Copiah-Lincoln Community College will return to full-time traditional classes in the fall, while leaving a healthy online catalog in place for those who aren't ready to return just yet.
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.
