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The Rundown 4/7/2020

Good morning, Tupelo and beyond! It’s Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 and it’s the 98th day of the year.

On this day in history in the year 30, scholars estimate this day to be the day of Jesus’ crucifixion by Roman troops in Israel. In 529, Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (fundamental work in jurisprudence). Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St John Passion” premiered in Leipzig in 1724. The world’s 1st animated cartoon “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces” by J. Stuart Blackton is released in 1906. The World Health Organization was founded on this day in 1948. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was first to voice fear of a “domino-effect” of communism in Indo-China in a news conference in 1954. The Internet was born 51 years ago today with the publication of the RFC 1. The World Trade Organisation ruled in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas in 1999. And in 2000, South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje was charged by Delhi police with fixing One Day International matches against India.

Here’s your quote of the day.

“REmember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”

dale carnegie

Instead of sharing events, we’re now sharing resources to help you get through #socialdistancing. These resources will range from where to find free meals for your children through the week to virtual museum tours, learning resources, and other activities to do at home with the family. If you have any resources not listed that you would like to share with #OurTupelo drop your links in the comment section of this post. 

Find the latest local Covid-19 updates directly from the Mississippi State Department of Health right here on their website.

Click the following links to read Mayor Shelton’s Executive Orders on the Emergency Proclamation declared by the Mayor and the City of Tupelo on Saturday, March 21, 2020.

Shelter in Place Moratorium on Utility Disconnections/Evictions

Details on Essential/Nonessential Businesses

Signing of Executive Order

Covid-19 Testing Locations

Need to be tested for coronavirus? These clinics offer testing. All clinics are using curbside services or bringing symptomatic patients into an isolated area of the clinic to protect them and other patients. *If you are a clinic owner offering testing and do not see your clinic listed below, send us a private Facebook message to give us your info.

  • East Main Family Medical Clinic–curbside testing and isolation rooms for patients who need to come inside for treatment.
  • Friendship Medical Clinics–Tupelo, Ecru, and New Albany locations have curbside testing available. Stay in car at all times, call your clinic when you’re in line for registration.
  • Medplus Tupelo and Fulton locations offer curbside coronavirus testing. Check-in online at medpluscares.com and check cough and fever as your symptoms to get registered for testing. Wait for the clinic to call you to provide testing time.

Senior Hours at Local Grocery Stores

  • Todd’s Big Star’s Seniors Only Shopping Hours are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am – 12 pm. Regular shopping hours will resume from 12 pm – 8 pm. Todd’s will follow these new hours every Tuesday and Thursday while following normal business hours of 7 am – 8 pm on Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, and Sun. Deli is open for takeout.
  • Food Giant of North Mississippi’s Senior Hour will be daily during the first hour they are open at 7 am.
  • Dollar General also offers its first hour of business to seniors and those at a higher risk of serious complications from coronavirus. Most locations open at 8 am, some open at 7 am. Check with your location to confirm their hours.
  • Cockrell Banana offers curbside pickup for all of their produce items. Check out their Facebook page for a complete list.

If you are in need of food in the Tupelo area, contact the Hunger Coalition or Eight Days of Hope.

Need to sign up for unemployment benefits? Click here. Are you a small business owner looking for information on the loans and resources available to you? Find the info here.

Interested in volunteering your time or resources to help provide food and meet other needs of fellow citizens in Tupelo and our surrounding communities? Click here to get the info you need.

Beginning Monday, March 23rd, most if not all area school districts are offering free meal programs including but not limited to Tupelo Public School District, Lee County School District, Alcorn County School District, New Albany School District, Union County School District, Nettleton School District, and Monroe County School District. You can read the MDE’s complete list and meal pickup locations here. **Please note: Some districts have had to temporarily discontinue their programs due to COVID-19. Lee County and TPSD are continuing their services as of right now. Please contact your school district to find out if they are still offering services.**

Parents, welcome to homeschooling! Check out your school district’s online resources below. We will add to this list as more resources are made available. 

Tupelo Public School District

Lee County Schools

Free Online Learning and Reading Resources

Abcya.com

Pbskids.org

Storylineonline.net

Khanacademy.org

Weather.gov/learning

Virtual Tours and Other At-Home Activities

Easter Sunday is coming up April 12 and it’s a great time to get involved in live-streaming services offered by area churches. We’ve started a shortlist that we’re regularly updating here.

Museum Tours

National Park Tours

Street Art Tours 

Check out this list of 25 things to do at home during social distancing.

