Above-average to near-record temperatures are expected to keep heat indices above 100 degrees across the majority of the Mid-South, with readings rising to between 105 and 110 degrees through at least Wednesday, according to the US National Weather Service Memphis Tennessee.
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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