Limited heat danger is expected to continue across much of Mississippi through the end of the week and into the weekend, with heat indices near 105, according to the U.S. National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi.
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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