Check out ways to keep your kids entertained plus find more online learning sources here.

Selfish, LLC, a fitness center here in Tupelo is live streaming workouts on Facebook.

North Lee Crossfit is also posting home workouts and goes live on Zoom twice daily.

Planet Fitness is livestreaming workouts on their Facebook page each morning and evening.

The Rundown 4/6/2020

Good morning, Tupelo and beyond! It’s Monday, April 6th, 2020 and it’s the 97th day of the year.

On this day in history in 46 BC, Julius Caesar defeated Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Cato the Younger in the battle of Thapsus. Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, was established by Dutch East India Company under Jan van Riebeeck in 1652. Peter the Great, the Tsar of Russia, ended taxes on men with beards in 1722. George Eastman began selling his Kodak flexible roll camera in 1889. Seven years later in 1896, The Summer Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece with American James Connolly becoming the first modern Olympic champion when he won the triple jump. In 1917, The US declared war on Germany and officially entered World War I. The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 began on this day when Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira were assassinated, ending peace negotiations.

Here’s your quote of the day.

“Don’t worry about a thing ’cause every little thing is gonna be alright.”

bob marley

Instead of sharing events, we’re now sharing resources to help you get through #socialdistancing. These resources will range from where to find free meals for your children through the week to virtual museum tours, learning resources, and other activities to do at home with the family. If you have any resources not listed that you would like to share with #OurTupelo drop your links in the comment section of this post. 

Find the latest local Covid-19 updates directly from the Mississippi State Department of Health right here on their website.

Click the following links to read Mayor Shelton’s Executive Orders on the Emergency Proclamation declared by the Mayor and the City of Tupelo on Saturday, March 21, 2020.

Shelter in Place Moratorium on Utility Disconnections/Evictions

Details on Essential/Nonessential Businesses

Signing of Executive Order

Covid-19 Testing Locations

Need to be tested for coronavirus? These clinics offer testing. All clinics are using curbside services or bringing symptomatic patients into an isolated area of the clinic to protect them and other patients. *If you are a clinic owner offering testing and do not see your clinic listed below, send us a private Facebook message to give us your info.

  • East Main Family Medical Clinic–curbside testing and isolation rooms for patients who need to come inside for treatment.
  • Friendship Medical Clinics–Tupelo, Ecru, and New Albany locations have curbside testing available. Stay in car at all times, call your clinic when you’re in line for registration.
  • Medplus Tupelo and Fulton locations offer curbside coronavirus testing. Check-in online at medpluscares.com and check cough and fever as your symptoms to get registered for testing. Wait for the clinic to call you to provide testing time.

Senior Hours at Local Grocery Stores

  • Todd’s Big Star’s Seniors Only Shopping Hours are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am – 12 pm. Regular shopping hours will resume from 12 pm – 8 pm. Todd’s will follow these new hours every Tuesday and Thursday while following normal business hours of 7 am – 8 pm on Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, and Sun. Deli is open for takeout.
  • Food Giant of North Mississippi’s Senior Hour will be daily during the first hour they are open at 7 am.
  • Dollar General also offers its first hour of business to seniors and those at a higher risk of serious complications from coronavirus. Most locations open at 8 am, some open at 7 am. Check with your location to confirm their hours.
  • Cockrell Banana offers curbside pickup for all of their produce items. Check out their Facebook page for a complete list.

If you are in need of food in the Tupelo area, Eight Days of Hope can bring it to your door with their Feed Tupelo program. Sign up for services here.

Need to sign up for unemployment benefits? Click here. Are you a small business owner looking for information on the loans and resources available to you? Find the info here.

Interested in volunteering your time or resources to help provide food and meet other needs of fellow citizens in Tupelo and our surrounding communities? Click here to get the info you need.

Beginning Monday, March 23rd, most if not all area school districts are offering free meal programs including but not limited to Tupelo Public School District, Lee County School District, Alcorn County School District, New Albany School District, Union County School District, Nettleton School District, and Monroe County School District. You can read the MDE’s complete list and meal pickup locations here. **Please note: Some districts have had to temporarily discontinue their programs due to COVID-19. Lee County and TPSD are continuing their services as of right now. Please contact your school district to find out if they are still offering services.**

Parents, welcome to homeschooling! Check out your school district’s online resources below. We will add to this list as more resources are made available. 

