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Miss. getting $5.62M grant to improve health, education responses in pandemic The grant is funded through the CARES Act. (Source: Christine T. Nguyen/Minnesota Public Radio via AP) By WLBT Digital | February 26, 2021 at 10:43 AM CST - Updated February 26 at 10:51 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (WLBT) - Mississippi is getting a great big grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development.
The $5.26 million grant, funded through the CARES Act, is expected to improve health and education responses to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
Here is the breakdown of how the rural development grant will be divvied up:
Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville – $995,958 to support telemedicine services from 15 sites in Washington, Issaquena, Humphreys, and Sharkey counties, and will use the Center’s Greenville and Arcola facilities as network hubs connecting six schools, a community health clinic, a skilled nursing facility, and other sites.
Baldwyn School District - Closed for Presidents Day
Benton County School District - Closed, learning virtually
Booneville School District - Close for Presidents Day
Calhoun County School District - Closed, learning virtually
Corinth School District - Closed, learning virtually
Itawamba County School District - Closed for Presidents Day
Lafayette County School District - Closed for Presidents Day
Lee County School District - Closed for Presidents Day
Marshall County School District - Closed, learning virtually
Nettleton School District - Closed
North Tippah School District - Closed, learning virtually
Oxford School District - Closed
Pontotoc County School District - Closed for Presidents Day
Alabama teachers speak out as four more teachers die of COVID-19 this week
On Thursday, Montgomery Public Schools (MPS) piano teacher Leslye Ames, 49, became the latest educator to die from COVID-19 in the Alabama capital. Four teachers in the school district lost their lives to COVID-19 in a single week, making this the most deadly week within a deadly month for Alabama educators.
Leslye Ames, piano teacher [Credit: Facebook]
Dwayne Berry, an MPS administrator and football coach, died on Monday, January 19. “He was really loved by all the kids, all the coaches there,” MPS athletic director Patrick Fenderson told the