by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today June 14, 2023 Julie Whitehead of Brandon is a longtime patient of St. Dominic’s behavioral health services. After being admitted to the hospital following a suicide attempt in 2006, Whitehead was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 14, 2023 Donna Echols had just returned to her north Jackson home from her eldest son’s fairytale wedding in the Bahamas and expected to greet the groom’s father who had stayed behind to watch the house and her pets. What she...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today May 18, 2023 Another health care facility in Mississippi is in danger of shutting its doors. KPC Promise Hospital in Vicksburg, a 35-bed long-term care facility, has leased space at Merit Health River Region’s main campus since 2018....
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson invites the media to attend a press conference addressing local food opportunities and the resources available to the public through the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The press conference will...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today June 12, 2023 Brielan Terrell sat a few rows behind the other boys in the auditorium at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The 18-year-old leaned forward, listening intently, as Eric Lucas Jr., a fourth-year medical student,...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 12, 2023 A $400 million federal civil rights lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of two men allegedly beaten and tortured by Rankin County sheriff’s deputies during what attorneys say was an unlawful arrest earlier this year says the...
