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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Tribal Chief Cyrus Ben just announced in an emotional video on Facebook that he tested positive for the coronavirus and
An immigrant with a “severe” case of COVID-19 who was arrested in last year’s Mississippi ICE raids is “at risk of dying” in an ICE prison, his family says.
Mississippi universities are working on some innovative solutions to challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19, including low-cost ventilators, 3-D printed masks and more.
After weeks of rejecting calls for a statewide “shelter-in-place” order, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said the time had come for one on Wednesday afternoon, the
University of Mississippi senior Arielle Hudson told the Mississippi Free Press that an assailant beat her brother, Labrandon Baugh, 29, with a baseball bat across from a grocery store in downtown Greenwood on Saturday night.
A Marion County, Miss., woman is worried about her grandmother’s safety after an employee at her nursing home in Columbia tested positive for COVID-19. The granddaughter contacted the Mississippi Free Press last night saying that the facility, The Grove, had disclosed the news to her family that evening. Shortly afterward, the nursing home sent a letter to residents’ families.
Roadside mannequins are inviting residents of Moss Point, Miss., to resume shopping at a local clothing store, restaurants are returning their dine-in services, and churches
As the number of confirmed cases continues to rise, mayors and local leaders are left to implement a patchwork of measures to try to combat the coronavirus’ spread throughout their own communities, some more strict than others.
For the first time, a Mississippi patient who tested positive for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, has died. The Mississippi State Department of Health today announced the death of a Hancock County man between the ages of 60 and 65 who had “chronic underlying conditions.”
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