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Despite the Joe Biden Campaign postponing his victory speech this evening ending with planned fireworks in Delaware, he still more than likely will be the next President of the United States of America. Joe Biden currently has 264 votes as reported by Fox News. You only need 270 votes to be the President. He's only 6 votes short. Donald Trump has only 214 votes. He is short 56 votes. Those 6 votes will more than likely come from Nevada in which Joe Biden is currently leading with 75% of the votes reporting. Nevertheless, Joe Biden could still win either Georgia or Pennsylvania. However, Donald Trump can will Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Alaska and still won't have enough votes to win the race. If Joe Biden wins any remaining state that's still being counted, he will become The President-Elect and sworn in as President of the United States in January. Although Donald Trump has already claimed victory while votes are still being counted, Joe Biden has not. Joe Biden has said that every vote has to be counted and has urged his campaign to "play it out to the end," although many networks and insiders are preparing to announce Joe Biden as the winner within the next 24 hours, if not tonight. Donald Trump has already promised a legal challenge and sent his lawyers and family to Minnesota to demand a recount which he can legally do because he's within 1% difference with Joe Biden, although Biden won Minnesota by 20,000 votes. For Trump to win the presidency, he would of have to tear down the "Blue Wall" again, as he did for Hilary Clinton. The Blue Wall, Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, was rebuilt and won by Biden, making it difficult for Donald Trump to have a legitimate path to victory. However, there is no official winner of the 2020 Presidential race. There are still 5 states who haven't reported yet which are Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Alaska, and Nevada. Donald Trump must win all 5 states to continue to be the President of the United States. Only time will tell who will win.

More than 100 million people have casted their votes prior to Election Day. We have around the clock lives results as polls close around the country. Whoever gets 270 votes wins the White House. Below, we will post the states and how many votes they give to either Biden or Trump. (Be sure to refresh your page to get the most updated results to keep up with the race below.) The current race to the White House between Donald Trump vs Joe Biden is: Donald Trump & Mike Pence Alabama (9 votes) Arkansas (6 votes) Florida (29 votes) Idaho (4 votes) Indiana (11 votes) Iowa (6 votes) Kansas (6 votes) Kentucky (8 votes) Louisiana (8 votes) Mississippi (6 votes) Missouri (10 votes) Montana (3 votes) Nebraska (5 votes) North Dakota (3 votes) Ohio (18 votes) Oklahoma (7 votes) South Carolina (9 votes) South Dakota (3 votes) Texas (38 votes) Tennessee (11 votes) Utah (6 votes) West Virginia (5 votes) Wyoming (3 votes) Total Votes: 187 Joe Biden & Kamala Harris Arizona (11 votes) California (55 votes) Colorado (9 votes) Connecticut (7 votes) Delaware (3 votes) District of Columbia (3 votes) Hawaii (4 votes) Illinois (20 votes) Kansas (6 votes) Maine (4 votes) Maryland (10 votes) New Hampshire (4 votes) Massachusetts (11 votes) New Mexico (5 votes) New Jersey (14 votes) New York (29 votes) Oregon (7 votes) Vermont ( 3 votes) Virginia ( 13 votes) Washington (12 votes) Total Votes: 230 Key Senate Races Winners * = New Senator (D) Corey Booker (New Jersey) (R) Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) (D) *John Hickenlooper (Colorado) (R) *Tommy Tuberville (Alabama) (R) Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)

