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Covington volunteers continue to help victims of 2020 tornadoes
Covington volunteers continue to help victims of 2020 tornadoes By Charles Herrington | March 16, 2021 at 6:56 PM CDT - Updated March 16 at 6:58 PM
COLLINS, Miss. (WDAM) - As the Pine Belt prepares for potential severe weather Wednesday, a group of volunteers continues to help families affected by last Aprilâs tornadoes.
Case workers from the Covington County Long Term Recovery Committee and Recover, Rebuild, Restore Southeast Mississippi (R3SM) met at âThe Springsâ Church is Collins Tuesday morning.
The groups are still assisting on several home repairs and a few rebuilding projects from the Easter 2020 tornadoes.
4 pounds of meth seized in Covington County drug bust Jimmy Pearson Jr. was arrested and charged with drug trafficking. (Source: Covington County Sheriff s Office) By WDAM Staff | March 15, 2021 at 4:44 PM CDT - Updated March 15 at 4:44 PM
COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - The Covington County Sheriffâs Office charged a man on multiple charges and seized 4 pounds of methamphetamine during a Monday drug bust.
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, The Jasper County Sheriffâs Office and the Simpson County Sheriffâs Office assisted in the arrest of Jimmy Pearson Jr. on Joe Booth Road.
Law enforcement also seized pills and a firearm.
Covington Hospital opening new vaccine clinic Monday
Covington Hospital opening new vaccine clinic Monday By Charles Herrington | March 13, 2021 at 7:29 PM CST - Updated March 13 at 7:29 PM
COLLINS, Miss. (WDAM) - Covington County Hospital is opening a new drive-thru clinic in Collins to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
It’s in the former Covington County Nursing Center, across from Collins High School.
It’ll be open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Hospital personnel says the goal is to offer most vaccinations from one location.
“We’re partially consolidating our vaccine efforts,” said Clancy Sanford, marketing director for Covington County Hospital. “We will leave some vaccines in our outlying areas, such as Magee, Sumrall and Taylorsville, but for our Covington County people, this will give them one place to go to know that they can receive their vaccine quickly, efficiently and without having to encounter any sick patients in our clinics.”
Covington Dist. 4 residents remove trash from roadsides
Covington Dist. 4 residents remove trash from roadsides By Charles Herrington | March 13, 2021 at 7:47 PM CST - Updated March 13 at 7:47 PM
COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Some residents of District Four in Covington County are stepping up efforts to clean up roadsides in their community.
Members of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, District Four supervisor Fenton Pope and other local residents made their way along several roads in the district Saturday morning, to pick up bottles, cans, paper plates and plastic bags.
Pope and other residents say it’s part of a new initiative to keep neighborhoods clean.