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A health care worker signs a petition to get Medicaid expansion placed the 2022 ballot. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Medicaid expansion ballot initiative officially halted

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,05/19/21-4:54PM, 11,508 Reads 150,723 Statewide
The “Yes on 76” campaign to expand Medicaid in Mississippi through a ballot initiative has been officially suspended — a pro forma move since the state Supreme Court last week nullified the state’s ballot initiative process with a ruling striking down medical marijuana Initiative 65.
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Lakes of blood have been spilled to protect freedom

Mon,05/31/21-9:37AM, 11,499 Reads 151,020 Statewide
Memorial day marks the start of the summer, the Big Bake as I call it.
For me, Mississippi has the ideal climate. The average temperature for the entire year, day or night, summer or winter, is 68 degrees. You can’t get more perfect than that.
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Members of the Murphreesboro Volunteer Fire Department take delivery of a new 2022 pumper truck Tuesday, May 24, at the Tallahatchie County Fire Training Complex near Charleston. Seated is Joy Blaylock. Standing from left are county Fire Coordinator Linnie Maples, Fire Chief William McCammon, Ronnie Blaylock, Edwardanne McCammon, Edmond Taylor Sr. and James Ford. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)

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State-of-the-art pumpers bolster firefighting fleet, volunteers sought

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,06/02/22-2:16PM, 11,496 Reads
Two rural fire departments in Tallahatchie County recently received sparkling new 2022 pumper trucks boasting state-of-the-art features.
The apparatuses were delivered May 24 to representatives of the Murphreesboro and Philipp volunteer fire departments on the grounds of the Tallahatchie County Fire Training Complex near Charleston.
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Photo by Clay McFerrin, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

This view of the Tallahatchie River bridge is familiar to many local fishermen who use the Strider Landing boat launch below.

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Who's up for moving a bridge?

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,09/04/25-5:29PM, 11,493 Reads
The Tallahatchie River bridge, located on Highway 32 between Charleston and Webb, is on the market — free to anyone who can move it and properly care for the historic structure.
Lightweights need not apply.
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