Why is Forrest County Justice Court still ordering evictions kicking families out into the streets despite a federal ban on evictions which mean no evictions can take place until 2021? The Center for Disease Control says it's illegal to evict someone as of September 4. In the middle of the biggest health and economic crisis in the history of the United States, many people lost their jobs and were about to loose their homes as government help ran out. To prevent millions of people becoming homeless, the Center for Disease Control issued a federal ban on all evictions nationwide for renters. According to the Federal Registry, this order went into effect Friday, September 4 and the federal ban on evictions last until December 31, 2020. This means although people can't pay their rent they still can't be evicted from their homes and thrown into the streets. In Mississippi, no landlord can just change the locks or kick someone out event after serving them an eviction notice. That's actually illegal. The only legal way to evict someone from their home, whether it's a house or an apartment, is to take them to Justice Court where they have a right to dispute the evictions before a judge. Then the judge will decide if he/she will order an eviction or not. If the judge orders an eviction, the constable then goes to the home and remove the tenants, another name for people living at the residence. However, that entire process has been halted on a federal level at the direction of the President of the United States by the Center for Disease Control because of a national health crisis. You don't have to have Covid-19 to qualify. All evictions due to non-payment are banned and as of this date, it has not been overruled by a federal court. So then the question remains, "Why is Forrest County Justice Court still evicting people?" and "Why isn't Forrest County Justice Court informing people who have been evicted who come before them in their courts of their rights or the CDC Ban?" as the guidelines require. Anyone who cannot pay their rent must simply print and sign a form from the CDC's website (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/declaration-form.pdf) and give it to their landlords. Upon giving it to their landlords, the landlords in turn are not suppose to file for an eviction with the courts. Even so, the courts are not suppose to execute and order people to be evicted out into the streets as mandated by the federal ban. The Forrest County Justice Court is suppose to be the people's court elected by "the people" in which you're not suppose to even need a lawyer, although sometimes people choose to get legal representation anyway. However, speaking with numerous of sources including victims who wish not to be named, the court has become nothing more than "a rubber stamp for the rich and a hell house for the poor." If you have been evicted despite the ban you can file an appeal with the Forrest County Justice Court, also known as Youth Court located at the Forrest County Youth Detention Center, within 30 days-60 days of the eviction. Once you file an appeal with the court, you eviction is automatically put on hold, which means you can't be put onto the streets, although in some cases landlords have with the Justice Court despite appeals to still execute evictions despite filing an appeal which is illegal. You may also file a complaint against the judge who ordered your eviction by clicking here: https://www.judicialperformance.ms.gov/filing-complaint. You may also contact the CDC who issued the federal ban on evictions by calling:1-800-232-4636. We reached out to Forrest County Justice Court for questions and didn't get a response.

Speaking of elections, Hattiesburg's mayoral race is only months away which is most likely to be the biggest race of 2021 in the Pine Belt and rumors are already surfacing that former Hattiesburg Mayor, Johnny DuPree, Ph.D, could run for his old job again. For months, many people have been waiting to hear if Dr. DuPree will put his name on the ballot. Asking some of the closet people in his camp, a source who was not at liberty to discuss the matter on the record said "it can go either way!" However, it's hard to beat an incumbent, the person who is currently holding the position. It's not impossible, as DuPree was the mayor for 16 years and lost the election to Toby Barker, who is the current mayor, and who is still favorable in some communities. Two key factors will most likely decide the race, just as they will decide the presidential race in less than 3 weeks, which are COVID 19 & Social Justice, as the country is in the middle of the Black Lives Matter movement, in which African American across the country are demanding equality in every facet of American Life. But Mayor Emertius DuPree is no stranger to crisis. He oversaw multiple crisis including the worst natural disaster in the United States history, Hurricane Katrina, not to mention multiple devastating tornados which destroyed the city. He was also mayor during one of the worst economical crisis in American history, The Great Recession. Times change people change environments change and most people always want growth. Everyone wants to go to the next level. No one wants to go backwards or feel as though they are stuck in the past. However, DuPree is no stranger to growth either. Much of the growth of Hattiesburg, including Mid-Town, was developed during his time in office. The Turtle Creek Mall, strip mall, and the Long Leaf Trace were also created during his time in office. DuPree also raised minimum wage was raised to $10 an hour and gave second chances to ex-offenders by hiring a record number of convicted felons, helping to rebuild countless of families throughout the community. DuPree was also nationally recognized for ending homelessness within the City of Hattiesburg. He was the first mayor to create a Homeless Coordinator to address the city's homeless community, helping many to get off the streets. Yes, without questions, he's Hattieburg's most successful mayor winning 4 consecutive terms serving a historic 16 consecutive years, but is everything he's done enough to get him elected as the most powerful person in the City of Hattiesburg? Many of his supporters are excited and remain hopeful although it may or may not be enough to convince him to put his name in the race.

Cam Newton had a very impressive debut as the starting quarter back of the New England Patriots with a win over the Miami Dolphins. After missing multiple games last year as a result of multiple surgeries, he was let go from the Carolina Panthers, which lost today. Cam returned back to football as an elite quarterback. Lamar Jackson returned with a very impressive win today as the talk for the NFL MVP to make it this year to the Superbowl. The most anticipated return in football was the 6 times Superbowl Champion Tom Brady, considered the greatest football player in history, starting for a different team for the first time in his entire career, as he started for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His team lost against Drew Bree's and the Saints. Here are the scores for today: Week 1 Scores: Thursday Chiefs 34, Texans 20 Sunday  Raiders 34, Panthers 30 Ravens 38, Browns 6 Bears 27, Lions 23 Packers 43, Vikings 34 Bills 27, Jets 17 Seahawks 38, Falcons 25 Patriots 21, Dolphins 11 Jaguars 27, Colts 20 Washington 27, Eagles 17 Chargers 16, Bengals 13 Buccaneers 23, Saints 34 Cardinals 24, 49ers 20 Cowboys 17, Rams 20 Monday Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants , 7:10 p.m. ET Tennessee Titans at Denver Broncos , 10:20 p.m. ET

