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Katrina Folks hugs her service dog, Princess, and speaks about her efforts to find work since losing her job in September because of the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, May 28, 2021, in Hattiesburg, Miss. Folks, the mother of an 11-year old son, used to do data entry at a law firm, but she has health issues that require her to work from home. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced May 10 that the state will opt out of the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered extended support for the unemployed, actions, directly affecting Folks. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi reckons with ending pay boost for the unemployed

By Leah Willingham May. 31, 2021 09:49 AM EDT

People hold signs, including one with an image of George Floyd, outside the courthouse in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after the guilty verdicts were announced in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Teachers, coaches grapple with addressing Chauvin verdict

By Isabelle Taft, The Sun-Herald Apr. 25, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

Mississippi coast's Crawfish Music Festival back this year

Apr. 15, 2021 12:35 PM EDT
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi coast's Crawfish Music Festival is back after being canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. ...

More than $11 million in COVID aid awarded to airports

Feb. 13, 2021 10:48 AM EST
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's airports are receiving $11.6 million from the federal government to help with revenue lost due to the coronavirus pandemic....

Mississippi Mardi Gras celebrations dwindle amid virus surge

Dec. 25, 2020 11:00 AM EST
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Several Mardi Gras parades in Mississippi have already been cancelled because of a surge in coronavirus cases, and one more is likely to...

State health officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs explains how a person might react to a COVID-19 vaccination, during Gov. Tate Reeves' covid news briefing, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
COVID cases in Mississippi surpass 200,000 before Christmas

Dec. 23, 2020 12:07 PM EST

People walk along a sidewalk in New Orleans as the outer eye wall of Hurricane Zeta passed by the city, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
The Latest: President declares emergency in Mississippi

By The Associated Press Oct. 28, 2020 10:26 PM EDT

Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, right, listens as Gov. Tate Reeves responds to a reporter's question regarding his executive order mandating that all adults and students wear masks in schools, unless there's a medical reason that prevents them from doing so, during the governor's COVID-19 press briefing in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. State officials provided reporters an update on the coronavirus and the state's ongoing strategy to limit transmission in public schools. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Doc: High school closed because of 'unnecessary' gatherings

By Leah Willingham Aug. 25, 2020 05:53 PM EDT

State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Hobbs expresses his gratitude that the Neshoba County Fair and the Choctaw Indian Fair officials understood the seriousness of the current pandemic by canceling their fairs for July, thus lessening the possibility for spreading the virus among the hundreds of people that attend these summer favorite gatherings, during the daily COVID-19 news update in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi sees drastic one-day uptick in new COVID cases

By Leah Willingham Jun. 25, 2020 02:55 PM EDT

Some visit Mississippi attractions as COVID-19 rules ease

May. 25, 2020 07:30 PM EDT
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — With water parks and amusement parks reopen in Mississippi, visitors at one Gulf Coast attraction said they believed they were safe from...

A lone vehicle passes through the empty Ameristar Casino parking lot in Vicksburg, Miss., Tuesday, March 17, 2020. All of Mississippi's state-regulated casinos were ordered closed by midnight Monday to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi casinos to reopen before Memorial Day weekend

May. 14, 2020 06:15 PM EDT

In a June 20, 2019 photo, a dealer conducts a card game at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J. On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 unions and casino workers in four states called for casinos to provide protective equipment and adopt strict cleaning and health measures before casinos reopen in the U.S. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Workers want virus protections before casinos reopen

By Wayne Parry May. 05, 2020 01:17 PM EDT

This April 9, 2020 photo from Atlantic City NJ shows casino workers and union officials from Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Orleans and Mississippi participating in a video conference at which they called on the casino industry to pay them through the duration of the coronavirus shutdown. Many casino companies gave workers two weeks pay upon closing but workers say that's not nearly enough. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
US casino workers: Pay us through the shutdown

By Wayne Parry Apr. 09, 2020 01:37 PM EDT