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Fannie Lou Hamer’s last surviving child dies at 56
Fannie Lou Hamer’s last surviving child dies at 56 by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today March 30, 2023 Jacqueline Hamer Flakes, the last living child of civil and voting rights advocate Fannie...
MOBILE FIELD HOSPITAL DEPLOYS TO STORM-RAVAGED ROLLING FORK
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is coordinating with the Mississippi State Department of Health and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to deploy a mobile field hospital to Rolling...
Field hospital to open in Rolling Fork after tornado left town’s health care facilities in shambles
by Sara DiNatale and Kate Royals, Mississippi Today March 29, 2023 Rolling Fork residents devastated by last week’s fatal tornadoes that destroyed the town’s main health care centers and damaged...
‘Like you were unzipping a jacket’: How survivors barely missed tornado damage, and their next steps for rebuilding
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today March 31, 2023 ROLLING FORK – At first, Eddie Jones’ two 5-year-old twin daughters didn’t want to stay with his mother last Friday night. But after she insisted,...
At 17, William Davis was convicted of a murder he did not commit. His conviction was not wrongful. But is the legal doctrine behind it just?
by Elena DeBre, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today March 28, 2023 The murder of Billy Dover spread quickly through Quitman County, a rural stretch...
President Biden will visit Rolling Fork following deadly tornado
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today March 29, 2023 President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will visit Rolling Fork on Friday following last week's devastating tornado, according to a White...