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Photo Album: Premier Medical Group Celebrates Grand Opening of New Carthage Facility
Premier Medical Group and Premier Rehab held a grand opening Tuesday afternoon for their new location at 300 S. Pearl St. in Carthage. The new, larger facility offers expanded space and upgraded amenities for both staff and patients. Doctors, nurses, and team members say they’re excited about the move and...
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Starting October 2026, residents will have a $13 increase to their water bills.
That extra $13 is called a capital recovery fee, which will help pay for investments in assets like plants and pipes; however, annual rates will drop to seven percent. “We’ve all seen cities that didn’t invest in their wastewater infrastructure, and what happens. We don’t want that to happen to us. We want to keep making the progress we’ve been making,“ said Public Works Director David Hodge. ”We have a long way to go, but we’ve made a lot of progress. The rates may have to go up because it’s part of a larger strategy to fund future investments in our water and sewer system."
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Don’t understand Medicare and it’s enrollment time? Here’s help!
LAUREL — South Central Regional Medical Center, in partnership with Covington County Hospital, Magee General Hospital and Simpson General Hospital, will host a free educational series titled “Medicare & You” to help eligible individuals better understand the upcoming Medicare enrollment period. The sessions, which are open to...
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CHIN hosts Kidney Care lunch and learn, community health improvement network
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Local doctor speaks about flu vaccines
LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - As fall begins, the flu and cold season in the Pine Belt already is underway. “There have been a few cases in this area, as well as other parts of the state, as I’ve spoken with my colleagues,” said Dr. W. Mark Horne, South Central Family Medicine Clinic internal medicine/chief medical officer.
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Local pharmacists urge vaccines before flu season
Mississippi Today
Meridian pharmacist passionate about use of vaccines to prevent diseases
Editor’s note: This essay is part of Mississippi Today Ideas, a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share fact-based ideas about our state’s past, present and future. You can read more about the section here. I was born and raised in Meridian, Mississippi just four minutes from the Walgreens...
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Game of the Week: Choctaw Central hosts Cherokee Central
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -Hurricane Katrina, and in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 This series between Choctaw Central and Cherokee Central, in North Carolina, began back in 1991. They’ve only missed three years - in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, and in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19. The Warriors...
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Local pharmacists urge vaccines before flu season
UNION, Miss. (WTOK) - With flu season just around the corner, pharmacies are starting to offer flu vaccines, and encouraging people to get them. Annual flu shots are important, as they protect from the three most common strains of Influenza that tend to spread every year. Tesa Quinn with Quinn’s...
twinstates.news
Meridianites express opinions on new flu shot or COVID vaccine
As the fall season approaches, so do allergies, so Twin States News wanted to know what people thought about getting a new flu shot or the new COVID-19 vaccine. “I know there’s a lot of people that don’t take them that might should take them,” said Karen Anderson.
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Kosciusko grad joins North Mississippi Health Services Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Team
Kosciusko High School graduate Dr. Dakota C. King has joined North Mississippi Health Services’ Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Clinic. King recently completed a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern and a general surgery residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Board-certified by the American Board of Surgery, she specializes in traditional open heart and lung surgeries, as well as advanced techniques like robotic and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
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Forest Hospital latest to receive new surgical robot
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More than 900 Mt. Gilead/Improve Water Association customers under boil-water notice
Ribbon cutting for new Hattiesburg pharmacy kicks off National Health Week. Lumberton High School Football feels like it’s on the doorstep of something special. Laurel Main Street looks forward to a busy fall season. Laurel residents and visitors can anticipate a full calendar of events starting in September.