Hot and humid weather is expected to continue through much of next week, with highs reaching the upper 90s, according to the U.S. National Weather Service in Memphis, Tennessee.
Heat index values are forecast to reach between 105 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas starting Sunday and eventually spread across most of the region early next week.
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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