TUPELO ⢠Typically accompanied by live music and fireworks, Tupeloâs upcoming New Yearâs Eve celebration will differ from previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the ball drop during the countdown to 2021 will continue.
The ball, a globe styled like Century Constructionâs logo, will be lowered from an illuminated guitar atop the companyâs Fairpark office building at midnight.
Alli Maloney, Century Constructionâs Director of Marketing, said the company felt it was important to move forward with the event and hopes people will come out to view the ball drop either from their cars or while maintaining a safe social distance from others outdoors.
Editorâs note:
Faces of 2020 is a short series about local people who represent those who played significant roles in this unusual year.
TUPELO ⢠Ted Clem took his duties as a Lee County poll watcher for the Democratic Party seriously; he also took the threat of COVID-19 seriously.
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Clem donned both a medical grade face mask and a plastic face shield and spent the day â 12 hours in total â at the Tupelo 3 precinct, located at Lawndale Presbyterian Church near the Lee Acres and Audubon neighborhoods.
On Wednesday night and again on Thursday night, Clem wore a mask and sat in a room at the Lee County Circuit Clerkâs office, watching as the local resolution board sifted through thousands of absentee ballots, verifying them for validity.
Syble L. Barron, 89, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. She was born on March 28, 1931, in Prentiss County, MS to John and Ida Bell Lambert Barron. She was the youngest of eight children. Her education was in the Thrasher School System. She played high school basketball, and always said she only went to school so she could play basketball. She married Elton Barron in August 1951, and they were blessed with three sons. The family moved from Booneville to Tupelo in 1970. She worked for many years in the Cafeteria at Tupelo High School where she made the favorite corn flake bars. After leaving the high school, she worked for the school system driving a special needs bus. She loved the children she drove to and from school. She was an active member of Tupelo Freewill Baptist Church (now Connect Church) until her health failed.
COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Tupelo, Itawamba County reaches 2,000 cases djournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from djournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mississippi hospitals to accept new patients even if at full capacity
Hospitals in Mississippi are required to take in new patients, even if the hospitals are at full capacity, the state s health officer said.
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 7:33 PM
Updated: Dec 22, 2020 11:07 AM
Posted By: Bronson Woodruff
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Hospitals in Mississippi are required to take in new patients, even if the hospitals are at full capacity, State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs explained Friday.
Tempers have flared between hospitals over which hospital will take which patient, Dobbs added. Teamwork will be essential.
Using Mississippi MED-COM, critically ill patients are sent regionally, northern, central and southern to hospitals capable of treating critically-ill patients, according to Dr. Jeremy Blanchard of North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS).