definitely got a huge crowd coming out camping since the coronavirus, people are ready to get out of the house,” said MDWFP Director of Parks Andre Hollis.
Court documents say Coleman is accused of using a cellphone and the internet to try to entice a female he knew was under 18 years old into sexual activity.
“A lot of these kids in our town have the talent to play elsewhere and if they don’t have that opportunity to play in front of coaches, then they’re going to have issues going to colleges and stuff like that and bettering themselves,” said Brent Cobb.
“They had questions obviously about what the start of the year would be like, and hopefully we answered those to the best of our ability,” said Superintendent Ray Morgigno.
“You can’t put a lot of people together in the middle of the worst pandemic in the century and expect nothing bad to happen,” said State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs.
Trevion, known to his friends as “Fat Trey,” was shot to death between 4 and 5 Tuesday morning at a party on California Road in Lincoln County, officials say.
The march from the Vicksburg Police Department to the Market Place by the river almost seemed to symbolize the march for racial equality over the years.
In order to reach across the thin blue line and encourage officers, John Owens decided to feed as many as would come eat in the parking lot of his business in Brandon Thursday night.
The video of Floyd's death shocked the public conscience and brought more light to the recurring questions about whether members of the black community are ultimately safe.