Tupelo Public School District

Lee County Schools

Free Online Learning and Reading Resources

Abcya.com

Pbskids.org

Storylineonline.net

Khanacademy.org

Weather.gov/learning

Virtual Tours and Other At-Home Activities

Easter Sunday is coming up April 12 and it’s a great time to get involved in live-streaming services offered by area churches. We’ve started a shortlist that we’re regularly updating here.

Museum Tours

National Park Tours

Street Art Tours 

Check out this list of 25 things to do at home during social distancing.

Check out ways to keep your kids entertained plus find more online learning sources here.

Selfish, LLC, a fitness center here in Tupelo is live streaming workouts on Facebook.

North Lee Crossfit is also posting home workouts and goes live on Zoom twice daily.

Planet Fitness is livestreaming workouts on their Facebook page each morning and evening.

QUARANTINE PUSHES AREA HERMIT OUT OF HIS SHELL

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TUPELO – 75-year-old Rubert Brown hasn’t left his house in two years, but was reported missing on Thursday, only one day after a state-wide shelter-in-place order was issued. 

Brown’s five concerned children moved in with him last week to make sure he was safe while quarantined. Widely known for his seclusion skills, Brown was reluctant to say the least. 

“If you ask me, I think he’s starting to lose it and doesn’t know what he wants. He probably didn’t even know where he was going,” Brown’s oldest son, George explained. 

“This is just like him to pull a stunt like this,” middle child Eva said. “Dad quarantined for years, but then as soon as the government mandates it, he yeets out the door!” 

After a lengthy search, the police department received a phone call from Glenn Payne, a concerned Tupelo citizen, stating that they found him wandering around town. 

“Every time I tried to approach him, he just kept backing away from me. It was almost as if he was being ordered to keep his distance,” he said. 

The police found Brown in sound mind and he seemed perfectly stable. When asked why he left, he had a reasonable explanation.

“I was safe in that house all by myself, away from germs and people, and they just had to move in with me. One minute it’s just me and my Corona beer, and the next, there’s six of us sitting on one couch. I had to get out of there, and it’s emptier in public than it is in my own house.” 

Police officer Joseph Baker saw his logic.

“I mean, he does make a point. If there are more people at home than there are in public, are you even social distancing?”

Episode 19: PART TWO of Time Travel- All About the Jugs

*Warning: Explicit language and content*

In episode 19 PART TWO, We discuss more reported cases of time travel PLUS our own pop culture time travel faves!

Host: April Simmons

SPECIAL GUEST Co-Host: Sabrina Jones

Theme + Editing by April Simmons

http://anchor.fm/april-simmons to donate to our fried chicken fund

Contact us at allcatspod@gmail.com

Call us at 662-200-1909

https://linktr.ee/allcats for all our social media links

Shoutout podcasts this week: Dear Murder Street & Independent Thought

Credits:

Wikipedia.com

https://www.bustle.com/p/7-stories-of-people-who-have-claimed-to-travel-in-time-5542920

https://people.howstuffworks.com/philadelphia-experiment.htm

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/time-traveler-1928-charlie-chaplin-film/story?id=11992878

https://conspiracy.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Pegasus

https://www.inverse.com/science/second-hand-smoke-us-maps

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/fascinating-story-time-travel-scotland-12024127

https://www.eonline.com/fr/news/529683/human-barbie-time-traveling-alien-whisperer-here-s-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-disturbed-doll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel_claims_and_urban_legends

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/time-traveller-2030-passes-lie-12020387

This episode is sponsored by
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Local Funeral Homes Stand Together

Benjamin Franklin once said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Even so, our long-established April 15th federal taxes deadline has been extended amid the Covid-19 outbreak, and funeral homes are now having to limit the number in physical attendance while grieving, in accordance with the state-wide public safety mandate issued by Governor Tate Reeves and following recommendations of the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and WHO (World Health Organization). 

Earlier this morning, seven (7)  Lee County, MS funeral homes held a press conference where stood united, issuing a statement of their agreed-upon guidelines for funeral homes in the coming weeks. These actions are in accordance with the state-mandated “Stay In Place” order to protect the families they serve as well as the families that work in their establishments. They are still open to serving families with care and respect, but will do it responsibly with 10 or less in attendance, maintaining 6 feet of social distancing space. Public visitations are also temporarily cancelled.

