AREA CLOSINGS

CLOSING AND DELAYS: 01/26/2026 – 01/27/26

The following is a running list of any schools, offices, or businesses that have reported changes to their regular operating hours due to the threat of inclement weather. We will keep updating as we become aware of more closing reports in the area.

Colleges:

  • East Mississippi Community College (EMCC): All East Mississippi Community College campuses will be CLOSED on Monday, Jan. 26, due to the potential for winter weather.
  • Itawamba Community College: All locations of Itawamba Community College will be closed on Monday, January 26.
  • Mississippi State University:
    • Starkville Campus: Will shift to remote operations on Monday, January 26.
    • Delta Research and Extension Center (Starkville): Will shift to remote operations at 3 pm on January 23.
    • Meridian Campus: Maintain normal operations.
  • Mississippi University for Women: To resume normal operations Tuesday, January 27 at 8 a.m. Virtual classes scheduled for Monday, January 26. Face-to-face classes will be canceled.
  • Northeast Mississippi Community College: ALL CAMPUSES CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27. Classes will transition to online format.
  • University of Mississippi (Ole Miss): CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.

 

Daycares:

  • Pentecostal Day Care Center: CLOSED on Monday, January 26. 
  • Tiny Blessing Day Care and Learning Center (Ackerman): CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.

 

Delays:

  • City of Columbus: TO OPEN on Monday, January 26, at 12 pm. Essential employees will report as scheduled.

 

Schools: 

  • Aberdeen Schools: Return to normal operations on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Amory Christian Academy: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Amory Schools: 2-hour delay on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Annunciation Catholic School (Columbus): CLOSED on Monday, January 26. Switching to distance learning.
  • Baldwyn Schools: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Booneville Schools: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Calhoun Academy: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Chickasaw County Schools: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Choctaw County School District: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Columbus Christian Academy: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Columbus Municipal School District: CLOSED on Monday, January 26. All schools and offices are closed. Activities are cancelled.
  • Fayette County Schools: 2-hour delay on Tuesday, January 27.
  • French Camp Academy: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Grace Christian School (Louisville): CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Hebron Christian School: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Lafayette County School District: CLOSED on Monday, January 26, through Friday, January 30.
  • Lamar County Schools: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Lee County School District: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Louisville Municipal School District: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Lowndes County Schools: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Mississippi Action for Progress, Inc. Central District (Head Start and Early Head Start centers in Choctaw, Webster, and Montgomery): CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Monroe County Schools: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Noxubee County Schools and Offices: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Oak Hill Academy: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Okolona Schools: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Oxford Schools: CLOSED on Monday, January 26, through Friday, January, 30.
  • Pickens County Schools: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Pontotoc County School District: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Prentiss County Schools: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Starkville Christian School: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Starkville Oktibbeha County Consolidated School District: CLOSED on Monday, January 26. Will make a decision about Tuesday at 3 pm.
  • Tishomingo County Schools: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Tupelo Schools: 
    • Tupelo High School: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
    • TCPS: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Union County Schools: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Victory Christian Academy (Columbus): CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Water Valley School District: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Webster County Schools: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 26.
  • West Point Schools: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Winona Christian: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 26.
  • Winona Montgomery Consolidated School District: CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Winston Academy: No School/Activities on Monday, January 26.

 

Businesses, Clinics, and Organizations:

  • Ackerman Church: No service for Sunday, January 25.
  • Airbus Helicopters and Stark Aerospace: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Alabama Driver License Offices (Lamar County): CLOSED Monday Due to Winter Weather Conditions and Potentially Dangerous Roadways.
  • Cardiology Associates Clinics (Corinth, Columbus, Starkville, and Tupelo): CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Children’s First Development Center: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Children’s Health Center of Columbus and Thrive: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Choctaw County Courthouse: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Choctaw Regional Medical Center: CLOSED for Saturday, January 25.
  • City of Columbus: City employees report at 12 pm on Monday, January 26. Essential Employees report as scheduled.
  • City of Starkville: NONESSENTIAL SERVICE will be closed on Monday, January 26.
  • Columbus Foot Clinic: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Council House Restaurant and Log Cabin Gift Shop (Columbus): CLOSED.
  • Columbus Marble Works: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Delta Furniture (Pontotoc): CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Dunkington: CLOSED today, January 24.
  • Frosted Fork: CLOSED today, January 24.
  • Golden Horn Fine Steaks and Seafood: CLOSED Saturday, January 24, due to inclement winter weather.
  • Itawamba County Justice Court: Sessions POSTPONED for Tuesday, January 27.
  • JFURNITURE (Amory): CLOSED on Monday, January 26, and will reopen Tuesday, January 27.
  • KentWW/Sqwincher Columbus: Friday 1/23-  No 2nd Shift, Monday 1/26- All Shifts down. Resume regular operations on Tuesday, 1/27.
  • King and Associates Cardiology, PLLC and North Mississippi Vascular Care: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Kingdom Builders Outreach: No service on Sunday, January 23.
  • Lee county offices: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Liberty Heart Center (Dr. James Barton Williams): CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) offices and WIN Job Centers:

