Toddler killed in accidental shooting by 4-year-old in Miss. The Jones County Sheriff s Department responded to the scene on New Hope Road on Friday morning. (Source: WDAM) By WDAM Staff | January 29, 2021 at 12:59 PM CST - Updated January 30 at 9:07 AM
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A 2-year-old girl died Friday after being accidentally shot by her 4-year-old brother in Jones County.
Jones County Sheriff Joe Berlin said his department responded to the shooting on New Hope Road Friday morning.
The 2-year-old girl was transported by EMServ to South Central Regional Medical Center and later pronounced dead.
According to the sheriff’s department, the girl was shot once with a handgun.
Health care workers remember Natchez nurse who died from COVID-19 complications
Deaths from the virus continue to increase for third straight month in Mississippi
Coworkers remember nurse who died from COVID-19 complications By C.J. LeMaster | January 20, 2021 at 10:12 PM CST - Updated January 20 at 10:12 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - For months, doctors and nurses on the front lines of Mississippiâs coronavirus response have muddled through a myriad of outcomes and diagnoses, many of them deadly, a harsh reality that one physician compares to the horrors of wartime combat.
In this unforgiving environment, health care workers were dealt yet another blow last week: one of Merit Health Natchezâs longest-serving nurses, Sandra Powell, died of COVID-19 complications after nearly two months battling the disease from a hospital bed.
African-Americans make up 16% of COVID-19 vaccinations in Mississippi Share Updated: 6:27 PM CST Jan 13, 2021 Share Updated: 6:27 PM CST Jan 13, 2021
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Show Transcript NOW DOING TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT. HERE AT THE JACKSON HINES COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER. THERE’S A GROWING DEMAND FOR THE COVID VACCINE. THE DIRECTOR TELLS US THE PATIENTS HERE OVERWHELMINGLY AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTUALLY ROLLED IT OUT STARTING TO ADMINISTER THE VACCINE TO OUR PATIENTS LAST WEDNESDAY, I THINK ON THE HIGHEST STATE WE ADMINISTER 260 VACCINE SO WE HAVE GIVEN PROBABLY PROBABLY ABOUT ALMOST A THOUSAND NURSE PRACTITIONER CANDACE CHILDREN SAYS THE CLINIC HAS HAD TO TURN AWAY PEOPLE THEY RUN OUT OF THE VACCINE. WE KNOW THAT IT AFFECTS US WHEN I SAY YES, AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE DISPROPORTIONTELY THEN IT DOES ANYONE ELSE. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE IS STILL THE STATE HEALTH OFFICERS HAD ONLY 16% OF THE VACCINE HAS GONE TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS. I’M SUR