WCBI NEWS at 10 - 09/24/2020

WCBI NEWS at 10 - 09/24/2020

Show open show open show open intro there's a laundry list of covid-19 symptoms and it seems to effect some folks differently than others.éé more people are now wondering if it's seasonal allergies or the virus.éé courtney ann jackson explains a few of those concerns.éé pkg covid-19 is adding a layer of concern for those who already suffer from issues like asthma and allergies.

"i thought with me having seasonal asthma maybe this was just a really bad event."

Jennifer coney was thankful to have doctors to answer the questions.

"i've been tested twice for covid.

Each time my medications i was on wasn't working so it just became a ruling out method."

Dr. james haltom at mississippi asthma and allergy points to some symptoms that may be the red flags for covid.

"cough, fatigue and fever and you shouldn't really see those things dramatically with allergy.

And loss of taste and smell with covid-19 is another indicator that is pretty specific."

But check this out!

Haltom says some studies show patients with asthma and allergies may actually be at less risk from the virus.

"the reason for that is the virus attaches to what we call ace2 receptors in your respiratory tract and in your blood stream.

And patients with asthma and allergies actually have fewer of those receptors."

Meanwhile, district drugs and mercantile has had more calls about allergy issues.

"and they come to the pharmacy to self-diagnose, self-treat."

Whitney harris encourages folks to talk to the pharmacist or a doctor to make sure their symptoms aren't something more serious.

She's also found an increased early-interest in the flu shot.

"so, i have a list of hundreds of people who are wanting the shot asap."

Dr. haltom believes flu season in when patients may get more confused because of more overlap in symptoms. state health officials are reporting 737 new cases, with 4 deaths.

éé the total number of cases is more than 95-thousand and more than 28- hundred deaths.

éé it's presumed that more than thousand 85- thousand mississippians have recovered from the virus.

éé first look stinger first look summary: the region will dry out a bit heading into the weekend.

A few showers are possible sunday with some more widespread rain monday with a cold front.

Seasonable 80s are slated to return by saturday afternoon and they should continue into sunday and monday.

Another cool shot of air may return by the middle to end of next week.

Thursday night: cloudy with isolated showers or sprinkles possible.

Lows in the low 60s.

Friday: extensive cloud cover to start with a few peaks of sun developing during the afternoon hours.

Highs in mainly in the mid 70s with northerly winds 3-7 mph.

Dry conditions with temperatures in the 60s can be expected for high school football in the evening.

A utility worker is killed in a firey crash in macon.

éé the accident a utility worker is killed in a firey crash in macon.

éé the accident happened at the highway 45 and 14 intersection.

éé noxubee county coroner r.l.

Calhoun says the driver has been entified as 36- year-old darrell holt.

éé calhoun tells wcbi the large utility vehicle holt was driving crashed into the back of an 18-wheeler and caught fire on wednesday.

éé holt works for r & m pole line construction in plattsburg, missouri, which is where he is from.

éé macon police are investigating the accident.

éé a former noxubee county deputy and his brother are accused of impersonating a police officer.

éé eddie and terry franklin are both charged with impersonating an officer by the kentucky state police.

éé a citation report filed reports that a kentucky state trooper pulled terry franklin over for speeding, near elizabethtown.

éé the trooper reports that when he approached the car terry franklin handed him a noxubee county sheriff's department badge and told the trooper that his brother gave it to him to ask for a professional courtesy.

éé eddie franklin was in the passenger seat.

éé the trooper got in touch with noxubee county sheriff tommy roby.

éé roby told the trooper that eddie franklin no longer works with the sheriff's department and that the badge should've been turned in to the agency.

éé terry franklin is also charged with driving 20 miles over the speed limit.

éé a verona church is starting several projects to help feed and clothe people, and also provide a safe haven for human trafficking victims.éé our allie martin has the story.éé there's not a lot of downtime for robbie gillespie.

He is making sure everything is ready at the anchor church for a food distribution outreach this weekend.

"we had been praying, i asked god, 'would you send us food" we want to help people in need and as i started praying it's like the gates of heaven opened and we had an abundance of food."

The food giveaway is part of a ministry gillespie helped start called "a servant's heart food pantry" fifty pound boxes of food will be given out, free of charge, to 300 families saturday morning at the anchor church.

New clothes will also be available during the outreach.

Gillespie is also director of client services for a non profit the church helped start.

