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'Black Box' podcast goes beneath the surface of Mississippi’s opioid epidemic and settlements
Mississippi Today and Goat Rodeo wrote the Black Box podcast with Mississippi’s opioid epidemic victims in mind. We want to honor the over 10,000 people who will never be able to listen to it.
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5mTypo in House bill stifles $15 million meant to protect Mississippians from storms
While the Legislature passed a bill providing grants to home resiliency, the appropriated $15 million for the program was put in another measure that died.
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9mUMMC to take over Greenwood Leflore Hospital Aug. 1
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the donation of the Greenwood Leflore Hospital to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the last hurdle to completing the transfer.
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5mBeaches closed as Tropical Storm Bertha crawls along the Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Bertha is spinning off strong winds far from its center and closing beaches from Florida to Mississippi. Forecasters say the main threat from Bertha is expected to be damaging winds and coastal storm surge.
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8mNolan Xavier Wells' independent autopsy can't rule out foul play
Independent pathologist Dr. Roger Mitchell Jr. wrote that Nolan Xavier Wells' cause and manner of death are undetermined, citing multiple challenges when he examined the body.
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6mNew Tougaloo College president Wiggins embraces school's history while looking to future
The Tougaloo College president, Corey Wiggins, says the key to meeting school's mission is learning from its history when the college was hub of leadership training and civil rights activism.