Local shelters open due to freezing temperatures

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – At Shower Power on Sunday, dozens of the unhoused have filed into the nonprofit’s emergency shelter with one thing on their mind: escaping the brutally cold temperatures.

Jesse Sheldon said he plans to use the shelters over the next few days.

“The only time I really come to shelters is like when it’s really cold. Other than that, I’d be on the street all the time,” Sheldon said…

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