An 89% majority of the University of Mississippi Faculty Senate voted this evening in favor of a resolution urging the administration to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all students, faculty and staff.
Multiple pregnant women died of COVID-19 in recent weeks at a single hospital, two Mississippi health leaders say. “I know at one of the major hospitals here in Jackson, there have been several pregnant women die with COVID within the past couple of weeks.”
Curtis Flowers, a Black Mississippi man who became free in 2019 after spending 23 years in prison for since-dropped capital-murder charges, is suing Montgomery County District Attorney Doug Evans for wrongful prosecution.
Abortion-rights activists are alarmed after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a Texas law that bans almost all abortions to go into effect today, but caution that it does not necessarily foreshadow how the court will decide an upcoming Mississippi case that could determine the fate of Roe v. Wade.
A temporary restraining order from Oktibbeha County Chancery Court Judge Joseph Studdard put a hold on attempts to evict dozens of families from the Catherine Street Apartments in Starkville.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says he has “recovered fully” from COVID-19 and has a “clean bill of health.” The senior Mississippi Republican announced the news in a tweet today, 12 days after he first confirmed his diagnosis on Aug. 19.
Tropical Storm Ida has lost much of its initial power after landfall, but it continues to scale Mississippi, bringing harsh winds and heavy rainfall to areas along the coast and southwestern portion of the state.
A powerful storm surge is flooding the Mississippi Gulf Coast as Hurricane Ida, a category 4 storm with winds speed of about 150 miles per hour, made landfall in Port Fourchon, La., this morning at 11:55 a.m. central standard time.
Mass evictions of the residents at the Catherine Street Apartments in Starkville are underway in spite of the raging pandemic. Many residents fear they will have nowhere to go.
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