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Summer is almost upon us and that usually means travel and vacations. The hospitality and travel industry was hit hard by the pandemic, but three key visitors organizations in the state say they now see a light at the end of the tunnel. Among the state s convention and visitors bureaus eager to welcome visitors, Tupelo, Ridgeland and the Gulf Coast have their welcome mats firmly in place. âTravel sentiment is up and hotel demand is coming back close to pre-pandemic levels, especially in terms of weekend leisure travel,â says Neal McCoy, executive director of the Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau. âWe have new product that has opened since the pandemic began and new product that will open in 2021.â ....
February is Black History Month, and I encourage you and your family to explore Tupeloâs role in this important part of our nationâs history. There are seven markers on the Civil Rights and African-American Heritage Trail throughout Tupelo which help tell the story. F.W. Woolworth | 131 West Main Street Located in Downtown Tupelo next to Reedâs GumTree Bookstore, the F.W. Woolworth Company was once a local lunch counter and protest commonplace. Once the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964, Tupeloâs Woolworth store announced its plan to âserve all its customers in all of its stores on a desegregated basis.â ....
It s a strong rotation in the cloud. we ve had video confirmation. we ve had reports of damage, reports of a multirho tex tornado spinning toward tupelo. near the tupelo mall is the latest report. let s go back to the gibson ridge, because i want to show what s going on with that once again. we have this largest circulation right in here, but then within that is a smaller circulation. that is the tornado itself. that now appears to be just to the northeast of downtown tupelo. just to the northeast of the intersection of 45 and 78. again, as mentioned. this, by the way, that little ball right there. see where the ball corresponds to the arrow yous i put on there where the tightest circulation was? that is most likely the debris, ....