At 11:35 am Kosciusko Police were called to the 100 block of Afro Drive for a report of a possible B&E.
At 3:02 pm Attala Fire was dispatched to Attala Road 4125 for a report of a woods fire. The caller said it started out as a controlled burn and got out of hand.
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For immediate release
CARTHAGE, Miss. – Based on recent information provided by the Mississippi State Department of Health regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, the Central Electric Power Association Board of Directors has decided to reschedule their Annual Meeting, originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, at the Carthage Coliseum. The meeting will be rescheduled for a later date. “The Mississippi State Department of Health strongly recommends cancelling meetings and gatherings involving more than 250 people,” said Brian Long, general manager of Central Electric Power Association. “As the health and safety of our membership is paramount to us, we believe that postponing next Tuesday’s meeting is in the best interest of everyone. The Board of Directors and I thank you for your understanding.” In addition, as Mississippi’s first case of the virus has been confirmed, state governmental agencies are advising the public to take immediate measures in helping prevent further spreading. Not only should gatherings of large groups be avoided, anyone 65 or older or with a chronic medical condition should avoid any gatherings of 50 people or more.
Please contact us at 601-267-5671 with any questions or concerns.
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“The College will continue to host Face to Face classes in an online format through March 30 and may follow CDC guidelines to remain online only for 8 weeks (or the remainder of the Spring Semester).
The College is exploring options to bring small groups in to complete some career technical assignments but will not do so until after March 30.
Proctored exams will likely be available in small group formats after March 30 or students may choose to use a digital, third-party service.”
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Dr. Samuel Holdiness with Premier Medical Group stopped by Breezy 101 today to address concerns over Coronavirus and to inform us on what’s happening locally during this pandemic.
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The following is a press release from the Social Security Administration:
All local Social Security offices will be closed to the public for in-person service starting Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
This decision protects the population we serve—older Americans and people with underlying medical conditions—and our employees during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
However, we are still able to provide critical services.
Local offices will direct the public to access www.socialsecurity.gov for business that can be conducted online.
Local offices will focus on specific critical workloads only.
You can contact your local office directly on the telephone number listed at https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp. You will find the general inquiry telephone number under “Show Additional Office Information” for the office you select.
You may need to wait for the offices to reopen for the following in-person services:
However, you can use a my Social Security account available at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount to get a benefit verification. People in most states can request a replacement Social Security card with their personal account and we offer many other services online.
Please visit www.socialsecurity.gov for more information about the Social Security Administration office closures.
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Baptist Memorial Hospital Attala has announced new guidelines for visitors as concerns over the Coronavirus continue to grow.
The hospital released the following guidelines on its Facebook page:
While you are a visitor:
• Wash your hands often or use hand sanitizer.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
• Cover your sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash. Or, sneeze into the crook of your arm.
• Keep your distance from others (about 6 feet).
Visitors to COVID-19 patients will be limited on a case by case method.
Health officials in Mississippi reported the stat’s first presumed case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Wednesday night.
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Despite all the worry and stress of Coronavirus, everyone here at Breezy 101 is having a good time celebrating St. Paddy’s Day.
Breck Riley was caught looking absolutely festive while recording in his studio.
Also, Melissa and Lora both wore their green today as well.
However, we still followed the six foot rule per the social distancing guidelines set by health experts.
Be cautious today, but enjoy some St. Patrick’s Day fun.
“May your troubles be less, and your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door.”
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Mississippi legislators are suspending their session until at least April 1 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
They said they are doing so on the advice of the state health officer.
Legislators are voting to give city and county governments and local school boards the power to pay hourly employees who cannot work during emergencies.
The Mississippi Board of Education will have an online meeting Thursday to consider a request from state Superintendent of Education Carey Wright.
She wants the board to suspend accountability standards for the current school year.
Mississippi had 21 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Tuesday. (AP)
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All four Mississippi State Veterans Homes implemented a no-visitor policy last weekend, to comply with CDC, VA, Mississippi Department of Health, and state requirements established by Gov. Tate Reeves in response to the COVID-19 respiratory disease.
The decision is aimed at preventing and limiting the spread of the COVID-19 virus within the most vulnerable Veteran population, adults over 65 with chronic medical conditions.
Executive Director Stacey Pickering said that protocols began early last week to prevent the virus from entering the facilities.
“Last week we began limiting access to our Veterans from the public, and also we began updating staff on the latest information concerning COVID-19 response,” Pickering said.
Pickering also said that screening for all admissions to the facilities, postponing outside activities, monitoring residents of early signs and symptoms, and more rigorous use of personal protective equipment was implemented last week.
