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Weather threats for Mississippi return: Large hail, damaging winds possible Thursday night

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April 10, 2025

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Weather threats for Mississippi return: Large hail, damaging winds possible Thursday night

‘The main threats are primarily damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph and hail up to golf ball size.’

Severe thunderstorms are expected to impact Northeast Mississippi Thursday evening.
Damaging winds up to 70 mph and golf ball-sized hail are possible.
The fast-moving system is predicted to enter the state around 6 p.m. and exit by midnight.
A marginal risk of severe weather, with winds up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail, extends further south.

After several days of calm weather severe thunderstorms are back on the radar for portions of Mississippi Thursday evening into the night.

“The main threats are primarily damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph and hail up to golf-ball size,” said Christopher Rainer, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson. “This is in the northeast portions of the state.”

The area at greater risk of severe weather extends across the state from Philadelphia over to Cleveland and north. The area south of that down to Laurel and just south of Vicksburg is in the Marginal Risk category.

“For those areas we’re looking at damaging winds up to 60 mph and hail up to quarter size,” Rainer said.

Rainer said the system should move into Mississippi around 6 p.m. and be in the Jackson area around 11 p.m. It should move out by midnight.

“This is a fast-moving system,” Ranier said.

After that, Mississippi will enjoy warm spring weather and sunny skies into next week.

National Weather Service forecast in, near Jackson, MS

Today: Sunny, with a high near 81. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. Mostly clear, with a low around 53. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the morning.
Saturday night: Clear, with a low around 46. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

National Weather Service forecast in, near Hattiesburg, MS

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 76. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Friday night: Clear, with a low around 47. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 72. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday night: Clear, with a low around 45. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

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Esquire names Mississippi seafood place among Top 33 best new restaurants

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December 17, 2025

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Esquire names Mississippi seafood place among Top 33 best new restaurants

A Mississippi restaurant has made a short list of the hottest new restaurants in America for 2025. Esquire named the 33 best new places to eat.

“… This has been the Year of the Good Time,” writer Joshua David Stein noted. “A good time not in an ‘ostrich in the sand’ way or in a ‘decline and fall of the Roman Empire’ mode. A good time founded on the recognition that good times — with friends around a table, breaking bread — are more important than ever in chaotic, topsy-turvy years like these.”

The national list includes places that meet what Esquire’s Food & Drinks Editor Jeff Hordinier calls “’the five C’s’ —we’re looking for a sweet spot of hospitality that incorporates comfort, creativity, cool, community, and (of course) excellent cooking.”

Which Mississippi seafood place did Esquire call one of the best new restaurants?

Siren Social Club in Gulfport made the Esquire list of the Top 33 new restaurants in the U.S. Chef Adam Sumrall and his wife and business partner Tresse Sumrall recently attended a party in New York City to celebrate the honor.

“The old building used to be a mortuary, but it’s got plenty of life in it now. Festooned with images of tropical flora and ruled by a statue of an orange enchantress who looks ready for the Life of a Showgirl world tour, Siren Social Club makes it clear from the outset that you are here to shake off the cobweb,” chef Amethyst Ganaway wrote for Esquire.

The Sumralls opened Siren on Halloween night in 2024. It’s in the same building a Hotel Vela, a boutique option in Gulf Coast hospitality. The pair also run White Pillars in Biloxi.

They excel at elevated dining experiences in fun, elegant settings. The Michelin guide also gave both Siren Social Club and White Pillars nods in its first American South’s 2025 Recommended Restaurants list.

“Siren Social Club dares to be different,” the guide notes.

Southern Living also named it one of the 20 new restaurants in the South earlier this year.

“Swanky and cool, it’s a fun spot for early birds and night owls alike,” wrote Senior Food Editor Josh Miller.

What’s on the Siren Social Club menu?

Chef Adam Sumrall brings Southern cooking paired with haute cuisine training. He’s a graduate of Ole Miss and the Culinary Institute of America, according to the Hotel Vela website. The McComb native won the King of American Seafood title at the 2021 Great American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans. He’s a James Beard Foundation semi-finalist for best chef in the South who’s been featured on several cooking shows. Sumrall won Food Network’s “Alex vs America.”