T uesday Morning, September 8, 2020, the Forrest County Board of Supervisors meeting was an emotional scene as long time Forrest County Chief Administrator Officer Betty Carlisle was surprised with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Right before declaring a morning recess for lunch, Forrest County Board of Supervisors President David Hogan called out for Hattiesburg's Hometown Hero, Derrian Moye to come forward. He wasn't in the room nor was he on the printed agenda. One person in the audience stepped out to get Mr. Moye who entered the board room with a parade of women behind him. Hogan told Moye "come right on up Mr. Moye" as he entered, inviting him to the front of the room to the podium. Mr. Moye, known mostly as "Mr. Hattiesburg", began by speaking by acknowledging the fact that this is the year women are celebrating a 100 years of women suffrage. He acknowledge how far woman have come in cracking the 'glass ceiling.' Moye said, "We've got our first African American (our) first woman on [ Forrest County Board of Supervisors ] the board to show how far we've come!" as he pointed toward Sharon Thompson, the first woman and African American to ever be elected to the Forrest County Board of Supervisors. Then in a surprise, he said, "I want to honor Mrs. Betty. I want to use my platform as Hometown Hero to honor a real hero!" after recognizing Mrs. Betty Carlisle, Forrest County Chief Administrator Officer, called to check on him serval times as he talked about his near death experience fighting both severe pneumonia and severe covid 19 at the same time. A emotional Mrs. Betty uttered, "I'm going to cry!" as she fought back tears. Moye then invited Mrs. Betty's co-workers up, who spoke in very high regard of what a great person she was, a loving caring person, a great boss, and shared how much she really means to the entire staff. "Here's a piece of that glass ceiling for women", Mr. Moye said as he presented Mrs. Betty with a "Hometown Hero's Lifetime Achievement Award Women's Edition" glass award in honor of the 100 years celebration of women's suffrage. The room erupted in a round of applause, filled with the most powerful people in the county, from The Board of Supervisors & sheriff, to constables, directors, court clerks, attorneys, and county residents, all thanking a woman who's given so much for so long to the citizens of Forrest County, MS.

Struggling Mississippians now have help on the way as the state begins to distribute federal money issued a few weeks ago via executive order by President Trump. Most Mississippians will now receive a minimum of $400 a week starting within the next few days as the governors office said the state has the money and is working hard to implement it in the system. Not only will Mississippians receive at least $400 a week, they will also receive back pay for the weeks they have filed according to government officials familiar with MDES when money from the CARES Act ran out. All of this should be completed by Mid-September and flowing smoother. However, there is a change. Everyone filing for unemployment is required to look for a job and must also enter in at least 3 work searches per week that includes where they've looked for a job, if over the phone, the place and phone number, if in person, who they spoken with, and out of the 3 entries, one of them must have kept your application or resume on file. For more info about visit https://mdes.ms.gov/worksearch.

In one of the most disturbing images yet from Kenosha, Wi, is a 17 year old white supremist, Kyle Rittenhouse, walking pass police several times with an assault rifle that isn't his after he has just murder 2 protesters and wounded at least one other Tuesday Night without being stopped or questioned by the police at least once. According to multiple reports, Kyle is an advocated supporter of "Blu Lives Matter", which is reference repeatedly on his social media pages. In a more disturbing background context, a video has surfaced as the police can be heard thanking white racist radical groups with heavy armed weapons for coming to the city and walking the streets. Other pictures have surfaced of the police even handing out water to the extreme racist groups. This is in highlight of protesters protesting over the same police shooting of an unarmed black man at least 7 times in the back in front of his kids after he was trying to solve an altercation in his community between two women according to multiple witness. In an all to familiar scene of the police treating black men differently than white people, often times using excessive force, such as kneeling on George Floyd neck for 7 minutes in which he famously yelled out, "I can't breathe" right before police killed him a few months ago also in Wisconsin, this incident shows the police complete disregard towards armed white men, in this case, someone who intentionally murdered peaceful protesters protesting about racial injustice. Protesters where chanting "Black Lives Matter" when suddenly Riddlehouse opened fire on the crowd. The crowd immediately tried to chase him and fight him to unarm him, but he opened up more fire on the crowds. More disturbing are reports from witnesses pointing and screaming to police to arrest the 17 year old white man because he just shot and killed protesters as he was walking pass police. However, the police didn't stop him not even once, although he can be heard saying on a video, "I just killed someone." This is a reminder to some of how another armed white supremist was peacefully treated by police, Dylan Roof, after he too had just killed multiple black people. 17 year old Rittlehouse is now in custody after being arrested by police in Antioch, Illinois, about 15 minutes from Kenosha, and charged with suspicion of 1st degree-intentional homicide.

