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Dr. Teresa Poole of William Carey University, holding PREPS Partner Award, is congratulated by PREPS board members, from left, Dr. Alee Dixon, Dr. Carla Evers, and Dr. Sam Allison.
Dr. Teresa Poole received a special award Feb. 27 during this year’s PREPS Conference at William Carey University – the PREPS Partner Award. Poole is dean of the WCU School of Education.
PREPS stands for Program for Research and Evaluation for Public Schools. It is a statewide organization that supports Mississippi school districts with resources to enhance student success.
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The education team at the Hattiesburg Zoo has partnered with the Mississippi Forestry Association to present a Project Learning Tree training session for formal and informal teachers on March 28th from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Photo by Jacob Brumfield, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Breaking news: The Southern Miss baseball team is in fact human.
The No. 12 Golden Eagles dropped their first series of the season on the road at Arkansas State, marking their first series loss since Marshall last year.
The week began with a walk-off home victory over Ole Miss, but with the two losses up in Jonesboro, Southern Miss ended up with its first 2-2 week of the season.
Below is my weekly grades of the team, and I might warn you they aren’t pretty.
Starting Pitching – B-
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Photo by Jacob Brumfield, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Breaking news: The Southern Miss baseball team is in fact human.
The No. 12 Golden Eagles dropped their first series of the season on the road at Arkansas State, marking their first series loss since Marshall last year.
The week began with a walk-off home victory over Ole Miss, but with the two losses up in Jonesboro, Southern Miss ended up with its first 2-2 week of the season.
Below is my weekly grades of the team, and I might warn you they aren’t pretty.
Starting Pitching – B-
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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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The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will present “Bars of Red” on Thursday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mannoni Performing Arts Center Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus.
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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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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
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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.
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Siblings Lynda Balch (left), John David McElhaney, Jr. (center) and Jonee Mc Elhaney prepare to celebrate their family’s business being 100 years in the making.
McElhaney Plumbing has been a household name in the Hub City since 1926, and to celebrate, the McElhaney family and City of Hattiesburg hosted the community at Town Square Park on Saturday, March 14 with a live band, food trucks and community fellowship.
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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.
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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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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
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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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Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:
No state has expanded Medicaid since the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill was put into law last year
Another legislative session, another year will pass without Mississippi expanding Medicaid to provide health care coverage for the working poor.
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Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:
No state has expanded Medicaid since the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill was put into law last year
Another legislative session, another year will pass without Mississippi expanding Medicaid to provide health care coverage for the working poor.
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