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The Delta Health Alliance will receive $1 million in the fiscal 2022 Medicaid appropriation bill, down from the more than $4.1 million it received in the previous two budget cycles.

Taxpayer-funded non-profit to receive smaller earmark from Medicaid approriation than last year

By Steve Wilson, 1,117 Reads

A non-profit that receives most of its money from taxpayer funds will receive an earmark in the state’s Medicaid appropriation for the fifth year in a row.

The Delta Health Alliance is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit based in Stoneville and manages 52 education and healthcare programs in the impoverished Mississippi Delta.

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Petal Primary PTO holds egg hunt for teachers, staff

By Haskel Burns, 2,997 Reads

After a year of uncertainty and reduced social involvement at schools because of the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Petal Primary School PTO decided to start spring 2021 off on a more positive note.

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‘Adoptions’ now available for Great American Duck Derby, set for Aug. 7 Photos: File

By Haskel Burns, 622 Reads

Duck “adoptions” have begun for the third annual Great American Duck Derby, which will be held Aug. 7 to help fund an infant and toddler playground at Hinton Park in Petal.

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MORA, Forrest General raise flags for National Donate Life Month

By Haskel Burns, 926 Reads

Despite coming at the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a record-setting year for organ donation in Mississippi and nationally, with the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency seeing 284 organs transplanted from 98 organ donors and 497 tissues recovered from 297 donors.

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Hattiesburg Clinic CEO Batson discusses pause on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

By Haskel Burns, 1,584 Reads

A few days after federal health authorities recommended that providers pause on administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while a potential link to rare blood clots is investigated, local officials say it’s hard to pinpoint a date as to when the one-dose vaccine may become available again.

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Friday's Live @ Five moved to May 21

By Staff Reports, 861 Reads

After communicating with local emergency management agencies about expected inclement weather, officials from Live @ 5 have decided to move the April 16 Live @ 5 to May 21 at Town Square Park in downtown Hattiesburg.

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Petal, Lamar Co. school districts set graduation dates

By Haskel Burns, 1,033 Reads

After an off-kilter year in 2020 where the COVID-19 pandemic forced many high school graduations to switch to virtual or other alternate methods, officials from the Petal and Lamar County school districts are looking forward to possibly having traditional commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2021.

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Lamar Co. school officials approve carpet at Lumberton Elementary; discuss COVID numbers

By Haskel Burns, 1,161 Reads

The Lamar County School District Board of Trustees recently approved the acceptance of a $100,681 bid to replace the carpet at Lumberton Elementary School with new tile flooring.

The decision was made at the April 12 school board meeting, where board members agreed to pull up the carpet because of allergy and air quality concerns.

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Opinion: Thirty percent of excess deaths not Covid caused

By Wyatt Emmerich, 2,679 Reads

From the start of the Covid epidemic, I felt like “excess deaths” was the key statistic to follow.

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Dryden, Delgado address dilapidated properties at Hattiesburg council meeting

By Haskel Burns, 1,982 Reads

After being in office for two terms, Mary Dryden – who represents Ward 4 on Hattiesburg City Council – has noticed too often that violations on dilapidated properties in the city have led to only temporary measures such as boarding up the sites to avoid further damage or intrusion.

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