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COVID rates slow; senior boosters available

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi health officials say booster shots for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are now available at ...

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Natchez, Adams County school officials say students who opted to stay home fell behind in statewide assessment program

NATCHEZ — Natchez Adams County school officials said they feel the pandemic has had an even greater impact ...

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State leads nation in COVID death rates

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi has surpassed New Jersey as the state with the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths ...

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Mississippi now has country’s highest rate for COVID deaths with 4 new deaths reported in Adams County

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi has surpassed New Jersey as the state with the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths ...

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NASD partnering with state health department to routinely screen students for COVID-19

The Natchez Adams School District is partnering with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) to offer voluntary ...

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State Health Department urging pregnant women to be vaccinated

JACKSON — The Mississippi State Department of Health is urging pregnant women to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to ...

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Angry Mississippi governor says he will sue President Biden over vaccine mandate

Gov. Tate Reeves said he intends to be among a group of Republican governors suing President Joe Biden ...

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Concordia Parish School Board adopts new COVID-19 policy for employees

VIDALIA — A policy adopted Thursday by the Concordia Parish School Board allows teachers to receive up to ...

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Free COVID-19 testing Tuesday at Safe Room

Free COVID-19 testing will be provided Tuesday, Sept. 7, outside the Adams County Safe Room. Participants can choose ...

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School district adopts incentive for employees to be vaccinated, requires all who are unvaccinated to be tested twice weekly

NATCHEZ — The Natchez Adams School District Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a plan to progress the vaccination ...

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Two classes at McLaurin Elementary participating in distance learning because of COVID-19

NATCHEZ — Two classes at McLaurin Elementary School are participating in distance-learning after students and staff there tested ...

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‘I’m seeing COVID kill more people now than ever’: Coroner says county sees record deaths in August

Editor’s note: If you have a loved one who has died with COVID-19 and would like to share ...

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More Adams County residents receiving COVID vaccines

NATCHEZ — Recent efforts from local officials to reach Adams County residents and encourage them to be vaccinated ...

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Community prayer service held outside hospital as more succumb to COVID

NATCHEZ — People in the Miss-Lou are dying with COVID-19 more quickly than ever before, Adams County Coroner ...

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School buses ride for NASD employee who died Monday

NATCHEZ — A procession of approximately 25 school buses departed the bus terminal on Lynda Lee Drive at ...

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Prayer service to be held at Merit Health this Saturday

NATCHEZ — “I was a patient at the hospital a couple of weeks ago, and it was chaos,” ...

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Three more die due to complications with COVID-19 in Miss-Lou

Adams Coroner James Lee pronounced the deaths of three more people in the Miss-Lou due to complications with ...

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Coroner: Five more Adams County residents die with COVID this week

NATCHEZ — Five more Adams County residents have died from complications with COVID-19 this week, Adams County Coroner ...

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Masks now required indoors in Adams County, but no penalty for offenders

NATCHEZ — On Monday, Adams County officials unanimously approved a mask requirement for all indoor spaces where adequate ...

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School officials responding to COVID outbreak at McLaurin Elementary

NATCHEZ — Natchez Adams School District officials are responding to a COVID-19 outbreak in classes at McLaurin Elementary ...

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