3 NBA teams that are in the playoff are boycotting playing in the NBA playoffs as a result of unrest in the country as another unarmed black man was gunned down by police. On Sunday, Kenosha Police shot unarmed Jacob Blake 7 times in his back at point blank range directly in front of his kids. Witnesses say Blake was there to defuse a situation between an altercation between 2 women. The Milwaukee Buck's team members said they felt "helpless" as they couldn't do anything to help their community as their training center is approximately 30 mins away from Kenosha in Wisconsin. Several of the team players have experience police inequality personally, successful black men being harassed by local police. Sources say some team members regret going to Orlando saying "if we hadn't come here we could be there" most likely on the front lines. 2 other powerful NBA teams just showed their support moments ago. The OKC Thunder and the Houston Rockets just decided they will NOT be playing in tonight's important scheduled playoff's game, interrupting millions of dollars right in the middle of the NBA playoffs. Players are taking a stand and using their platform to peacefully protest against America's continuance shooting of unarmed black people. This is a developing story.

Main Street is home to some of the most celebrated African American families in Hattiesburg, including Rep. Percy Watson, The University of Southern Mississippi's first African American student, Lieutenant Colonel Raylawni Branch (Ret.), and Mississippi's most successful African American politician, Johnny DuPree, the longest serving and first African American Mayor of Hattiesburg, MS. However, a few blocks up from the mayor's mansion looks like a ghost town. The area that use to be thriving with business for the local African American community is completely dead. The only nearby business left is a convenient store owned by Arabians. That's much different than the thriving corner of Main Street and 7th Street a few years ago. What use to be a local grocery called 'Big Star' was bought out and replaced with a new store called Sullivan's Grocery. Across the street was a national fast food chicken chain restaurant called 'Church's Chicken.' Across from Church's Chicken was another national store chain called 'Family Dollar.' Hungry? You can easily get some great greasy chicken from Church's chicken, the way the people in the 'Goula' liked it. Granny needed something to cook for Sunday dinner and didn't want to drive 15-20 minutes to Walmart? She could drive right up the street to the local grocery store and get a "Pick 5" that would probably last throughout the week. Need some toilet tissue, a fan for the window, and some toothpaste? Run over to Family Dollar and pick it up. But now its all gone. It's been deserted. It's left the community in poverty and ruins along with the jobs they provided for the countless of families. That's a much different look than Hardy Street. Downtown in the African American side of Main Street looks much different than Midtown on Hardy Street. Millions of dollars of investments and multiple thriving businesses. Sure one end of Main street is filled with historical figures and monuments and even a town square park surrounded by quarter million dollar well kept homes, churches, and businesses. The other end of Main Street deep in the heart of the African American community looks like a run down abandoned city left deserted after a plague that you only watch on tv or in a movie. But this isn't a tv series or a movie. This is real life in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The questions still exist, "What happened to Main Street?" Who's going to bring back the jobs, resources, and businesses to keep the community afloat? Or will the Main Street story be just another piece of Hattiesburg history like other once thriving prominent communities that have turned into "what used to be" stories passed down from one generation to the next?

