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Learn How to Keep Your Precious Cargo Safe During Child Passenger Safety Week
By PRESS RELEASE - MSDH
Mon,09/22/25-1:22PM , 1,002 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. – One-third of children killed in car accidents are not in car seats, booster seats or seat belts.
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Mississippi cities and counties, lacking state guidance, spend millions of opioid settlement dollars on general expenses
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/18/25-12:28PM , 260 Reads 11,176 Statewide
Less than $1 million of the $15.5 million local governments have received is being spent to address addiction. A psychiatrist called the spending “complete and utter bullshit.”
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How we created the local opioid settlement database
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/18/25-12:22PM , 202 Reads 7,612 Statewide
This story is part of our series, The Black Box: Inside Mississippi’s opioid settlement spending. Explore the series.
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Newton County Board of Supervisors: Newton County EMA Proposes Central Hub
By MARTY MORGAN - Staff Writer
Wed,09/17/25-6:00PM , 777 Reads
The Newton County Board of Supervisors held their monthly meeting on Sept. 2, where officials with Newton County Emergency Management Agency proposed a plan to convert the county owned Reman Building in Decatur to a multipurpose centralized emergency operations center.
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