Baldwyn School District - Closed for Presidents Day
Benton County School District - Closed, learning virtually
Booneville School District - Close for Presidents Day
Calhoun County School District - Closed, learning virtually
Corinth School District - Closed, learning virtually
Itawamba County School District - Closed for Presidents Day
Lafayette County School District - Closed for Presidents Day
Lee County School District - Closed for Presidents Day
Marshall County School District - Closed, learning virtually
Nettleton School District - Closed
North Tippah School District - Closed, learning virtually
Oxford School District - Closed
Pontotoc County School District - Closed for Presidents Day
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Only a few area residents braved the icy roads at crosstown in Tupelo, Monday morning. Most of Northeast Mississippi awoke Monday morning to find roads covered in a sheet of ice, making driving conditions treacherous. By Monday at noon, emergency officials across the region were concerned continued sleeting might cause power outages.
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Shante Evans, of Tupelo, checks her phone as she walks home to her apartment on West Main Street after going to the store for a snack on Monday morning in Tupelo. Evans decided the roads were too bad to drive on and didn t take any changes getting behind the wheel.
OXFORD — Superintendent Dr. Jason McKinnon gave a virtual presentation on the Oxford school district’s proposed 2021-22 budget of $31,648,418 on Tuesday, January 26, explaining the district’s goal is to
Active COVID-19 Cases in Lafayette County Linger Around 400
February 2, 2021
After seeing a slight dip in December, active cases of COVID-19 in Lafayette County have hoovered around 400 daily for most of January.
As of Jan. 26, there were 382 active cases in the county, according to the city of Oxford’s website.
Since March, there have been 5,442 cases and 105 deaths. About 20 people died in January from COVID-19-related illnesses in Lafayette County, with seven deaths since Jan. 23.
According to the Mississippi State Department of Health, from Jan. 11-24, Lafayette County had the 12
th highest number of new cases – 509 – in the state with an 11 percent increase over the previous two weeks.