The Mississippi State Department of Health has reported the death of a Lee County resident last week due to complications from the West Nile Virus. The MSDH also reported three additional human cases of West Nile Virus, bringing the total up to 37 cases with three deaths.
The new cases are in Hinds and Lee Counties. Human cases of West Nile Virus have been reported in 15 counties in Mississippi. None have so far been reported in Lauderdale County.
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(12:54 p.m.) West Nile death in Mississippi
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The Drought Is Over
All Mason Irby was hoping for was to find a way on base.
The Southeast Lauderdale sophomore did that and so much more. Irby's single with two outs in the seventh inning broke a tie, lifting the Tigers to a 6-3 MHSAA Class 3A state championship win at Smith-Wills Stadium on Wednesday, and handing Southeast (32-7) its first title since 1966. -
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UBS in urgent need of blood
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