State health officials still urging use of masks as mandate lifts in Mississippi Mississippi to end mask mandate at 5 p.m. Wednesday By Janice Broach | March 2, 2021 at 10:39 PM CST - Updated March 2 at 10:47 PM DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. (WMC) - Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves issued an executive order axing mask-wearing. The governor may have signed an executive order to lift the mask mandate but he is still encouraging people to wear a mask to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Some people in Desoto County wonder if it means they may now be more exposed. Jada Reed believes wearing a mask...