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Mississippi Delta residents worry about their health after train derailment and chemical fire
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,07/17/25-12:24PM , 200 Reads 3,950 Statewide
Some residents of a small community in the Mississippi Delta say they fear their health might be at risk after a train derailed and spilled a hazardous chemical compound that burned for hours.
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New vending machine provides free medicine to fight opioid overdoses
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,07/09/25-12:34PM , 286 Reads 5,877 Statewide
Several public health groups unveiled a new vending machine Monday in the Jackson Medical Mall, where people can pick up free boxes of naloxone, a medicine that temporarily reverses opioid overdoses in children and adults.
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Sequaya Coleman and her 2-year-old son Christian White, enjoy a morning at Hico Park in Jackson, Monday, April 28, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Thousands affected by state’s hold on child care financial assistance
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,04/29/25-12:58PM , 328 Reads 5,187 Statewide
“Our kids need the help, we need the help, because if you take the help from the American people, how do you expect us to thrive as Americans? How do you expect us to thrive as a state?”
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Child care workers and children, parents and legislators stressed the need to protect access to child care during the Child Care Matters: Keep Mississippi Working press conference held at the state Capitol, Thursday, April 24, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Parents and providers urge state to use unspent TANF grants for child care
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,04/25/25-10:38AM , 463 Reads 5,523 Statewide
Child care providers, parents, children, legislators and advocates gathered outside the state Capitol Thursday to call on Mississippi to use unspent welfare funds and resume accepting child care certificate applications.
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