15+ hour, 1+ min ago   (152+ words) WALNUT — The 27th annual Hines Farm Hopewell St. Jude Benefit Trail Ride will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2-3, at 2697 Saulsbury Rd. in Walnut, raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Admission is $20 for adults, $10 for ages 13 to 18, and free…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (126+ words) tippahnews.com September is Suicide Prevention Month, and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety urged people to remember that mental health struggles can affect anyone, including law enforcement officers and first responders, the agency said. The department said those who…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (283+ words) A panel of federal judges heard arguments Wednesday over whether to tighten prescribing rules for mifepristone, a drug used in the most common abortion method in the United States, according to court records. The case before the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (318+ words) tippahnews.com The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s School of Dentistry performed a complex double-jaw subperiosteal implant surgery that helped a 65-year-old oral cancer survivor regain the ability to chew, the medical center said. Herbert Griffith of Laurel lost most…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (187+ words) Barbara Eden, 95, says she’s ‘okay’ after canceling Cinecon appearance tippahnews.com Barbara Eden, 95, said she was “okay” after canceling a last-minute appearance at the Cinecon Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles, festival organizers and the actress said. Cinecon, which describes…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (582+ words) tippahnews.com Our civic life is threaded through with moral questions that confront congregations as surely as they confront courts, hospitals and school boards. In Mississippi this week the familiar intersections of law, health and children’s dignity have come into…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (98+ words) tippahnews.com A new quiz based on social scientist Itamar Shatz’s book “Solving Procrastination” tests readers’ knowledge of procrastination and suggests ways to address it, according to the quiz description. The quiz says it presents several surprising facts about why…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (76+ words) Doctors suspected family in Alabama woman’s lead poisoning tippahnews.com Hannah Pettey, 22, nearly died after severe lead poisoning that caused debilitating pain and a 45-pound weight loss, the original account said. Doctors suspected that either her mother or her husband…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (70+ words) tippahnews.com The Trump administration announced it will end $45 million in support for Namibia’s HIV response program, providing a final $45 million payment in the 2027 fiscal year, according to a Friday joint statement. The funding has been provided annually for two…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (219+ words) Mississippi pediatricians are supporting fall vaccination recommendations issued by a coalition of leading medical organizations, as the federal vaccine advisory system remains stalled. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee has not issued guidance since a federal judge…...