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OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. – Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said there are signs that the recent COVID surge may be stabilizing in the state.   Reeves was in Olive Branch Thursday afternoon touring the Material Bank distribution center while touting the state’s economic growth.   In the past 10 days, Reeves said COVID hospitalizations have plateaued. […]

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — More than 1,000 Desoto County students are quarantined after hundreds of positive cases at schools, more than 3 percent of the county’s student body. While that seems like a small number, parents and educators say time spent in quarantine could have long-term impact on learning. At Southaven Middle School, 232 students are […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As hospitals across the Mid-South are strained by the rising number of COVID patients, the governors of Arkansas and Mississippi on Tuesday addressed the crisis, and what help could be on the way in the Memphis area.  In Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves says more than 1,000 out-of-state medical workers are being deployed this […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As Mississippi continues to experience a surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant, Governor Tate Reeves held a news conference on Thursday to address the state’s response. Gov. Reeves said he would not issue a statewide mask mandate or a mask mandate for schools. “I do not give a […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Leaders with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) held a news conference on Wednesday, August 18, to discuss the rising number of COVID-19 infections in the state. They said almost 1,000 hospital beds that could be used to treat patients during the latest surge of coronavirus in the state are […]

Gov. Tate Reeves’ office received a recommendation that MDA Director John Rounsaville’s employment be terminated 15 days before his resignation was announced. Rounsaville is set to stay in the job another two weeks.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The COVID situation is worse than ever in Mississippi. In DeSoto County the number of new cases has risen 151% in two weeks. Methodist Health in Olive Branch has no ICU beds available and is currently caring for 24 COVID patients. Mississippi is reporting more new cases now than during the height […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves will start searching for someone new to lead the state’s economic development agency. The governor’s office says John Rounsaville of Madison will step down as Mississippi Development Authority director on Aug. 31. Reeves named Rounsaville interim director of MDA in May 2020, then nominated him as director […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi’s governor held a news conference on Friday, one day after he announced the extension of Mississippi’s State of Emergency for 30 days. During the news conference, Gov. Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) announced he has no intention of issuing a statewide mask mandate at this time. He also said he will not […]

Miss. – Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he is working to address the recent surge in COVID cases without issuing a statewide mask mandate. Friday, Mississippi reported more than 5,023 new COVID cases, its largest single day increase in cases since the start of the pandemic. “This current wave seems to be more and more […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A community in rural east central Mississippi is overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases, two weeks after it hosted the Neshoba County Fair that brought thousands of people who lived in cabins, attended shoulder-to-shoulder outdoor concerts and horseraces and listened to political speeches — including one by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, who decried […]