The 7 Lee County, MS funeral homes that signed the agreement were: 

  • Jacque Grayson – Grayson-Porter’s Mortuary
  • Whitney Pegues – Beck, W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors
  • Steve Holland – Holland Funeral Directors
  • Nat Jones – N.L. Jones Funeral Directors
  • Sammy Reed – Lee Memorial Funeral Home
  • Ronnie Kesler – Kesler Funeral Home
  • Johnny Agnew – Agnew and Sons Funeral Home

These funeral directors are working harder than ever to find ways to memorialize the loved ones lost and help the families pay their proper respects while these distancing limitations are in place. They are available by phone to talk through any upcoming arrangements to help the families find solutions that will help bring peace and comfort.

Written by:

Ashley Elkins
398 E. Main Street, Ste 201
Tupelo, MS 38804
662-321-1160

Downtown Driveway Art Show

A friend and neighbor, Kristin McDaniel, sent me a message one morning telling me of her idea to have a “Downtown Driveway Art Gallery.” She felt inspired to do something in our community after reading that The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City would be closed until at least July.

This created a deep sadness in her because she believes that our world needs art more than ever right now! Kristin asked me to co-host the event with her to encourage, inspire, and invite people in our neighborhood to join in by displaying positive artworks at the end of their driveways on a table or chair. We invite neighborhood children and adults to participate in anyway that they can. It can be sidewalk chalk drawings, popsicle stick art, paintings, or sculptures. We encourage our neighbors to be as creative as possible! We live in a historic neighborhood that is known for creativity and arts.

Each year, our neighborhood hosts the Robins St Art Stroll. We wanted to do something as a neighborhood to lift the spirits of people that are hurting in our community by this crisis that we are experiencing. We will be displaying our art from 9am to 5pm this Saturday and Sunday (April 4th- April 5th.) We invite everyone to drive or walk around Church St., Robins St. and the surrounding streets to view the artwork. We also encourage that participants maintain social distancing practices by staying at least 6 feet apart.

I was immediately inspired by Kristin’s idea and began to look for art supplies in my own house! I had an old curtain folded away in the closet and was feeling very “Sound of Music” and decided to pull it out and give the old curtain a new life with a coat of paint and a positive message.

The curtain is now a banner on my front porch that reads “THINK ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS” inspired by the Bible verse Philippians 4:8 “whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things”

In times like this it is important to stay positive and not lose hope.

by : Ali Ballard

Episode 19: PART TWO of Time Travel- All About the Jugs

*Warning: Explicit language and content*

In episode 19 PART TWO, We discuss more reported cases of time travel PLUS our own pop culture time travel faves!

Host: April Simmons

SPECIAL GUEST Co-Host: Sabrina Jones

Theme + Editing by April Simmons

http://anchor.fm/april-simmons to donate to our fried chicken fund

Contact us at allcatspod@gmail.com

Call us at 662-200-1909

https://linktr.ee/allcats for all our social media links

Shoutout podcasts this week: Dear Murder Street & Independent Thought

Credits:

Wikipedia.com

https://www.bustle.com/p/7-stories-of-people-who-have-claimed-to-travel-in-time-5542920

https://people.howstuffworks.com/philadelphia-experiment.htm

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/time-traveler-1928-charlie-chaplin-film/story?id=11992878

https://conspiracy.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Pegasus

https://www.inverse.com/science/second-hand-smoke-us-maps

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/fascinating-story-time-travel-scotland-12024127

https://www.eonline.com/fr/news/529683/human-barbie-time-traveling-alien-whisperer-here-s-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-disturbed-doll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel_claims_and_urban_legends

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/time-traveller-2030-passes-lie-12020387

This episode is sponsored by
· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Rundown 4/3/2020

Good morning, Tupelo and beyond! It’s Friday, April 3rd and it’s the 94th day of the year.

On this day in history in 1645, English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, taking a significant step toward the New Model Army. Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party by a dying Vladimir Lenin in 1922. In 1948, US President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan, which gave $5B in aid to 16 European countries. American magazine TV Guide publishes 1st issue, featuring the newborn baby of actors Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, in 1953. In 1960, Tupelo’s Elvis Presley records ‘It’s Now Or Never’, ‘Fever’ and ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’ at RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The first mobile phone call is made in downtown Manhattan, NYC by Motorola employee Martin Cooper to the Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey in 1973. Bobby Fischer was stripped of the world chess title for refusing to defend it in 1975. And in 2016, the Panama Papers were published – 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca expose widespread illegal activities including fraud, kleptocracy, tax evasion and the violation of international sanctions by the world’s elite in the world’s largest-ever data leak.

