State and Local Officials Monitoring Winter Weather and Flooding in Mississippi PEARL – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with state and local officials to monitor winter weather moving through the northern part of the state, and heavy rain through central and southern counties. Gov. Phil Bryant issued a State of Emergency last...
MORE ICE AND WINTER PRECIPITATION EXPECTED IN PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI PEARL – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is monitoring a weather system moving through the state bringing ice and freezing rain to much of the northern half of the state, and rain to the southern portion of the state. The latest National Weather Service...
Gov. Bryant Declares a State of Emergency due to Ongoing Weather Gov. Phil Bryant declared a State of Emergency today for several of Mississippi counties due to the impacts of winter weather presenting a variety of issues including flooding and freezing rain. At least 45 Mississippi counties have reported affects from these storms:...
PEARL The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is monitoring a slow moving cold front, which will bring the possibility of winter weather, including freezing rain to Northwest Mississippi tomorrow morning. The latest forecast from the National Weather Service says residents in that part of the state could see as much as a 14 to...
HEAVY RAIN THREATENS MISSISSIPPI AGAIN THIS WEEKEND PEARL – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is asking residents to prepare for another round of heavy rain to impact the state over the weekend. The latest forecast from the National Weather Service shows a stationary front will remain over the area into next week, bringing the...
Mississippi Job Creation Announcements Fill First Days of 2013 Jackson, Miss. –Economic development announcements dominated the first week of the 2013 legislative session, including news of business expansions that will create 550 new jobs, a celebration of Nissan’s 10 year anniversary in Mississippi and the addition of the company’s eighth model to its Canton...
FW: MDOC Press Release: Mississippi Maintains High Incarceration Rate As the state enters the second half of the current fiscal year, Mississippi’s prison population continues to increase and shows no signs of abating. During 2011, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities declined by 0.9%, from 1,613,803...
Registration Open for OCH Wellness Connection’s Annual Frostbite Half-Marathon The Wellness Connection of OCH Regional Medical Center will host the 28th annual Frostbite Half-Marathon Saturday, January 26. The 13.1-mile course begins with the famous bus ride to the starting point in Pheba. Buses will leave from the OCH HealthPlex parking lot promptly at noon....
Governor Bryant to present $1 million check for GRAMMY Museum Governor Bryant to present $1 million check for GRAMMY Museum CLEVELAND, Miss. – Governor Phil Bryant will present a $1 million check to the Cleveland Music Foundation on Thursday, January 3 as the first installment for the establishment of GRAMMY® Museum Mississippi in Cleveland....
