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MONROE • The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has seized approximately 20 pounds of methamphetamine as part of a coordinated investigation between several state and local agencies.

JACKSON •  Neurosurgeon Dr. John Daniel Davis IV has been nominated by Gov. Tate Reeves to serve on a board that governs public health in the state, Department of Health officials announced Tuesday. Davis, of Flowood, was nominated to complete the six-year term of Dr. Ed D. "Tad" Barham on the Mississippi State Board of Health. Barham died earlier this year of coronavirus complications. Davis is a graduate of both the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and School of Public Health. He currently works as a neurosurgeon at NewSouth NeuroSpine in Flowood. "It is truly a special o...

JACKSON • People are being advised for the third year in a row to avoid swimming, fishing and other recreational activities in the river and creeks in Mississippi's capital city, after a recent evaluation from the state environmental agency. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued a water quality advisory for 11 Jackson creeks and areas of the Pearl River near the city's Savanna Wastewater Treatment Plant in south Jackson, The Clarion Ledger reported. The advisory is the result of wastewater overflows from the plant and sewer infrastructure problems across the city, of...

CUSTOMER SERVICE: (800) 708-7311 EXT. 236 TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH BY KEITH ROACH, M.D. --- DEAR DR. ROACH: Over the past year of pandemic lockdown, I have worked hard at reducing calories to lose weight and increasing my exercise on an elliptical trainer. I am 5 feet, 7 inches tall and age 70. I went from 202 pounds to 149.3. My weight goal is 145. My waistline is 25.5 inches. I have achieved a size 14 in clothing, which is what I wore in 2002. According to my digital scale, my BMI is now 23.4, and according to the BMI chart, I am now in the good "healthy weight" range. Also, in May 2019 I had to...

HOUSTON • A pair of 20-year-old men have been charged in connection with home invasions in Chickasaw, Oktibbeha and Pontotoc counties.