Local restaurant open in Mathiston

A local Mathiston restaurant is now open to the public with new safety precautions in place.

"its a way for us to acknowledge this , understand what it is, and fifteen days after he died at the hands of minneapolis police, george floyd was laid to rest in houston, texas.

And as protests continue across the country, folks are demanding the removal of all confederate symbols.

Here in mississippi, that means calls for change in the state flag.

And now, state lawmakers reportedly are working to do just that.

The online news site mississippi today reported about a dozen republicans and democrats in