There are no positive cases of COVID-19 at any of the four Mississippi State Veterans Homes at this time.
The four Veterans Homes are located in Jackson, Kosciusko, Collins, and Oxford.
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At 2:27 pm McCool Volunteers and Attala Fire Central Station responded to a report of a brush fire on Attala Road 2114.
At 3:12 pm Kosciusko Police and City Fire responded to the Justice Court on highway 12 west for a report of a grass fire. The caller said a transformer had blown causing the fire.
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Big changes and closings are happening now at Pearl River Resort! Here is a summary of what is open. Active Table Games and Slot Machines on the casino floor will be limited to provide for social distancing. Hotels at Golden Moon and Silver Star are limiting the number of in service rooms to allow for social distancing. Only every other hotel room will be occupied. All seating at restaurants and bars will be limited and follow social distancing guidelines. The Associate Dining Rooms at Golden Moon and Silver Star will provide grab-and-go food options. The ADR will also have limited seating to provide for social distancing. Lucky’s at Bok Homa will provide “take out” only.
Here is a summary of what will be closed. The Buffet at Silver Star closed today and will remain closed until further notice. The Spa and Salon at Silver Star will be closed until further notice. The Fitness Center at Golden Moon will be closed until further notice. The pools at Silver Star, Golden Moon and Dancing Rabbit Inn will be closed until further notice. Entertainment at Starlight Lounge will be suspended until further notice. Entertainment at Silver Star Convention Center will be canceled until at least April 1st and will be reevaluated as needed. The bus program will be suspended until further notice.
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Today is Wednesday, March 18, the 78th day of 2020. There are 288 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 18, 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass, where the Italian dictator agreed to join Germany’s war against France and Britain.
On this date:
In 1766, Britain repealed the Stamp Act of 1765.
In 1922, Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced in India to six years’ imprisonment for civil disobedience. (He was released after serving two years.)
In 1925, the Tri-State Tornado struck southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana, resulting in some 700 deaths.
In 1937, in America’s worst school disaster, nearly 300 people, most of them children, were killed in a natural gas explosion at the New London Consolidated School in Rusk County, Texas.
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority, which was put in charge of interning Japanese-Americans, with Milton S. Eisenhower (the younger brother of Dwight D. Eisenhower) as its director.
In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Gideon v. Wainwright, ruled unanimously that state courts were required to provide legal counsel to criminal defendants who could not afford to hire an attorney on their own.
In 1965, the first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov went outside his Voskhod 2 capsule, secured by a tether.
In 1980, Frank Gotti, the 12-year-old youngest son of mobster John Gotti, was struck and killed by a car driven by John Favara, a neighbor in Queens, New York. (The following July, Favara vanished, the apparent victim of a gang hit.)
In 1996, rejecting an insanity defense, a jury in Dedham, Massachusetts, convicted John C. Salvi III of murdering two women in attacks at two Boston-area abortion clinics in December 1994. (Salvi later committed suicide in his prison cell.)
In 2002, Brittanie Cecil died two days short of her 14th birthday after being hit in the head by a puck at a game between the host Columbus Blue Jackets and Calgary Flames; it was apparently the first such fan fatality in NHL history.
In 2005, doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. (Despite the efforts of congressional Republicans to intervene and repeated court appeals by Schiavo’s parents, the brain-damaged woman died on March 31, 2005, at age 41.)
In 2018, Vladimir Putin rolled to a crushing reelection victory for six more years as Russia’s president.
Ten years ago: President Barack Obama signed into law a $38 billion jobs bill containing a modest mix of tax breaks and spending designed to encourage the private sector to start hiring again. Actor Fess Parker, 85, died in Santa Ynez, California. Jerome York, an Apple Inc. board member and a financial wizard credited with turning around Chrysler and IBM, died in Pontiac, Michigan, at age 71.
Five years ago: Militants opened fire at a museum in Tunisia’s capital, killing 22 people, most of them foreign tourists. Serbia arrested eight men accused of taking part in the massacre of some 1,300 people at a warehouse on the outskirts of Srebrenica (sreh-breh-NEET’-sah) in 1995. Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup downhill title for the seventh time, winning the last race in the discipline at the World Cup finals in Meribel, France.
