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Roy Howard Community Journalism Center

Reporting What Matters

Roy Howard Community Journalism Center

Reporting What Matters

Roy Howard Community Journalism Center

Pearl River County

Samuel Hughes January 13, 2025

Picayune Picayune Mayor Jim Luke, a former police chief, said he hopes public safety will be a major focus for state legislators during the 2025 session. “I’ve worked with public safety most of my...

Big Business Bankruptcies: Closures hurt rural communities, low-income families

Mallory Strickland January 6, 2025

MISSISSIPPI - Sixty-two Dirt Cheap locations — once a staple for budget-conscious shoppers — across eight states now sit empty after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. 10. The...

Bill of Health: Rural Mississippi confronts health care crisis amid calls for Medicaid expansion

“We have a little hospital, like a Band-Aid station. They still send us to another hospital, whether it’s Hattiesburg or New Orleans,” she said.
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