Grace and mercy ministries runs a faith based home for men who want to break the cycle of addiction, homelessness and other issues.

The men live at "transformation ranch" and agree to maintain steady employment, attend nightly bible studies and church services.

A similar program for women is called "transformation home."

Glenn best is resident director at transformation ranch.

At one time, he was a resident.

"i came here just over two years ago, struggling to learn how to walk out my faith, and here at the ranch it's a big thing is obedience, as i've been here two years i'm still learning how to walk out my faith, and teaching others to do the same" the ministry is also planning to build and staff a "safe house" for victims of sex trafficking.

Foundation work has started on "transformation garden."

Plans call for a 69 hundred square foot building that can house up to 20 women who need hope and healing.

The anchor church does not have a big budget, but its members believe in the power of prayer, and partnership with other churches and individuals who want to share the gospel in word and deed.

"this is what we feel like, jesus is, and what the church should look like, it's about, going out, not just sitting in your church and hearing a sermon , paying tithe and going home, it's about reaching people.

God said he created us to make disciples and making disciples means going out and getting your hands dirty and saying , hey we love you, we want to help you, what do you need" transformation garden will be under construction for the next few months.

Another local ministry, eight days of hope, will be on site december first to help finish the safe house.

In verona, allie martin, wcbi news.

The free food and clothes giveaway takes place saturday from ten until noon.éé a tishomingo county company has made a donation to northeast mississippi community college to help with workforce training.éé t mississippi silicon donated 100 thousand dollars to the community college.

éé funds will be used to help with workforce training heating, ventilation and hvac lab at the college's corinth campus.éé president doctor ricky ford says the donation is an example of the importance of forming partnerships with communities in the region.éé skilled hvac training is a top need listed for workers throughout the region.éé police in louisville say they will enforce a curfew tonight after two officers were shot during protests over the breonna taylor grand jury decision.éé after months of investigating, the cops involved in taylor's death were not charged.

éé jericka duncan has the latest from louisville.

éé officials in louisville say they have video that shows 26-year-old larynzo johnson shooting two police officers during last night's protests following the grand jury's decision in the breonna taylor case.

"i'm extremely happy to report that one of them was treated and released from university hospital with a leg wound.

And the other who was struck in the abdomen is in stable condition after undergoing significant surgeries, and is expected to recover."

Although protests started peacefully, there were reports of garbage can fires, damaged vehicles and looting.

Police made 127 arrests.

The protests came after months of waiting for a decision in taylor's case.

Former louisville detective brett hankison was indicted for endangering lives when he fired 10 shots into an apartment next to taylor's.

Hankison was arrested and released on bail.

Officers jonathan mattingly and miles cosgrove, who fired the shot that killed taylor, will not face criminal charges.

"use of force by mattingly and cosgrove was justified to protect themselves."

Taylor was killed on march 13th, as police executed a no-knock search warrant for drugs and money.

Neither were found.

Her boyfriend kenneth walker says he believed the police were intruders so he fired a single shot which hit mattingly in the thigh.

Police returned fire.

6 shots hit taylor.

"somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend."

Walker has maintained police did not identify themselves before they used a battering ram on the door.

Cameron said the officers did knock and announce.

That information was corroborated by another witness.

But attorneys for walker and taylor say áthatá witness initially told police he did ánotá hear the officers announce themselves.

And an additional 12 neighbors said the same thing.

Attorneys want to know what evidence the grand jury was shown.

"we are demanding that he release that transcript so we can see if there is any evidence...did breonna have any voice in that grand jury proceeding?"" the f-b-i is conducting a separate investigation into the case.

One of the things it's examining is, if police used false information to obtain the warrant.

Hankison is also under investigation by an f-b-i led task force for sexual assault allegations unrelated to the breonna taylor case.

Jericka duncan, cbs news louisville, kentucky.

Last week, the city settled a lawsuit against the three officers brought by taylor's mother, tamika palmer, agreeing to pay her $12 million and enact police reforms.éé stinger wx open summary: the region will dry out a bit heading into the weekend.

A few showers are possible sunday with some more widespread rain monday with a cold front.

Seasonable 80s are slated to return by saturday afternoon and they should continue into sunday and monday.

Another cool shot of air may return by the middle to end of next week.

Thursday night: cloudy with isolated showers or sprinkles possible.

Lows in the low 60s.

Friday: extensive cloud cover to start with a few peaks of sun developing during the afternoon hours.

