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Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit …

• August 30, 2021

Hurricane Ida Lashes Louisiana, Knocks Out New Orleans Power

Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans and reversing the flow of …

Hurricane IDA projection from the National Hurricane Center.

• August 29, 2021

Ida Similar to Katrina, but Stronger and Smaller

Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there are a few still-to-come twists that …

Weekend Picks 8-27-2021

The weekend is here again, and there are lots of fun things going on in the Jackson metro area! Whether your idea of fun is listening to live music, shopping …

Hinds County Board of Supervisors President Credell Calhoun said the county reentry program gives a …

• August 27, 2021

Hinds County Reentry Program Starts Collecting Applications Sept. 1

Hinds County will take applications from intending participants of its reentry program on Wednesday, Sept. 1, at the Jackson Convention Center from 9:30 a.m to 4 p.m.

Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, and nationally recognized expert on …

• August 27, 2021

The MFP Interview: Dr. Eric Topol Speaks On Realities, Dangers of Delta Variant

For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, CA has been a leading voice for a unified, …

Topol explained that lambda, a variant with some immune evasive properties, simply could not compete …

• August 27, 2021

“Why is Delta so much more contagious than prior variants?” Dr. Eric Topol asked on …

• August 27, 2021

“A look at hospitalizations,” Dr. Eric Topol wrote on Aug. 22. “More evidence of a …

• August 27, 2021

Photo courtesy Elsie Hendrickson

• August 27, 2021

Edward G. Cortright Jr.

Edward G. Cortright Jr., who served as chancellor for Mississippi's 11th Chancery District for 26 years, died on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at age 94.

Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi will honor Ebony Lumumba, an associate professor of English at …

• August 27, 2021

Women of Distinction Event and Coding Academy at JSU, MSU Center for Academic Advising

Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi will honor Ebony Lumumba, an associate professor of English at Jackson State University, and four other leaders at its Women of Distinction event on Thursday, …

State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers confirmed the death of a child under 5 years of …

• August 26, 2021

Mississippi Loses Sixth Child To COVID-19

A sixth child has died in Mississippi due to complications from COVID-19, the Mississippi State Department of Health said Wednesday.

Photo courtesy Kelly Price/MSU Athletics

• August 26, 2021

New Orleans Saints 2021 Preview

The New Orleans Saints are starting the 2021 season without Drew Brees since he retired after the 2020 season, leaving a major hole in the Saints’ offense as the franchise …