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Reporting What Matters

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Reporting What Matters

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Permanent skateparks? Coast skaters say it's time
Permanent skateparks? Coast skaters say it’s time
Justin Glowacki, Nischit Sharma and Sami Jordan June 16, 2025
Pete Taggard never expected skateboarding to save his life. But when a doctor warned that Type 2 Diabetes was threatening his health, he returned to something he hadn’t done since his teenage years: skating. 
Stone County hires new economic director to drive growth
Stone County hires new economic director to drive growth
Morgan Gill, Alexa Hatten, Sameen Chand and JC Roberts June 16, 2025
Stone County is looking to jump-start its economic future with the appointment of Layla Essary as the new director of its Economic Development Partnership.
A measuring tape next to a deterorating wooen support piling in river water shows how much width has been lost.
Ocean Springs bridge reopens after emergency repairs
Justin Glowacki June 12, 2025
After three months of detours and construction, the Davis Bayou Bridge on Hanshaw Road is set to reopen following the completion of emergency repairs.
Man in a black blazer sits beneath the Great Seal of the State of Mississippi.
No complaints, no action: MDEQ says no sewage violations on Pascagoula River
Justin Glowacki June 16, 2025
Despite public concern and warnings from the state’s marine resources director, Mississippi’s top environmental agency said it hasn’t received a single complaint in the past five years about houseboat sewage on the Pascagoula River — and has taken no enforcement action as a result.
A single-story unfinished building with wooden framing, a metal roof and three windows on the left side.
Faithful Farms offers rural, faith-based school alternative
Samuel Hughes, Cadence Renfro and Rochak Basnet June 16, 2025
A one-room schoolhouse opening this August is offering a faith-based, agriculture-centered alternative to public education — and positioning itself for Mississippi’s evolving school choice landscape.
A woman stands on the front porch of a red brick house beside a white column labeled “400,” smiling and wearing a blue T-shirt and black shorts.
With little aid, sober homes fill vital recovery need
Samuel Hughes, Cadence Renfro and Rochak Basnet June 9, 2025
Mississippi continues to fall behind neighboring states when it comes to sober-living housing, a critical step in long-term addiction recovery. Sober-living housing often follows the Oxford House Model, a community-based approach to recovery that emphasizes peer support, shared responsibility and sober living
THC-infused seltzers are displayed in a convenience store in southeast Mississippi, Wednesday, June 12, 2025. The drinks contain the main psychoactive compound in cannabis and are legally sold throughout the state without age restrictions.
THC drinks raise concern — but facts are mixed
Walker Scott and Joshua Wilson June 16, 2025
A viral post claims THC drinks can get kids high — but that oversimplifies the issue. These legal, unregulated drinks lack age limits, but there’s little proof they’re being marketed to children.
A weathered trash can is marked with peeling white paint in this file photo.
No ongoing waste options? The full story says otherwise
Matthew Martin and Joshua Wilson June 9, 2025
Forrest and Lamar counties offer year-round options for disposing of certain bulky items like appliances, electronics and yard debris.
A voter casts a ballot in this file photo.
Abrams was not given $2B in public funds for elections
Joshua Wilson June 9, 2025
A public official posted this claim on Facebook: “Stacey Abrams was given $2 billion by the Biden administration to spend on elections.” Our rating: False.