Gov. Reeves Would Defy Nationwide COVID-19 Lockdown: ‘We Will Certainly Fight’Gov. Tate Reeves signaled today that he would refuse to participate in a nationwide lockdown if the incoming Joe Biden administration called for such a measure, promising instead defiance and a repeat of late 2020’s approach to containment of the …
Mississippi’s Third Coronavirus Spike Is HereMississippi’s brief reprieve from the rest of the nation’s dire wave of COVID-19 is now firmly over, with last week’s early warning signs replaced with blaring sirens out of schools, hospitals and public-health leadership.
Don’t Lose Hope: State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers on COVID-19Dr. Paul Byers sat down with the Jackson Free Press on Nov. 4 to discuss the Mississippi State Department of Health's approach to the COVID-19 crisis, now in the early stages of a third spike.
Gov. Tate Reeves Says He'd Veto Mail-in or Early Voting ExpansionTwo days after Mississippi voters stood in long lines at polling places, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Thursday that he would veto any efforts to broaden state laws to allow widespread mail-in voting or no-excuse early voting because he thinks …
Longtime Mississippi Sheriff Dies of COVID-19 in AlabamaLongtime Mississippi sheriff Mike Byrd has of Jackson County died of COVID-19 in the hospital where he was being treated. The Sun Herald reported that Byrd died Thursday on his 71st birthday after battling the illness caused by the new …
Road Trip: In Mississippi, Love in the Time of CoronavirusThis is a love story. It’s a story about coronavirus, the people it strikes down, and a big quiet house outside of Jackson, Mississippi. It’s about those who take COVID-19 seriously, those who don’t, and how that divide breaks uncomfortably …