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Woodward Hines steps up to fill shortfall in last dollar college scholarship fund for foster children

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Baptist Attala to host infusion center open house
Tue,08/18/26-12:53PM , 303 Reads
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala will host an open house for its newly renovated infusion center on Thursday, Aug. 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the hospital located at 220 MS-12 in Kosciusko.
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House lawmakers consider school consolidation as Mississippi public education enrollment declines
By JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Tue,08/18/26-11:20AM , 141 Reads 1,531 Statewide
While there are sure to be challenges in consolidating or closing schools, lawmakers were told by three superintendents with consolidation experience that the long-term impact of consolidation was beneficial to students and the community.
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Woodward Hines steps up to fill shortfall in last dollar college scholarship fund for foster children
By JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Tue,08/18/26-11:14AM , 498 Reads 3,283 Statewide
Woodward Hines is providing $800,000 that will help about 170 children in foster care attend college in Mississippi.

Through a donation from the Woodward Hines Education Foundation about 170 foster children in Mississippi will continue to receive financial aid for college.
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St. John: A friend who likes funerals
By ROBERT ST. JOHN
Tue,08/18/26-11:08AM , 265 Reads 2,767 Statewide
Robert St. John says that while his friend doesn’t like that someone died, he likes what happens when people gather afterward—the stories, the support, and the way a community comes together around a family that needs it.

I have a friend who likes funerals.
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Baptist Attala to host infusion center open house

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala will host an open house for its newly renovated infusion center on Thursday, Aug. 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the hospital located at 220 MS-12 in Kosciusko.