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Medicaid expansion can still work

Wed,07/16/25-4:38PM, 2,593 Reads 24,658 Statewide
For more than a decade during which Mississippi held out against expanding Medicaid to the working poor, there were two main reasons for the resistance. The first was the longstanding but paradoxical antipathy to anti-poverty programs in the most impoverished state in the country.
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Photo by Chuck Hathcock © 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. | Local NFL players Tyre Phillips, left, and J.J. Russell speak to a group of children during the Second Annual More to Life Community Fun Day and Football Camp.

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More to Life Camp draws large crowd at GHS

By CHUCK HATHCOCK CHUCK HATHCOCK - Sports Editor
Thu,07/17/25-12:08PM, 2,579 Reads
The Second Annual More to Life Community Fun Day and Football Camp took place the Saturday before the Fourth of July holiday on the campus of Grenada High School.
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Why utility monopolies?

By KELLEY WILLIAMS KELLEY WILLIAMS
Thu,06/19/25-9:56AM, 2,576 Reads 26,250 Statewide
Maybe you’ve wondered why Entergy has a monopoly. I have. Why no competitors? Isn’t competition good? Doesn’t it encourage innovation? Doesn’t innovation lead to better things and better ways of doing things? And to higher standards of living and better lives?
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Photo by Chuck Hathcock, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

MAIS All-Stars

Kirk Academy softball seniors Camryn Allbritton, left, and Cecile Brister will in the MAIS All-Star Game at Jackson Prep next week.

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Allbritton, Brister named to MAIS All-Star softball

By CHUCK HATHCOCK CHUCK HATHCOCK - Sports Editor
Thu,10/09/25-3:30PM, 2,566 Reads
Two Kirk Academy seniors, who have been instrumental in helping the school turn around the fortunes of the fast-pitch softball program, were recently named to the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools Class AAA-AAAA All-Star Game, which will be held Oct. 15, at Jackson Prep.
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