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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s lieutenant governor has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his spokeswoman said Tuesday, hours after Republican Gov. Tate Reeves announced that his own test for the highly contagious virus had come back negative. The announcement about 73-year-old Republican Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann came two days after the other top leader […]

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.”

Beats by Dre revealed Monday that the company has signed Richard Petty Motorsports driver Bubba Wallace. “We weren’t going to announce this until later this week, but hate cannot win the day,” Beats by Dre said in a tweet. “No one should ever be asked to apologize for standing up for what’s right – we […]

House Speaker Philip Gunn said he has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Trump did not mention the dead from the pandemic. Nearly 130,000 are known to have died from COVID-19 in the U.S.

President Donald Trump threatened to veto the National Defense Authorization bill over a provision that would rename military bases currently named for Confederate leaders.

Sources tell News 2’s Chris Bundgaard that the Capitol’s bust of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest will be on the agenda.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann and House Speaker Philip Gunn presented the former Mississippi state flag to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH). On Tuesday, Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill to remove the flag, which bears the Confederate battle emblem. The flags flying above the State Capitol were lowered […]

President Donald Trump is promising to aggressively pursue charges against the people accused of vandalizing a statue of President Andrew Jackson just outside the White House.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The historic bill to remove the Confederate emblem from Mississippi’s state flag made it to Gov. Tate Reeves’ desk on Tuesday afternoon. Gov. Reeves is set to sign the legislation after Mississippi lawmakers passed it over the weekend. The bill, which originated in the Mississippi House, is the state’s second attempt at […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A local flag store is seeing a spike in business just a day after Mississippi lawmakers make history by voting to change the state flag. Dennis Criscuolo, owner of Flag Center on Summer Avenue, says business is booming. “With the signing by the legislature on Saturday… it’s been crazy,” Criscuolo said. “Our […]