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Health Crisis for Mississippi’s Children
The Delta News - Mississippi
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MISSISSIPPI - A national law group is calling for urgent action to protect kids in Mississippi’s most underserved communities. The Birth Injury Lawyers Group says boosting vaccine access, improving health education, and expanding care are critical...
National Shrimp Festival to re-select poster art after finding similar design from different artist
Gulf Coast Media - Alabama
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The Annual National Shrimp Festival committee is rescinding its 2025 poster and will select a new one after it found the originally selected art is “similar in design to a poster from an event in another state in 2024.” Though the decision to...
Raymond Doyle Thurm
Kern Valley Sun - California
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Raymond Doyle Thurm, passed June 30,2025 in Bakersfield. He was born at home in Medora, Illinois to Lawrence and Iola Thurm. Ray grew up an only child in a house without plumbing. When he was ten, 3 orphaned cousins came to live with them – he...
Search warrant leads to major pill bust in Philadelphia Mississippi
Twin States News - Mississippi
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On Wednesday, July 2, agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, and the Philadelphia Police Department executed a search warrant leading to the arrest of 40-year-old DeAndrew Hudson. While arrested for sale of a controlled substance, police...
Visa policy shift threatens Mississippi’s international student pipeline and millions in revenue
WAPT 16 - Mississippi
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July 10, 2025
A federal policy requiring social media screening for all student visa applicants is raising concerns across Mississippi’s higher education community, where international students contribute tens of millions of dollars to the state economy.As of...
EDITORIAL/Canton alderman?
Madison County Journal - Mississippi
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By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | The Neshoba Democrat Canton alderman? You heard that right! The superintendent of the Philadelphia Public Schools announced on Facebook on Saturday, Feb. 7, that she was seeking the Ward 2 alderman seat in Canton, where...
State Board Of Education Declares Seventh County State Of Emergency Of The Year
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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July 9, 2025
The West Virginia Board of Education voted Wednesday to declare a state of emergency in Roane County Schools. A finance report presented to the board by Alexandra Criner, director of the Office of Accountability for the West Virginia Department of...
Don’t panic as wildlife officials track black bear’s movement across north Mississippi
WTVA 9 News - Mississippi
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RIPLEY, Miss. (WTVA) — A recent bear sighting in north Mississippi prompted caution among residents. However, wildlife officials advise the public to not panic. Kerry Wallace recently shared video footage of a bear walking through a yard in Tippah...
ASU-Newport chancellor to depart for president’s role at Rust College in Mississippi
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 9, 2025
Johnny Moore, who has been chancellor of Arkansas State University-Newport for more than four years, will depart at the end of the month to take over as leader of a college in Mississippi. Serving as ASU-Newport's chancellor "has been one of the...
Bumpers Drive-In Signs Franchise Deal in Canton, Mississippi
QSR Magazine - North Carolina
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July 9, 2025
When Kat and Darren met in a grocery store just five years ago, they had no idea they would be married within a few months. They quickly combined their families, their knowledge, and their skills to become business partners. In 2020, during the...
ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Meander through Arkansas to visit home, birthplace of Johnny Cash
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 14, 2025
KINGSLAND -- Legions of Johnny Cash fans visit the Depression-era settlement where he grew up in the planned community of Dyess. They tour his restored boyhood home and visit the museum that lays out his Delta upbringing. Tracing the first three...
Does a Confederate monument represent Brandon, Mississippi? Locals weigh in at town hall
Associated Press
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July 9, 2025
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Rankin County residents packed Brandon City Hall to discuss whether a Confederate statue belongs in the Mississippi town’s center where a bulk of local traffic flows. But most took stances on whether it represents heritage or...
Small business and restaurant owners talk operating amidst challenges on Atlanta’s west side
Reporter Newspapers - Georgia
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July 14, 2025
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Red or White is an Alabama wine-pairing paradise
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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July 13, 2025
Red or white? You have choices with Red or White. There are four locations around our state, and the concept is attracting national attention. Mobile’s Red or White was just named the No. 2 Best Wine Shop in the country in a USA Today Readers’...
Mississippi ranks among least safe states for LGBTQ+ community, report finds
WAPT 16 - Mississippi
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July 1, 2025
As Pride Month draws to a close, a new report places Mississippi among the least safe states in the nation for LGBTQ+ residents.The 2025 LGBTQ+ Safety Rankings, released by SafeHome.org, evaluated every state based on legislative actions, policy...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
The Sentinel Colorado
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July 9, 2025
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities: civil rights enforcement to the Justice Department, perhaps; student loans to Treasury or...
Today In Culture, Wednesday, July 9, 2025: 70mm Returns To Southport | Chicago Board Of Trade Museum Opens | What’s New With Divvy
Newcity - Illinois
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July 9, 2025
Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Woodlawn Unveils New Sculpture By D. Lamar Preston D. Lamar Preston’s “Gifted to Me” sculpture is on display at 62nd and Stony...
Driftless Area Education and Visitor Center named one of several new Heritage Area Sites by Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area
The Waukon Standard - Iowa
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July 9, 2025
Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) celebrated the addition of seven new Heritage Area Sites during a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony held Tuesday, June 24 at the Grout Museum District in Waterloo, marking a significant step in an...
Destinations: Dreams and Realities
State College - Pennsylvania
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July 15, 2025
I recently became one of the newest members of the Medicare Club. My 87-year-old mother called to wish me happy birthday and said, “My baby is 65!” No way am I 65, I thought. Old people are 65! I feel like I’m living my best life right now and...
US Capital B In the Mississippi Delta, Black Farmers Are Rebuilding the Legacy of Land Ownership
Yahoo News
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JONESTOWN, Miss. — As Pastor Bennie Brown sat in the bright red pews of St. James Missionary Baptist, just a few feet away from the podium where he preaches every Sunday, the 71-year-old farmer recalled feeling the spiritual presence of the...