Here’s your quote of the day.

I don’t think anyone, until their soul leaves their body, is past the point of no return.

Tom Hiddleston

Instead of sharing events, we’re now sharing resources to help you get through #socialdistancing. These resources will range from where to find free meals for your children through the week to virtual museum tours, learning resources, and other activities to do at home with the family. If you have any resources not listed that you would like to share with #OurTupelo drop your links in the comment section of this post. 

Find the latest local Covid-19 updates directly from the Mississippi State Department of Health right here on their website.

Click the following links to read Mayor Shelton’s Executive Orders on the Emergency Proclamation declared by the Mayor and the City of Tupelo on Saturday, March 21, 2020.

Shelter in Place Moratorium on Utility Disconnections/Evictions

Details on Essential/Nonessential Businesses

Signing of Executive Order

Covid-19 Testing Locations

Need to be tested for coronavirus? These clinics offer testing. All clinics are using curbside services or bringing symptomatic patients into an isolated area of the clinic to protect them and other patients. *If you are a clinic owner offering testing and do not see your clinic listed below, send us a private Facebook message to give us your info.

  • East Main Family Medical Clinic–curbside testing and isolation rooms for patients who need to come inside for treatment.
  • Friendship Medical Clinics–Tupelo, Ecru, and New Albany locations have curbside testing available. Stay in car at all times, call your clinic when you’re in line for registration.
  • Medplus Tupelo and Fulton locations offer curbside coronavirus testing. Check-in online at medpluscares.com and check cough and fever as your symptoms to get registered for testing. Wait for the clinic to call you to provide testing time.

Senior Hours at Local Grocery Stores

  • Todd’s Big Star’s Seniors Only Shopping Hours are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am – 12 pm. Regular shopping hours will resume from 12 pm – 8 pm. Todd’s will follow these new hours every Tuesday and Thursday while following normal business hours of 7 am – 8 pm on Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, and Sun. Deli is open for takeout.
  • Food Giant of North Mississippi’s Senior Hour will be daily during the first hour they are open at 7 am.
  • Dollar General also offers its first hour of business to seniors and those at a higher risk of serious complications from coronavirus. Most locations open at 8 am, some open at 7 am. Check with your location to confirm their hours.
  • Cockrell Banana offers curbside pickup for all of their produce items. Check out their Facebook page for a complete list.

If you are in need of food in the Tupelo area, Eight Days of Hope can bring it to your door with their Feed Tupelo program. Sign up for services here.

Beginning Monday, March 23rd, most if not all area school districts including but not limited to Tupelo Public School District, Lee County School District, Alcorn County School District, New Albany School District, Union County School District, Nettleton School District, and Monroe County School District. You can read the MDE’s complete list and meal pickup locations here.

Parents, welcome to homeschooling! Check out your school district’s online resources below. We will add to this list as more resources are made available. 

Tupelo Public School District

Lee County Schools

Union County Schools is conducting a survey to determine the needs of students to get access to online learning. Find it here.

Hatley Schools will be giving out instructional practice packets on Wednesday, March 25th from 10:30 to 5:30. Please pull up next to the cafeteria to pick up your child’s packet. Get more info here.

Free Online Learning and Reading Resources

Abcya.com

Pbskids.org

Storylineonline.net

Khanacademy.org

Weather.gov/learning

Virtual Tours and Other At-Home Activities

Museum Tours

National Park Tours

Street Art Tours 

Check out this list of 25 things to do at home during social distancing.

Check out ways to keep your kids entertained plus find more online learning sources here.

Selfish, LLC, a fitness center here in Tupelo is live streaming workouts on Facebook.

North Lee Crossfit is also posting home workouts and goes live on Zoom twice daily.

Planet Fitness is livestreaming workouts on their Facebook page each morning and evening.

Throwback Thursday with Special Guest: Country Fried Sushi

Remember Black Friday shopping? Remember how we didn’t care to squeeze into a line next to a stranger? Remember how 1000s of people could descend into one building and the only thing you were afraid of was not getting the 4.00 crock pot or the newest gaming system for your kids? For several years I had a lot of fun commentating on my wife’s whereabouts on Black Friday. I sort of made a game out of it as if she was a covert operative looking for the best deals as if it was a military operation. Today, I revisit some of those and then talk to my wife about how much shopping has changed in just a few short months.  

