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- Mississippi state Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, speaks, Feb. 28, 2023, at the state Capitol in Jackson. McGee is supporting a proposal that would allow Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in an effort to improve health outcomes in one of the poorest states in the U.S. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Mississippi eyes quicker Medicaid coverage in pregnancy to try to reduce deaths of moms and babies
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,01/31/24-5:05PM , 457 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could allow Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the nation's worst rate of infant mortality.
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Mississippi court overturns conviction of ex-officer in death of man pulled from vehicle
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,01/30/24-3:03PM , 327 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a former Jackson police detective in the 2019 death of a man who was pulled from a vehicle while officers were searching for a pastor's killer.
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- Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, center, receives applause from House Speaker Jason White, R-West, left, and Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, right, as well as a bipartisan group of legislators, for pursing a package of state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to build two data centers in the central part of the state, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, during the celebratory announcement at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi legislators approve incentives for 2 large data centers by Amazon Web Services
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,01/25/24-12:30PM , 574 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers met in special session Thursday and quickly approved job training money and other state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to spend $10 billion to build two data centers in the central part of the state.
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- Workers open bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to divert rising water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain, upriver from New Orleans, in Norco, La., May 10, 2019. Several local governments and business groups on the Mississippi Gulf Coast filed a lawsuit Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, saying that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' opening of the spillway in 2019 sent polluted fresh water from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico and killed bottlenose dolphins that live in saltwater. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Lawsuit seeks to protect dolphins if flood-control spillway is used near New Orleans
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Wed,01/24/24-3:28PM , 501 Reads
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Today's Weather

Mccomb, 39648, MS

Realtime Radar

Current Temp

73°F

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Chance of Rain: 30%
Max Temp: 76°F
Min Temp: 60°F
Feels Like: 74°F
Dew Point: 61°F
Humidity: 97%
Sunrise: 6:31 AM
Sunset: 5:57 PM

Wind Speed: 5 to 10 mph
Wind Direction: SW
Wind Gust: 8 mph
Sky Cover: 85%
Visibility: 9 mi
Dew Point: 61°F
Moon Rise: 12:58 PM
Moon Set: 3:02 AM

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 73 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

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