JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Due to the dangerously low temperatures expected in Mississippi this week, several warming shelters have opened across the state.
Alcorn County Warming Shelter
- Blue Building At Kossuth – 7 CR 604, Corinth, MS (opens Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.)
Harrison County Warming Shelters
- D’Iberville – Kenny Fournier Multipurpose Center – 10395 Automall Parkway, D’Iberville (opens January 6, 2025, at 4:30 p.m.)
- Gulfport – Salvation Army Center of Hope – 2019 22nd Street, Gulfport (opens January 6, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.)
Hinds County Warming Shelter
- City of Jackson – Shepard’s Gym – 1355 Hattiesburg Street, Jackson, MS, 39204
- City of Jackson – Stewpot Opportunity Center – 845 W Amite St, Jackson, MS 39203
- Salvation Army – Center of Hope – 110 Presto Lane, Jackson, MS 39206
Jones County Warming Shelter
- Salvation Army – 129 N 13th Ave, Laurel, MS (Opens when temps reach 32 degrees)
Jasper County Warming Shelter
- Jasper County Community Center – 124 Edmund King Rd, Bay Springs, MS 39422 (opens January 6, 2025, all day and all night **will be reassessed January 10, 2025)
Lauderdale County Warming Shelter
- 2900 St. Paul Drive, Meridian, MS (opens January 6, 2025, will be open from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. daily until January 10, 2025)
Wayne County Warming Station
- Courtroom at the Sheriff’s Department – 613 Court Street, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Yazoo County Warming Shelter
- L.T. Miller Center – 930 Lamar Avenue, Yazoo City, MS 39194 (open 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. daily until no longer needed)