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UMMC delivers life-saving transplant during system outage
JACKSON, Miss. – Late one evening, Wade Watts received the call he had been waiting for: a donor liver was available. He and his wife, Sara, had to be at the hospital the next morning.
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UMMC delivers life-saving transplant during system outage
JACKSON, Miss. – Late one evening, Wade Watts received the call he had been waiting for: a donor liver was available. He and his wife, Sara, had to be at the hospital the next morning.
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GREENVILLE – A Mexican national, illegally in the United States, pleaded guilty to the illegal possession of firearms in front of United States District Court Chief Judge Debra M. Brown. Sentencing will be held at a later date at which the defendant faces a statutory maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
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MSDH Provides Prenatal Vitamins at County Health Departments
Jackson, Miss.- One of the most proactive steps an expectant mother can take to ensure she delivers a healthy baby is to take prenatal vitamins. To ensure everyone has access to prenatal vitamins, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) distributes them to pregnant women at no cost at all county health departments that provide nursing services.
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MSDH Provides Prenatal Vitamins at County Health Departments
Jackson, Miss.- One of the most proactive steps an expectant mother can take to ensure she delivers a healthy baby is to take prenatal vitamins. To ensure everyone has access to prenatal vitamins, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) distributes them to pregnant women at no cost at all county health departments that provide nursing services.
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Clyde Anderson Doty Sr., also known as “Andy”, 88, of McCool, Mississippi, passed away with his loving wife beside him on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
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Mississippi Egg Marketing Board Announces 2026 Easter Coloring Contest
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Egg Marketing Board is hosting its annual Easter Coloring Contest now through Saturday, April 4. The contest is open to Mississippi school children ages 4 to 9 years old. One winner will be chosen from each age group and will receive a $50 gift card. One entry is allowed per child.
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Mississippi Egg Marketing Board Announces 2026 Easter Coloring Contest
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Egg Marketing Board is hosting its annual Easter Coloring Contest now through Saturday, April 4. The contest is open to Mississippi school children ages 4 to 9 years old. One winner will be chosen from each age group and will receive a $50 gift card. One entry is allowed per child.
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PINK LEMONADE & SUCH
By Lee Ann Flemming Article
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PINK LEMONADE & SUCH
By Lee Ann Flemming Article
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On January 26, 2026, the Attala County Board of Supervisors had an emergency meeting and approved a Warming Center to open at the Attala County Coliseum. We started off with only one guest staying the first night, due to the fact that most were already put up in motel rooms thanks to many donations collected the previous weekend. By our final night on Sunday, we had eight sleeping overnight. The community was extremely generous with donations, monetary and otherwise. Many came to us all hours of the day asking what they could do to help. People signed up for volunteer shifts.
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On January 26, 2026, the Attala County Board of Supervisors had an emergency meeting and approved a Warming Center to open at the Attala County Coliseum. We started off with only one guest staying the first night, due to the fact that most were already put up in motel rooms thanks to many donations collected the previous weekend. By our final night on Sunday, we had eight sleeping overnight. The community was extremely generous with donations, monetary and otherwise. Many came to us all hours of the day asking what they could do to help. People signed up for volunteer shifts.
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Leflore County consistently leads the nation with one of the highest gun homicide rates
This is the first story in a series about gun violence in the Mississippi Delta.
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Leflore County consistently leads the nation with one of the highest gun homicide rates
This is the first story in a series about gun violence in the Mississippi Delta.
By GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth/Report for America on
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Leflore County consistently leads the nation with one of the highest gun homicide rates
This is the first story in a series about gun violence in the Mississippi Delta.
By GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth/Report for America on
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Alena Crear, 5, looks around as state leaders speak during a press conference on affordable child care and tax relief for family necessities Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at the Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Advocates say state leaders must address Mississippi’s 11-month child care crisis but warn the $15 million would only alleviate a fraction of roughly 20,000 households on a waitlist.
The Senate voted Thursday to spend $15 million on child care vouchers to help alleviate the pressure on roughly 20,000 low-income Mississippi families waitlisted for subsidies since pandemic-era federal funds ran out in April.
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Alena Crear, 5, looks around as state leaders speak during a press conference on affordable child care and tax relief for family necessities Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at the Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Advocates say state leaders must address Mississippi’s 11-month child care crisis but warn the $15 million would only alleviate a fraction of roughly 20,000 households on a waitlist.
The Senate voted Thursday to spend $15 million on child care vouchers to help alleviate the pressure on roughly 20,000 low-income Mississippi families waitlisted for subsidies since pandemic-era federal funds ran out in April.
By Sophia Paffenroth - Mississippi Today on
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Alena Crear, 5, looks around as state leaders speak during a press conference on affordable child care and tax relief for family necessities Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at the Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Advocates say state leaders must address Mississippi’s 11-month child care crisis but warn the $15 million would only alleviate a fraction of roughly 20,000 households on a waitlist.
The Senate voted Thursday to spend $15 million on child care vouchers to help alleviate the pressure on roughly 20,000 low-income Mississippi families waitlisted for subsidies since pandemic-era federal funds ran out in April.
By Sophia Paffenroth - Mississippi Today on
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Clarksdale Municipal School District students Leah Myles, Jamarick Davis, Khloe Reed and instructor Candace Barron pose for a photograph after their last teacher preparation class before winter break, Dec. 15, 2025. Their district offers a vocational teacher preparation course at the Carl Keen Career and Technical Center. Credit: Leonardo Bevilacqua/Mississippi Today
Clarksdale public schools are cultivating future teachers among their students.
CLARKSDALE — Clarksdale had the second highest teacher shortage in Mississippi last year — 40 posted vacancies in July.
For district administrators, that staffing challenge hits particularly hard each year in late summer when they try to fill vacancies before the new school year begins. The problem affects students, too, when they’re taught by substitute teachers for weeks at a time.
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Clarksdale Municipal School District students Leah Myles, Jamarick Davis, Khloe Reed and instructor Candace Barron pose for a photograph after their last teacher preparation class before winter break, Dec. 15, 2025. Their district offers a vocational teacher preparation course at the Carl Keen Career and Technical Center. Credit: Leonardo Bevilacqua/Mississippi Today
Clarksdale public schools are cultivating future teachers among their students.
CLARKSDALE — Clarksdale had the second highest teacher shortage in Mississippi last year — 40 posted vacancies in July.
For district administrators, that staffing challenge hits particularly hard each year in late summer when they try to fill vacancies before the new school year begins. The problem affects students, too, when they’re taught by substitute teachers for weeks at a time.
By Leonardo Bevilacqua - Mississippi Today on
