Hattiesburg Offering $20,000 In Giveaways To Get Residents Vaccinated
Hattiesburg residents could win one of six $2,500 cash prizes for getting vaccinated for COVID-19 before Aug. 8.
‘Preserving Human Heritage in Outer Space’: Apollo 11 Brought A Message of Peace to the Moon
The messages, intended to be left on the Moon for posterity, are poignant, proud and congratulatory. Some speak of their own national heritage, others salute the courage of the three humans who strapped themselves into a rocket and catapulted into the unknown. From Afghanistan to Zambia, the messages have one common theme: peace.
Former First Lady Elise Winter Dies at 95 After Life of Work for Equity, Acceptance, Compassion
Former first lady of Mississippi Elise Varner Winter reacts to questions from Elbert Hilliard, former director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Jackson, Miss. Winter wrote a book based on her entries in a personal daily journal that she kept as the first lady of Mississippi during the 1980-1984 term of her husband, former Gov. William F. Winter. She died July 17, 2021.
Summer Surge Is Here: 2,326 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported Over Weekend
Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 2,326 new cases of COVID-19, a three-day total including cases reported on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Â
