Oktibbeha County EMA opens warming shelter on Lynn Lane

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A warming shelter is being opened in Starkville and volunteers are needed.

The Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Agency is opening the Safe Room on Lynn Lane.

It will open tonight at 8 p.m. and will stay open until 8 a.m. Friday morning.

The warming shelter will reopen Friday night at 8 p.m. and close Saturday morning.

Volunteers are needed for early Friday morning.

Thanks to some help from the Golden Triangle Homeless Coalition there will be cots available.

For more information call or possible assistance to get to the shelter, call the EMA at (662) 320-7250.

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