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SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — Most of the closed businesses in Mississippi can reopen Monday. It’s part of a new safer-at-home order issued by Gov. Tate Reeves. This order will replace the governor’s shelter-in-place order. “We are starting to reopen our economy. We cannot slam the door open,” Reeves said. It’s more of a gradual push. Starting […]

The Mississippi Gaming Commission said Thursday that casinos in the state can start reopening May 21 — more than two months after the commission closed them because of the coronavirus pandemic.

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — Soon, residents in DeSoto and Quitman counties will be required to wear a mask while out in public, after Gov. Tate Reeves gave the orders following a significant increase in COVID-19 cases. Residents say they’re all for the mandate, but they have concerns. Some think the orders should extend statewide. The Mississippi […]

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves held a news conference on Monday, August 30, to discuss the impacts from Hurricane Ida. Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, August 29, which was the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Before Ida made landfall, Reeves declared a State of Emergency for Mississippi. Reeves announced eight […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said the state will take steps to close part of a notorious prison that has been rocked by deadly violence. Reeves gave his first State of the State speech Monday. He said he’s asking the state Department of Corrections to start closing down Unit 29 at the […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Random gunfire, repeated break-ins and a decaying city water system are constant challenges at Mom’s Dream Kitchen, the soul food restaurant Timothy Norris’ mother opened 35 years ago in Mississippi’s capital. “I have some cousins that live in Ohio,” said Norris, who has spent most of his 54 years in Jackson […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) announced he will extend Mississippi’s State of Emergency for 30 more days. In a statement issued on Thursday, Gov. Reeves said the extension will ease the process of marshalling additional resources, allow the system of care to continue to transfer patients to hospitals where treatment is available, […]

TIPPAH COUNTY, Miss. — Tippah County, Mississippi is under a curfew as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In Tippah County, it’s not hard to find someone who’s been affected by COVID-19, in one way or another. “Some of my dear friends have lost some precious loved ones, so we’re praying for them and just […]

Republican Tate Reeves was inaugurated Tuesday as Mississippi’s new governor, pledging to provide economic opportunities for all people in the state and to defend a “loving culture that underpins our quality of life.”

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced a shelter-in-place order for Lauderdale County to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This is the first order of its kind from the governor’s office and demanded all non-essential business to cease operations Tuesday night until at least April 14. “This is the first of many actions […]

The senior GOP US senator from Mississippi said Monday that the decision by his state to change its “divisive” flag with the Confederate emblem was long overdue, while praising the decision by NASCAR to ban the battle flag of the Southern secessionists at its events as “absolutely the right thing to do.”