Highs in mainly in the mid 70s with northerly winds 3-7 mph.

Dry conditions with temperatures in the 60s can be expected for high school football in the evening.

Friday night: areas of low clouds and fog develop by sunrise.

Lows in the low 60s.

Light wind.

Saturday: extensive low clouds to start with partly cloudy skies developing during the day.

Highs should top out in the 80s if there is enough sunshine.

Southerly winds 5- 10 mph.

Sunday: variably cloudy with a 20% chance of showers.

Highs remain in the 80s.

Monday: increasing clouds with a 50% chance of rain developing during the afternoon and evening.

Highs in the low 80s.

Tuesday-thursday: recent data suggest highs may only top out in the 70s with overnight summary: the region will dry out a bit heading into the weekend.

A few showers are possible sunday with some more widespread rain monday with a cold front.

Seasonable 80s are slated to return by saturday afternoon and they should continue into sunday and monday.

Another cool shot of air may return by the middle to end of next week.

Thursday night: cloudy with isolated showers or sprinkles possible.

Lows in the low 60s.

Friday: extensive cloud cover to start with a few peaks of sun developing during the afternoon hours.

Highs in mainly in the mid 70s with northerly winds 3-7 mph.

Dry conditions with temperatures in the 60s can be expected for high school football in the evening.

Friday night: areas of low clouds and fog develop by sunrise.

Lows in the low 60s.

Light wind.

Saturday: extensive low clouds to start with partly cloudy skies developing during the day.

Highs should top out in the 80s if there is enough sunshine.

Southerly winds 5- 10 mph.

Sunday: variably cloudy with a 20% chance of showers.

Highs remain in the 80s.

Monday: increasing clouds with a 50% chance of rain developing during the afternoon and evening.

Highs in the low 80s.

Tuesday-thursday: recent data suggest highs may only top out in the 70s with overnight lows tumbling into the low 50s and upper 40s.

Rain chances appear quite low during this time.

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éé no scripts stinger previewing a full weekend of football.

It's almost here.

éé wcbi sports is next.éé spx open ole miss continues to get ready to face off against florida saturday with the team holding a walk through today.

The rebs bring back a lot of talent on offense, however head coach lane kiffin won't be the one calling the plays.

Offensive coordinator jeff lebby will handle that.

Lebby coached one of the premier offenses in the country last season at ucf.

The knights ranked 2nd nationally in total offense averaging 43.4 points a game.

Kiffin explained why he feels its best to let lebby and other coaches on his staff handle their roles.

"i decided when i took the job to hire an assistant and let them do it.

I think when you mess with them too much that cannot be good as the head coach.

I try to leave my coaches alone for the most part so i can manage the game."

In tuscaloosa, the tide continue getting ready for their date with missouri.

Plenty of pub surrounding this alabama team entering the year as the preseason favorites to win the conference's western division and the sec championship!

The tide also have 13 players making up 15 spots on the media preseason all sec teams. despite all the hype, head coach nick saban has questions about his team that game one will give answers to.

"some guys are assuming leadership roles now that they didn't have to do in the past even though they played.

How are they going to manage that?

There's a lot of questions that get answered in the first game.

I think first game's usually tell you a lot about where you are and who you are.

That will probably be the most interesting thing to find out for us overall."

Here's a look at some new gameday guidelines for fans to keep in mind saturday at ole miss.

The designated fan color for the game will be announced on ole miss football social media channels.

Refillable cups are not available.

And the student union will be closed to the public as well.

We're now entering week 4 of endzone.

Plenty of games to choose from for our game of the week but we all know whats up!

We're making the trip back to west point!

That's right!

Two of the top teams in 5a duke it out friday.

West point and lafayette.

West point comes in ranked as the top team in 5a.

The commodores ranked 5th.

The last time these two met up it went down to the wire with west point winning by a touchdown!

We'll find out friday night which team comes out on top and takes control of the division.

Here's a look at the ap poll for high school teams as we head into friday.

The top team in 6a is starkville.

Coming in at 5th are the defending state champs oxford.

In 5a, west point and lafayette holding down the 1st and 5th spots.

4a defending champs corinth at 1.

Louisville in 2nd.

3a noxubee county comes in at 3rd.

2a east webster climbing up a spot in the polls at 4th then in 1a, the warriors holding down the top spot and baldwyn is 5th.

Still to come..

Chief meteorologist keith gibson returns with tonights last