“Their admirably robust menu indulges coastal cravings via seasonal oysters and Gulf shrimp while appeasing land lovers with steakhouse favorites and handmade pastas,” Miller wrote.

Esquire highlighted the “luxe party food,” particularly crispy chicken with hot honey, thousand-layer potatoes, beef Wellington and a shrimp cocktail that comes with buttered crackers.

Current menu listings include a caviar service, beef tartare and pork chop paillard.

When can I go to Siren Social Club?

According to the website, Siren Social Club is open 5-9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 5-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

It’s at 1409 24th Ave., Gulfport.

Bonnie Bolden is the Deep South Connect reporter for Mississippi with USA TODAY Network. Email her at bbolden@gannett.com.

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Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for Dec. 16, 2025

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December 17, 2025

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Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for Dec. 16, 2025

The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Dec. 16, 2025, results for each game:

Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from Dec. 16 drawing

02-09-13-18-29

Check Mississippi Match 5 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Cash 3 numbers from Dec. 16 drawing

Midday: 3-3-2, FB: 4

Evening: 5-9-3, FB: 9

Check Cash 3 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Cash 4 numbers from Dec. 16 drawing

Midday: 3-9-2-0, FB: 4

Evening: 9-8-3-6, FB: 9

Check Cash 4 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Cash Pop numbers from Dec. 16 drawing

Midday: 05

Evening: 02

Check Cash Pop payouts and previous drawings here.

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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize

Winnings of $599 or less can be claimed at any authorized Mississippi Lottery retailer.

Prizes between $600 and $99,999, may be claimed at the Mississippi Lottery Headquarters or by mail. Mississippi Lottery Winner Claim form, proper identification (ID) and the original ticket must be provided for all claims of $600 or more. If mailing, send required documentation to:

Mississippi Lottery Corporation

P.O. Box 321462

Flowood, MS

39232

If your prize is $100,000 or more, the claim must be made in person at the Mississippi Lottery headquarters. Please bring identification, such as a government-issued photo ID and a Social Security card to verify your identity. Winners of large prizes may also have the option of setting up electronic funds transfer (EFT) for direct deposits into a bank account.

Mississippi Lottery Headquarters

1080 River Oaks Drive, Bldg. B-100

Flowood, MS

39232

Mississippi Lottery prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing date. For detailed instructions and necessary forms, please visit the Mississippi Lottery claim page.

When are the Mississippi Lottery drawings held?

Cash 3: Daily at 2:30 p.m. (Midday) and 9:30 p.m. (Evening).
Cash 4: Daily at 2:30 p.m. (Midday) and 9:30 p.m. (Evening).
Match 5: Daily at 9:30 p.m. CT.
Cash Pop: Daily at 2:30 p.m. (Midday) and 9:30 p.m. (Evening).

This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Mississippi editor. You can send feedback using this form.

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Ohio man pleads guilty to possessing device-making equipment in Mississippi

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December 16, 2025

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Ohio man pleads guilty to possessing device-making equipment in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – An Ohio man pled guilty last week to illegally possessing credit card encoding devices in Mississippi.

According to court documents, Sean Matthew Langston, Jr., 33, was arrested in Rankin County on April 28, 2024, following a traffic stop. Investigators said Langston and his co-defendant, John Carleton Johnson, Jr., were found to be in possession of 322 gift cards, 17 reencoded instruments containing stolen bank card data, and two magstripe encoding devices.

Prosecutors said Langston and Johnson could be seen on CCTV footage at various retail stores throughout the Jackson-metro area purchasing gift cards with known cloned instruments.

Langston pled guilty to one count of illegal possession, production, or trafficking in device-making equipment with intent to defraud. He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 14, 2026, and faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in federal prison.

Sean Matthew Langston, Jr. (Courtesy: Madison Co. Detention Center)

A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Langston and Johnson on February 20, 2025. Johnson pled guilty on June 30, 2025, and was sentenced to serve two years in federal prison and ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 on November 3, 2025.

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