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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.

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.

With little aid, sober homes fill vital recovery need

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

Animal clinics urge spaying, neutering to curb pet overpopulation 

Animal advocates across Mississippi are launching a statewide awareness campaign to promote spaying and neutering, hoping to reduce shelter overcrowding, animal abandonment and one of the highest euthanasia rates in the country. 

Shortage threatens timely care in Mississippi

Samuel Hughes and Cadence Renfro June 2, 2025
Across the state, residents are commonly referred to physical therapists to regain function after injuries, surgeries, falls and chronic pain. But a national study warns that some patients may soon face longer wait times — or longer drives — to get the care they need. 

Rising insurance premiums push homeowners to the edge

Samuel Hughes and Nischit Sharma May 19, 2025
Nita Hope, 62, has lived in the same home since 1990.  Now, she’s boxing up her life, painting the walls and putting it up for sale.

Mobile crisis teams fill mental health care gap in rural Mississippi

When the phone rings for Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources’ Mobile Response Team, Coordinator Martin Moore is ready to respond — one example of an expanding model of mental health care in the Magnolia State. 
Sticks, leaves and small debris washed ashore Feb. 24 on Biloxi East Central Beach.

Mississippi fishermen sue the state over oyster reef leases

Justin Glowacki May 8, 2025
A group of commercial fishermen has filed a lawsuit in Harrison County Chancery Court, seeking to block the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources from finalizing the leases. 

One center, too many kids: Greene County faces child care crisis

Justin Glowacki and McKenna Klamm May 5, 2025
On a Monday afternoon, a mother arrived at Bettie’s ABC Advanced Child Care Center with paperwork in hand, hoping to enroll her child. Instead, she was added to a growing waitlist — a familiar outcome for many families in the area.

Funding cut halts humanities grants in Mississippi

JACKSON — Just before midnight on April 2, Stuart Rockoff, executive director of the Mississippi Humanities Council, received an email from an unfamiliar address. While the identity of the messenger...

The Roy Howard Community Journalism Center has filed a public records complaint with the Mississippi Ethics Commission to gain access to bridge inspection records withheld by the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

Center files complaint over denied access to bridge inspection records

Joshua Wilson April 24, 2025
The RHCJC is challenging Mississippi officials for withholding Davis Bayou Bridge inspection records, pressing for public access to critical infrastructure safety information.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas Collins delivers the keynote speech, calling the new home a chance for veterans to stay connected to their communities. (RHCJC News)

New veterans home brings Gulf Coast families closer to care

With flags waving above the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s newest long-term care facility, veterans, state leaders and community members recently gathered in the Tradition community to celebrate the opening of the Vito J. Canizaro Veterans Home.
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