Photo courtesy of Ingalls Shipbuilding A Mississippi shipbuilder has been awarded a major contract by the U.S. Navy. Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula received the $1.5 billion contract to build a San Antonio-class amphibious ship. According to Senator Roger Wicker, a … Continued
(Dr. Laura Vick poses with different patterns of masks and surgeon’s caps) The University of Mississippi Medical Center is calling on the community to help protect its employees after the Mississippi Department of Health directed all health care professionals in … Continued
According to the Mississippi State Health Department website, the total for Mississippi positive coronavirus cases is now at 1,738 . 51 people have died as a result of COVID-19. A total of 20,370 people have been tested statewide for the coronavirus … Continued
Photo Courtesy of MSU Athletics Story by SportsTalk Mississippi MSU Beat Reporter Brian Hadad Mississippi State’s women’s basketball took a huge blow on Sunday, as Vic Schaefer has been named as the new head coach at the University of Texas. … Continued
Two mobile testing sites will open in Ripley and Moss Point on Monday as Mississippi continues to expand its testing capabilities. The Mississippi State Department of Health and the University of Mississippi Medical Center will operate the sites with assistance … Continued
Mississippi State University researchers are working to convert over 550 ventilators from battery power to AC power so they can be used in the state’s medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic. MSU’s Paul B. Jacob High Voltage Laboratory was contacted by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning to discuss converting the battery-powered ventilators, which are designed to … Continued
Overnight, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi grew by 183 with 8 additional deaths related to the virus. The latest update brings the state’s total to 1,638 cases with 43 deaths. All but three counties in Mississippi … Continued
Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 97 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi. Six new deaths have also been confirmed, in Coahoma, Harrison, Lauderdale, Pearl River, and Wilkinson counties. The state total of cases since March … Continued
Courtesy of Senator Roger Wicker’s Office The entire Mississippi congressional delegation, which includes U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and Michael Guest, R-Miss., today sent … Continued
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning about Coronavirus-related scams and schemes tied to economic impact payments. The IRS is urging taxpayers to watch out for a surge of calls and email phishing attempts about the Coronavirus, or COVID-19. These … Continued