One year ago: Warner Bros. chief Kevin Tsujihara stepped down from the studio following claims that he had promised roles to an actress with whom he was having an affair; he was one of the highest-ranking Hollywood executives to be felled by sexual misconduct allegations. Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens and record label head Jerry Bradley were announced as inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Today’s Birthdays: Composer John Kander is 93. Country singer Charley Pride is 86. Nobel peace laureate and former South African president F.W. de Klerk is 84. Country singer Margie Bowes is 79. Actor Kevin Dobson is 77. Actor Brad Dourif is 70. Jazz musician Bill Frisell is 69. Singer Irene Cara is 61. Alt-country musician Karen Grotberg (The Jayhawks) is 61. Movie writer-director Luc Besson is 61. Actor Geoffrey Owens is 59. Actor Thomas Ian Griffith is 58. Singer-songwriter James McMurtry is 58. TV personality Mike Rowe is 58. Singer-actress Vanessa L. Williams is 57. Olympic gold medal speedskater Bonnie Blair is 56. Country musician Scott Saunders (Sons of the Desert) is 56. Actor David Cubitt is 55. Rock musician Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) is 54. Rock singer-musician Miki Berenyi (ber-EN’-ee) is 53. Actor Michael Bergin is 51. Rapper-actress-talk show host Queen Latifah is 50. Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (ryns PREE’-bus) is 48. Actor-comedian Dane Cook is 48. Country singer Philip Sweet (Little Big Town) is 46. Rock musician Stuart Zender is 46. Singers Evan and Jaron Lowenstein are 46. Actress-singer-dancer Sutton Foster is 45. Rock singer Adam Levine (Maroon 5) is 41. Rock musician Daren Taylor (Airborne Toxic Event) is 40. Olympic gold medal figure skater Alexei Yagudin is 40. Actor Adam Pally is 38. Actor Cornelius Smith Jr. is 38. Actor Duane Henry (TV: “NCIS”) is 35. Actress Lily Collins is 31. Actress-dancer Julia Goldani Telles is 25. Actress Ciara Bravo is 23. Actor Blake Garrett Rosenthal is 16.
Thought for Today: “No man has a right in America to treat any other man tolerantly, for tolerance is the assumption of superiority.” — Wendell Willkie, American politician (1892-1944).
The Associated Press.
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The Kosciusko School District is asking parents of students to complete a home internet survey.
The survey asks questions such as how many students live in a home and what kind of internet access the home has.
Superintendent Billy Ellzey said the survey is to help better understand the community for the possibilities of online learning.
For more information, call the Kosciusko School District at 662-289-4771.
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeR5oA6uCLkmwsUjjlbmU2_exPkBeRJ7KS5y1fMv9wo7ydLfw/viewform
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On 3-17-2020, Jamie McKee, a 40 year old w/m from Kosciusko was arrested for Contempt of Court on Monroe Street by Captain Tommy Pender.
On 3-17-2020, Russell Alston, a 25 year old b/m from Kosciusko was arrested for Contempt of Court, Possession of Marijuana in a Vehicle, Possession of Stolen Weapon, and Possession of Weapon by Felon on Highway 12 West by Lt. Devante Lewis.
On 3-14-2020, Michael Barksdale, a 36 year old b/m from Ethel was arrested on East Jefferson Street for No Driver’s License and Possession of Marijuana in a Vehicle by Officer Casey Pounders.
On 03-11-2020, Matthew H. Brown, a 31 year old w/m from Kosciusko was arrested on South Huntington Street for Contempt of Court by Captain Josh Pinkard.
On 03-11-2020, Ashley M. Townsend, a 24 year old w/f from Kosciusko was arrested on Highway 35 South for Contempt of Court by Captain Josh Pinkard.
On 03-11-2020, Shawn B. Mobbs, a 19 year old w/m from Kosciusko was arrested on Highway 35 South for Public Profanity by Captain Josh Pinkard.
On 03-11-2020, Brittany W. Bush, a 30 year old b/f from Lexington was arrested on West Adams Street for Failure to Appear by Captain Josh Pinkard.
On 03-11-2020, Nicholas C. Allen, a 27 year old w/m from Kosciusko was arrested on South Well Street for Domestic Violence-Simple Assault by Officer Wilbert Nelson.
On 03-11-2020, Jessica S. Taylor, a 27 year old w/f from Kosciusko was arrested on South Wells Street for Domestic Violence-Simple Assault by Officer Wilbert Nelson.
On 03-11-2020, Stavario B. Cain, a 23 year old b/m from Ethel was arrested for Failure to Appear on West Adams Street by Lt. Matt Ward with assistance from Winona Police Department.
All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The arrest records published are not an indication of guilt or evidence that an actual crime has been committed. Arrests made by Kosciusko PD.
