COVID-19 hotspots, rural hospitals to score half of $40B CARES grants

Modern Healthcare

COVID-19 hotspots, rural hospitals to score half of $40B CARES grants

By Rachel Cohrs 

HHS officials Wednesday said the department will distribute $40 billion in federal grant funds with carveouts for providers in COVID-19 hotspots and rural areas, and will reimburse providers...

Hyde-Smith among Senators calling for updates to 5G Fund maps

Y’all Politics

Hyde-Smith among Senators calling for updates to 5G Fund maps

By YallPolitics Staff

Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), James Lankford (R-OK), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the broadband coverage...

Nearly 20 area houses damaged Sunday

McComb Enterprise-Journal 

Nearly 20 area houses damaged Sunday

By Matt Williamson

Seventeen homes in southwest Mississippi were damaged in Sunday's storm that spawned a tornado and killed one person in Mississippi, the state's Emergency Management Agency confirmed Tuesday.

The National Weather...

Senate passes $484 billion relief package

News Mississippi

Senate passes $484 billion relief package

By J.T. Mitchell

This afternoon, the United States Senate passed a $484 billion coronavirus-relief package that will go towards small businesses, hospitals, and test expansion.

Of the $484 billion, $310 billion will be used for keeping...

Republicans Urge Trump to Maintain Pro-Life Policies During Pandemic

Breitbart 

Republicans Urge Trump to Maintain Pro-Life Policies During Pandemic

By Dr. Susan Berry

House and Senate Republicans urged the Trump administration to maintain its pro-life policies amid the Democrat push to ease restrictions on both the use of aborted fetal tissue to create a vaccine...

Senator Hyde-Smith works to reopen the economy

News Mississippi

Senator Hyde-Smith works to reopen the economy

By J.T. Mitchell

Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was recently appointed to the Opening Up America Congressional Group, joined Monday’s episode of The Gallo Show to express the importance of reopening the American economy in...

‘Glade tornado was like this’ 

Laurel Leader-Call

‘Glade tornado was like this’ 

By Mark Thornton

Man who cleaned up after that twister hit by second F4 in county history

There are only two F4 tornadoes recorded in Jones County history, and Mike Kelley was directly involved with both of them.

He went to Glade to work on...

Itawamba County four-lane construction begins

Itawamba County Times

Itawamba County four-lane construction begins

By Jason Collum, Red Bay News

Work has begun on the construction of the last section of Corridor V, or Miss. Hwy. 76 in Itawamba County.

A preconstruction meeting was held Wednesday, April 15, for Eutaw Construction Company, Inc...

Ag Industry Could See a Boost Under Relief Bill

Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin

Ag Industry Could See a Boost Under Relief Bill

From Staff Reports

The agriculture industry could be getting a boost from Congress soon.

According to a release from U.S Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, there is currently a “two-pronged coronavirus relief plan for U.S...