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By WJTV
May 24, 2021 | 11:21 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Monday, the Mississippi Food Network announced it received $100,000 from The Humana Foundation to assist with mobile food pantries in Clarke, Jasper and Kemper counties. The funds will be used to help the food bank improve access to nutritious food by providing direct assistance to senior citizens in rural communities, including Black households, disproportionately affected by hunger.
“As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, senior citizens living in rural Clarke, Jasper and Kemper Counties have few resources for fresh produce while facing food insecurity rates ranging from 18.5% to 22.1%,” said Kelly Mott, Director of External Affairs of Mississippi Food Network. “Throughout our response to this health and economic crisis, mobile food pantries have become a critical solution to helping us reach our neighbors in need. We are grateful to The Humana Foundation for supporting our efforts of expanding mobile food
Bill Murray | April 9, 2021 @ 10:55 pm
NWS Meteorologists are carefully watching a pivot that has developed in the line of storms over Noxubee and Kemper Counties in eastern Mississippi.
This potentially dangerous storm will enter northern Sumter and southern Pickens Counties shortly. This is the northern extent of the instability boundary and also some higher low-level shear, and there is some possibility that a tornado could form here.
Be ready to go into your safe place immediately if a warning is issued.
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