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Kosciusko Mayor Jimmy Cockroft stopped by the Breezy 101 studio Wednesday morning for Minute with the Mayor
Cockroft recapped Tuesday night’s meeting of the Kosciusko Board of Aldermen and discussed the city’s response to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Minute with the Mayor airs on Breezy 101 during “Good Morning Kosciusko” the day following each meeting of the Kosciusko Board of Aldermen.
The segment is also available at Breezynews.com and the Boswell Media YouTube channel Wednesdays following “Good Morning Kosciusko.”
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Matt Tucker, the director of Helping Hands Ministries and First United Methodist Church Passion Play, visited Breezy 101 Wednesday to speak on how closings at Helping Hands and the cancelling of the Passion Play.
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Officials with Waste Management have announced that the office in Kosciusko is now closed to the public.
Trash pickup will still run on schedule.
Payments can still be made online, by mail, or through the call center.
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Mississippi teachers and employees of city and county governments will be paid even if they are told to stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic. The state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill guaranteeing the pay and sent it to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves for his signature. Reeves had requested the bill. Mississippi reported 34 confirmed cases of... Read More.
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Spring semester classes at Holmes Community College started back today in an online format as Holmes does its part to help fight the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The College has moved 788 academic and career technical classes to an online format which includes 3,555 traditional students. Currently, 5,210 Holmes students are being taught and are receiving instructional support. Plans are being made to host individual training for career and technical students in addition to their online content.
Holmes Community College President Dr. Jim Haffey is proud of the effort his instructors and administrators have made to keep students on track to finishing the spring semester in a timely manner.
“We take a lot of pride at Holmes at being flexible and responding to our communities’ needs quickly,” Haffey said. “That is a culture that our instructors and employees embrace.”
Holmes has invested in the Canvas Learning Management Platform, which has become the most widely adopted LMS in North America, benefitting millions of students and teachers globally across 70 countries. The eLearning Department at Holmes embraced the use of Canvas and many other innovative activities to enhance online education.
“We were fortunate to have invested heavily in online learning over the last decade,” Haffey said. “A large percentage of our classes are usually delivered online to students across the state and country. I would not say that it has been an easy process to convert everything to online, but most of our classes already had a lot of online resources tied to them, so we have been able to expand those. I am extremely proud of our instructors for jumping in with both feet to help get our state and country back going.”
Director of eLearning Tish Stewart said her staff was eager to help the on campus instructors convert their classes to online.
“Since our eLearning program has 20 years of experience, we have a wealth of information that we are able to share with instructors and students, including basic instructions, training manuals, and tips for the online classroom,” Stewart said. “We are doing all we can to help all those involved with this transition to be prepped and ready for what the weeks ahead may entail.”
Vice President for Academic Programs Dr. Jenny Jones said once she knew a transition from on-campus to online, her staff and instructors went to work getting this accomplished.
“Our instructors were able to take their face-to-face courses and start converting them to fully online within days,” Jones said. “Of course none of this would have been possible without the outstanding support from the eLearning Department, they have been the backbone to this massive undertaking. We want to ensure that our Holmes students to know that we are all here for them and will support them in the days ahead. No Place Like Holmes! has never been more evident than now.”
Vice President of Career Technical Education Dr. Amy Whittington said her classes have made a move to online as well which has made her instructors embrace new technologies along the way.
“I am proud to say that our face-to-face CTE courses went live today with online content to ensure that we are continuing to provide those skills necessary to gain employment upon completion of a CTE program,” Whittington said. “The eLearning Department has been vital in the success of our push to online with program content. Our highly-skilled instructors are continually searching for new technologies to train remotely.
“Collaboration and team work across divisions have been key in this transition,” she added. “While these may be challenging times, I am confident that our CTE team will use this time to find ways to make our programs even stronger.”
“As schools and universities close or otherwise prepare for coronavirus (COVID-19), the Instructure (Canvas) team is here for you,” according to the Canvas website. “We’re committed to the health, safety, and success of students, educators and administrators everywhere. And we want to make sure you can continue to teach, learn, and succeed from anywhere.”
Holmes has also identified several areas at each location where students can park and work on their assignments in their vehicle if they have limited access at their homes.
Wifi is available to students in the following areas of our campuses: Goodman Campus, along Montague Street; Ridgeland Campus, parking lot in front of Adcock Library; Grenada Campus, parking lot on Avent Drive near the Phillips Building; and the Attala Center, in the big parking lot.
Hours available will be 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Students need to be aware that signal strength is determined by the numbers of users so the strength may fluctuate as more people take advantage of the service.
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