Hot conditions are expected to persist into the weekend, with highs reaching the upper 90s to lower 100s, according to the US National Weather Service Memphis Tennessee.
A Heat Advisory is in effect through 8 p.m. Saturday.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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