According to a new report out today by CNN, you may love smoking weed, but it does not love your heart, according to the American Heart Association's new scientific statement on marijuana. "The American Heart Association recommends that people not smoke or vape any substance, including cannabis products, because of the potential harm to the heart, lungs and blood vessels," said Dr. Rose Marie Robertson, the deputy chief science and medical officer for the American Heart Association, in a statement. Smoking weed and coronavirus: Even occasional use raises risk of Covid-19 complications . The new scientific statement, published Wednesday in the AHA journal Circulation, examined existing research on the connection between cannabis and the heart. The statement found using weed has "the potential to interfere with prescribed medications" as well as "trigger cardiovascular conditions or events, such as heart attacks and strokes," said clinical pharmacologist Robert Page II, who chaired the medical writing group for the statement. Anyone planning to use marijuana should discuss possible risks with their health professional first, said Page, who is a professor in the department of clinical pharmacy and physical medicine/rehabilitation at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Aurora, Colorado. Today's high potency weed raises risk of anxiety and addiction, study says "If people choose to use cannabis for its medicinal or recreational effects, the oral and topical forms, for which doses can be measured, may reduce some of the potential harms," Page said in a statement. "It is also vitally important that people only use legal cannabis products because there are no controls on the quality or the contents of cannabis products sold on the street," he added. Some of the studies analyzed by the medical group found heart rhythm abnormalities, such as tachycardia and atrial fibrillation, could occur within the hour after weed containing THC is smoked. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the psychoactive substance within marijuana that creates a "high." Tetrahydrocannabinol can also cause a faster heart rate, increase the heart's need for oxygen, disrupt the walls of arteries and contribute to higher blood pressure while prone, according to other studies. Should CBD become a part of your wellness routine in these troubling times? "Cannabis smoke contains components similar to tobacco smoke," Page said, and studies show tobacco-like increases in carbon monoxide and tar in a weed smoker's blood after smoking marijuana, regardless of the THC content. Chest pain, heart attacks, heart rhythm disturbances and other serious heart conditions are associated with both tobacco and marijuana carbon monoxide intoxication, the statement said. For anyone with existing heart disease, risks go up. Smoking weed has triggered heart attacks, a higher risk of strokes and heart failure in people with underlying heart disease, studies show. In comparison, CBD, or cannabidiol, one of the other 80 chemicals in cannabis, does not give the "high" typically associated with THC. Nor does it appear to cause harm to the heart. Addicted to the high of weed? Its calmer cousin, CBD, may help ease the disorder, study finds . In fact, studies reviewed by the medical group showed possible links to lower blood pressure, reduced heart rate and less inflammation, which is an underlying culprit of the narrowing of the arteries that can lead to heart disease and strokes. However, despite the hundreds of products currently being sold over the counter and online, there is only one CBD-derived product approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, the group wrote. There is one caveat to all these research findings: Existing studies on marijuana and the heart are "short-term, observational and retrospective studies, which identify trends but do not prove cause and effect," Page said. There is an "urgent" need for "carefully designed, prospective short- and long-term studies regarding cannabis use and cardiovascular safety," Page added. But that's tough to do in today's climate, because marijuana is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance by the US Drug Enforcement Agency. That limits research dramatically, and the DEA should remove those restrictions so that scientists can better study marijuana's effects, the group advised. In addition, the medical group recommended cannabis to be part of the US Food and Drug Administration's tobacco control and prevention efforts, which may mean that there would be age restrictions on who can purchase weed, retailer regulations and even excise taxes. The American Heart Association is looking over the scientific statement and will be releasing new policy updates in coming weeks, according to Michelle Kirkwood, an AHA spokesperson. "The public needs fact-based, valid scientific information about cannabis's effect on the heart and blood vessels," Page said. "Research funding at federal and state levels must be increased to match the expansion of cannabis use -- to clarify the potential therapeutic properties and to help us better understand the cardiovascular and public health implications of frequent cannabis use."

Mississippi on Tuesday saw by far its largest single-day increase in reported cases of COVID-19, as health officials continued to warn that hospitals face dire circumstances as caseloads keep growing. It was the first time that the state Health Department reported an increase of more than 1,600 cases over the previous day. Mississippi has had several recent days with increases of more than 1,000 cases. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and the state health officer, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, have been pleading with people to take steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus, including wearing masks in public and avoiding large crowds. “We’re going to have to recognize that none of us are invincible,” Reeves said during a news conference Monday. Reeves has declined to issue a statewide mask mandate, but he has signed an executive order that requires people to wear masks in public in 23 of the 82 counties — the places with the largest or fastest-growing caseloads. The order also tells people in those places to avoid large crowds. Reeves said it applies to about 55% to 60% of Mississippi’s population. Mississippi has a population of about 3 million. The Health Department said Tuesday that the state has had at least 45,524 cases and at least 1,389 deaths from COVID-19 as of Monday evening. That was an increase of 1,635 cases and 31 deaths from numbers reported the day before; the figures included five deaths that occurred between June 30 and July 12, with information from death certificates arriving later. At least 3,192 cases of the virus have been confirmed in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, with at least 658 virus-related deaths in those facilities, the department said. The true number of virus infections is thought to be far higher because many people have not been tested and studies suggest people can be infected without feeling sick. While most people who contract the coronavirus recover after suffering only mild to moderate symptoms, it can be deadly for older patients and those with other health problems.