WLBT.com Staff

High school football games in Mississippi will now start in September.

Cases continue to spike across the Magnolia State, with more than 800 new cases reported Tuesday.

The number of presumed positive coronavirus cases in Mississippi continues to rise.

Gov. Reeves said right now is the worst it has been in terms of COVID-19 spread in Mississippi.

Dobbs called this a ‘fluid situation’ and said additional counties may be added as coronavirus cases continue to rise.

In a vote Monday, supervisors voted to move the confederate monument from in front of the courthouse.

House Speaker Philip Gunn is among those infected with the coronavirus.

A Warren County supervisor is calling attention to a threat she received on social media.

84-year-old Jerodney Canoy’s has been located and is safe.

The Mississippi state flag was taken down from the State Capitol for the final time Wednesday afternoon.

For weeks, Reeves said, the plan was to fully re-open the state of Mississippi by July 1. That is no longer happening.

History was made Tuesday as Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed House Bill 1796 into law.

Monday afternoon on the steps of the State Capitol, the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus discussed the bill to remove the state flag.

The suspect has been identified as Vincent Ogiamien.

The board says legislators should make this change, “to be more representative to all citizens in the state.”

Deputy Blair was shot and killed while on duty Friday.

A 19-year-old has been charged with 1st degree murder in the death of a 17-year-old.

The speaker tells lawmakers they will need to take additional precautions now.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves spent most of his press conference Monday addressing the state’s response to unemployment fraud.

Deputies say the illegal dog fighting was being held at an abandoned trailer.

Miss Mississippi and Miss Mississippi’s Outstanding Teen Competition have been postponed until June and and April of 2021.

The brief is scheduled for 2:30 pm.

The father of four disappeared Sunday while saving his son after he fell into the water.

The Safer-at-Home order allows some closed business to re-open under certain mandates.

The press brief is scheduled to be held at 2:30 p.m.

As of Wednesday, 20,370 Mississippians have been tested for the virus with 2,003 of those tests coming back positive.

The order goes into effect Friday at 5 p.m.

Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Saturday in order to "protect public health."

The bill now heads to the full Senate where it has received bi-partisan support.

Derry Dunmore, 45, has been charged with accessory after the fact and tampering with evidence.