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Thousands in Lee County left without gas service after line rupture
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/14/25-5:54PM , 1,027 Reads 6,781 Statewide
Thousands remain without gas in Lee County after an Atmos Energy crew accidentally released high-pressure gas on Wednesda
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Kathy Schrader, Learning Tree director, with daycare charges (from left) Matthew Haley, 4, Lilly Darby, 4, Kerrington Love, 4 and Ella Lance, 5, start their morning off by making Valentine cards at the Greenwood daycare facility, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Health Department backtracks on plans for child care regulation revisions
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,03/05/25-12:50PM , 360 Reads 4,804 Statewide
After weeks of often contentious back-and-forth with child care providers, the Mississippi Department of Health is walking back its revised regulations for the industry.
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Mobile food banks close in Mississippi amid rising hunger
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,02/28/25-6:01PM , 594 Reads 6,752 Statewide
Mid-South Food Bank has shuttered 12 of its mobile food banks in Mississippi as well as dozens of others in Arkansas and Tennessee with the ending of federal COVID-19 rescue funding.
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Handling of child care revisions ‘alienates’ providers, one owner says
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,02/26/25-10:45AM , 624 Reads 6,039 Statewide
Members of the Child Care Advisory Council and child care providers, who had raised issues earlier about new proposed regulations, are voicing more concerns after the state Department of Health shared revisions.
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