    • Friday Office Closures, January 23, 2026                                                                

      • Communiversity WIN Job Center – closes at 2 pm
      • Clarksdale WIN Job Center – closes at 3 pm
      • Cleveland WIN Job Center – closes at 3 pm  
      • Corinth WIN Job Center – closes at 3 pm
    • Monday Office Closures, January 26, 2026
      • Batesville WIN Job Center
      • Communiversity WIN Job Center
      • Marshall County WIN Job Center
      • Oxford WIN Job Center
      • Tupelo WIN Job Center
  • Medora: CLOSED today, January 24.
  • Monroe County offices: CLOSED Monday and Tuesday, January 26 and 27, due to weather, including the Chancery, Justice, and Circuit Courts.
  • Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH): 
    • CLOSED: Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, Copiah, DeSoto, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Itawamba, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, LeFlore, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Marshall, Monroe (Aberdeen), Monroe (Amory), Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Scott, Sharkey, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Warren, Washington, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha, Yazoo
    • DELAYED OPENING – 10 a.m.: MSDH Central Campus and all Jackson Offices, Claiborne, Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Simpson, Walthall, Wilkinson
    • NORMAL OPERATIONS: Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Stone, Wayne
  • North Mississippi Health Services: 
  • Okolona City Hall: CLOSED on Monday, January 26. Workers report as scheduled.
  • Okolona Electric Business Offices: CLOSED on Monday, January 26. Workers report as scheduled.
  • Oktibbeha County Offices: All offices CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • PECO Foods: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Pickens County Sheriff’s Main Office: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Playtopia of Starkville: CLOSED today, January 24.
  • Public Library (Starkville): CLOSED today, January 24.
  • Quail Ridge (Guntown): CLOSED on Tuesday, January 27.
  • Renasant Bank: OPEN at 10 am on Monday, January 26.
  • Rumpke Waste & Recycling: Will SUSPEND trash and recycling collection for Monday, January 26, in Columbus and surrounding areas. 
  • Tupelo Waste Management: Suspended ALL garbage and trash collection service for Tupelo, Lee County, Corinth, and surrounding areas on Tuesday, January 27. We will resume service as soon as weather and road conditions safely allow.
  • Vernon, AL Waste Management: will RESUME all garbage and trash collection services in the City of Vernon, Lamar County, Fayette County and surrounding areas on Tuesday, January 27
  • Westmoreland Dermatology: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Whittington Gifts and Decor: CLOSED on January 24.
  • Winston County Head Start: CLOSED on Monday, January 26.
  • Winston County Justice Court: Court dates rescheduled for Wednesday, January 28, at 8:30 am due to weather.

 

Churches/Ministries:

  • Enon Cumberland Presbyterian (Ackerman): No service for Sunday, January 25.
  • Episcopal Church of the Resurrection (Starkville): Cancelled their 10 am service. Morning prayer service on Sunday, January 25.
  • First Baptist Church (Starkville): Virtual service.
  • First Unity United Methodist Church (Weir): No service on Sunday, January 25.
  • Full Gospel Ministries (Columbus): No Service on Sunday, January 25.
  • Millspring Missionary Baptist Church (Weir): No service for Sunday, January 25.
  • New Hope Church: NO SERVICE on Sunday, January 25.
  • Potter’s House of Prayer (Weir): No service for Sunday, January 25.
  • Providence Missionary Baptist Church: No service on Sunday, January 26.
  • Zion Gate M. B. Church (Columbus): NO SERVICE for Sunday, January 25.

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