Rae Andreacchio addressed the Meridian City Council Tuesday with a request regarding the death of her son Christian Andreacchio-- the 21-year-old who was found dead in a Meridian apartment complex in 2014.
Highs tomorrow will reach the mid 70′s after a cooler and cloudy morning, but we will stay dry. A small cold front moving through overnight on Tuesday will make our Wednesday the coolest day of the week as highs only reach the mid 60′s.
East Central Community College in Decatur will offer limited on-campus housing for students attending one of the summer academic terms in June and July.
In addition to free tuition, the college will also waive costs for student fees, textbooks, on-campus housing and meal plans for the summer 2021 semester.
The Lauderdale County School District is partnering with Naval Air Station Meridian for a new program that will help students of military families. The program will allow for those students to take certain AP courses and more, virtually.
As of Apr. 19, $26.8 billion is available to hard-hit restaurants and bars through the U.S. Small Businesses Administration’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund.
The latest report from the Mississippi State Department of Health shows 691,599 people are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (21%) and 912,743 have received at least one dose (28%).
Temperatures will be cooler and tomorrow morning we will start the day off in the mid 40′s. You may want to grab a jacket on your way out the door because we will warm slowly through the morning as we reach the lower 50′s by 8 AM. By the afternoon you will be able to ditch the jacket as we warm into the upper 60′s and lower 70′s, but it will still be a mild day.
Jackson Police Department is reporting six homicides in the last 24 hours, including the latest, which occurred in the early morning hours of April 17 on Bailey Avenue.
By Leigh Waldman, Ashly Richardson and Gina Dvorak
The man critically injured in the Westroads Mall shooting around noon Saturday died, Omaha Police said in an update about four hours later. Saturday night, police identified the victim as Traquez Swift, 21.
A Lauderdale County man has entered a guilty plea in federal court this week. Levi Gibbs, 51, who was arrested by Meridian police last March, is also facing several other charges.
We are going to see a chance of showers throughout the day on Friday, but rain will not become more widespread until the late afternoon/early evening hours.