This episode is sponsored by
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The Rundown 3/2/2020

Good morning, Tupelo and beyond! It’s Thursday, April 2nd and it’s the 93rd day of the year. It’s also Autism Awareness Day so wear your blue and if you can, consider contributing to the Autism Center of North Mississippi.

On this day in history in 1513, explorer Ponce De Leon claimed Florida for Spain as the first known European to discover the state. The US Mint is established with the signing of the Coinage Act in 1792. The British destroyed the Danish fleet in the Napoleonic Wars Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. in 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey was released. Fleetwood Mac’s legendary album Rumours first hit #1 on this day in 1977 and stayed there for a whopping 31 weeks. Finally, in 1982, several thousand Argentine troops seized the Falkland Islands from Great Britain.

Here’s your quote of the day.

IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, THEN SKYDIVING DEFINITELY ISN’T FOR YOU.
sTEVEN wRIGHT

Instead of sharing events, we’re now sharing resources to help you get through #socialdistancing. These resources will range from where to find free meals for your children through the week to virtual museum tours, learning resources, and other activities to do at home with the family. If you have any resources not listed that you would like to share with #OurTupelo drop your links in the comment section of this post. 

Find the latest local Covid-19 updates directly from the Mississippi State Department of Health right here on their website.

Click the following links to read Mayor Shelton’s Executive Orders on the Emergency Proclamation declared by the Mayor and the City of Tupelo on Saturday, March 21, 2020.

Shelter in Place Moratorium on Utility Disconnections/Evictions

Details on Essential/Nonessential Businesses

Signing of Executive Order

Covid-19 Testing Locations

Need to be tested for coronavirus? These clinics offer testing. All clinics are using curbside services or bringing symptomatic patients into an isolated area of the clinic to protect them and other patients. *If you are a clinic owner offering testing and do not see your clinic listed below, send us a private Facebook message to give us your info.

  • East Main Family Medical Clinic–curbside testing and isolation rooms for patients who need to come inside for treatment.
  • Friendship Medical Clinics–Tupelo, Ecru, and New Albany locations have curbside testing available. Stay in car at all times, call your clinic when you’re in line for registration.
  • Medplus Tupelo and Fulton locations offer curbside coronavirus testing. Check-in online at medpluscares.com and check cough and fever as your symptoms to get registered for testing. Wait for the clinic to call you to provide testing time.

Senior Hours at Local Grocery Stores

  • Todd’s Big Star’s Seniors Only Shopping Hours are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am – 12 pm. Regular shopping hours will resume from 12 pm – 8 pm. Todd’s will follow these new hours every Tuesday and Thursday while following normal business hours of 7 am – 8 pm on Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, and Sun. Deli is open for takeout.
  • Food Giant of North Mississippi’s Senior Hour will be daily during the first hour they are open at 7 am.
  • Dollar General also offers its first hour of business to seniors and those at a higher risk of serious complications from coronavirus. Most locations open at 8 am, some open at 7 am. Check with your location to confirm their hours.
  • Cockrell Banana offers curbside pickup for all of their produce items. Check out their Facebook page for a complete list.

If you are in need of food in the Tupelo area, Eight Days of Hope can bring it to your door with their Feed Tupelo program. Sign up for services here.

Beginning Monday, March 23rd, most if not all area school districts including but not limited to Tupelo Public School District, Lee County School District, Alcorn County School District, New Albany School District, Union County School District, Nettleton School District, and Monroe County School District. You can read the MDE’s complete list and meal pickup locations here.

Parents, welcome to homeschooling! Check out your school district’s online resources below. We will add to this list as more resources are made available. 

Tupelo Public School District

Lee County Schools

Union County Schools is conducting a survey to determine the needs of students to get access to online learning. Find it here.

Hatley Schools will be giving out instructional practice packets on Wednesday, March 25th from 10:30 to 5:30. Please pull up next to the cafeteria to pick up your child’s packet. Get more info here.

Free Online Learning and Reading Resources

Abcya.com

Pbskids.org

Storylineonline.net

Khanacademy.org

Weather.gov/learning

Virtual Tours and Other At-Home Activities

Museum Tours

National Park Tours

Street Art Tours 

Check out this list of 25 things to do at home during social distancing.

Check out ways to keep your kids entertained plus find more online learning sources here.

Selfish, LLC, a fitness center here in Tupelo is live streaming workouts on Facebook.

North Lee Crossfit is also posting home workouts and goes live on Zoom twice daily.