We are one week away from the start of high school football in the state of Tennessee. Local teams are suiting up even as health experts are speaking up and announcing that it is not safe to play because of COVID-19.
The number of new daily infections in Shelby County is decreasing, but health department officials said Thursday they’re still not comfortable with contact sports taking place locally this fall.
The Mississippi State Department of Health is calling a north Mississippi coroner’s claim that the department inaccurately recorded deaths as caused by COVID-19 -- even if the virus played no role in that death -- "ridiculous."
The figures show that the crisis continues to throw people out of work just as the expiration of an extra $600 a week in federal jobless benefits has deepened the hardship for many — and posed another threat to the U.S. economy.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said Thursday he’s hopeful a pool testing program established by the city can grow to be countywide. The mayor said the program can test up to 4,000 students and teachers per day.
State funding for childcare for essential workers is set to end next week. Shelby County Schools is working to arrange supervision for virtual students who will not have anyone home to monitor them.
The current flowers are expected to survive for a couple of weeks before the heads will become heavy from seeds and droop. An additional field of sunflowers should be in bloom around that time.
Health officials tested people who came in contact with the product, and all results were negative. Officials did not say the brand of the chicken product.
We are one week away from the start of high school football in the state of Tennessee. Local teams are suiting up even as health experts are speaking up and announcing that it is not safe to play because of COVID-19.
Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey said the state is seeing a stabilization in COVID-19 cases in large to mid-size metropolitan areas; however, the uptick continues in rural areas.
Deputies say they arrested the victim's neighbor based on statements and “the fact that there is no way he could have physically gotten down through the woods and the swamp on his own.”
Mississippi will close more than a dozen food centers that serve nutritional needs for women, infants and children, in a program better known as “WIC.”
