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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – – As COVID-19 continues to spread, Mid-South leaders are asking everyone to spend Thanksgiving with fewer people.  “If you can avoid a gathering you should consider doing that,” Dr. Lisa Piercey with the Tennessee Department of Health said, “If you can minimize the number of people, particularly those outside the household you should […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – In an exclusive interview with 12 News, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves discussed the impacts of the coronavirus in the state. Currently, 22 counties are under additional COVID-19 restrictions, including Hinds, Madison and Rankin counties. The additional restrictions include a mask mandate. On Thursday, Gov. Reeves said he believes a statewide mask […]

Mississippi voters are choosing a Republican nominee for governor — either second-term Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves or retired state Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr.

Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves’ campaign said Thursday that an investigative report about him that was published by his rival in the Mississippi governor’s race, Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood, is “deceptive.”

The U.S. Marshals Service and Mississippi Crime Stoppers are offering a $5,000 reward for any information that leads to the capture of escaped inmate Dillion Williams.

Mississippi residents’ lives in 2019 were disrupted by a large-scale immigration raid and prolonged flooding in the Delta. People mourned the deaths of two longtime elected officials, and voters chose a new governor.

Mississippi’s outgoing prisons chief said Friday that at least some of the five killings of inmates since Sunday stem from gang violence, as guards struggle to maintain control of restive inmates. “These are trying times for the Mississippi Department of Corrections,” Commissioner Pelicia Hall said in a statement hours after an inmate was found stabbed […]

A federal judge will hear arguments Friday in a lawsuit that challenges Mississippi’s unique, multistep process of electing the governor and other statewide officials.

Mississippi second-term Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves fell short of the majority needed to win the Republican nomination for governor. He will tell voters that he’s the only conservative in the race.

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) – In a press conference held Wednesday, Governor Tate Reeves credited local and federal agencies for a quick response to Hurricane Sally after the storm impacted the Gulf Coast. “We’ve seen the storm damage in Jackson County that knocked down power lines, trees, brought torrential flooding, and heavy winds, with thousands in […]

The two front-runners for Mississippi governor both say they’re happy to have the president visit Tupelo on Friday, though they had different reactions to the threat of impeachment for Donald Trump.