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Health department reviewing COVID-19 guidance for schools
The Mississippi Department of Health is reevaluating its COVID-19 guidance for K-12 schools following the Centers for Disease…
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Charges dropped against three defendants in MDE kickback scheme
The U.S. District Court has dismissed all charges against three co-defendants in a kickback conspiracy involving money from…
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Natchez mother struggles to find medical care for daughter
NATCHEZ – Shavondra Smalley wakes up on her living room couch and looks at her 8-year-old daughter Layla…
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Mississippi leads world in mass incarceration
Mississippi is now the world’s leader in putting people behind bars — more inmates per capita than any…
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MSU students excavate Concord Plantation in Natchez
NATCHEZ, Miss.—Debbie Cosey looked through tears of joy toward her backyard where 13 Mississippi State University Archaeological Field…
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MSDH expands Monkeypox vaccine to those at high risk
The Mississippi Department of Health on Thursday announced it was expanding eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine to those…
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Plan to help poor with insurance stripped from federal bill
The budget reconciliation bill approved over the weekend by Democrats in the U.S. Senate and now pending a…
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Disability rights group wins access to agency’s records
When the state’s advocacy organization for people with disabilities couldn’t get the Department of Mental Health to turn…
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RECORD BLUE CATFISH
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks photo Christopher Halley of Brookhaven holds the new State Trophy Record…
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Head Start students score behind peers in pre-K
Students who participate through Head Start, a federally-funded program that promotes school readiness in children from low-income families,…