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What’s Happening, Mississippi? Things to do in the Magnolia State in March 2024

By COURTNEY INGLE - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE COURTNEY INGLE - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Mon,03/04/24-8:02PM, 223 Reads 12,534 Statewide
- From wine and craft beer to aviation history and Easter celebrations, you’re sure to find something to enjoy in the Magnolia State this March.
Spring is on the horizon, and March in Mississippi provides opportunities for families to get out and enjoy many fun activities across the state.
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Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, left, listens as Ted Henifin speaks during a press conference at City Hall in Jackson, Miss., Monday, December 5, 2022. Henifin was appointed as Jackson's water system's third-party administrator. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Jackson lawmakers ‘shocked’ after Henifin backs bill depleting local power

By ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,03/04/24-7:48PM, 121 Reads 7,118 Statewide
Just over a year into his uniquely powerful role reviving Jackson’s water infrastructure, third-party manager Ted Henifin is supporting an effort to leave the city without any future control of its water and sewer assets.
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Mississippi state Rep. Kevin Felsher, R-Biloxi, has proposed a bill that would limit when people can be jailed as they go through a legal process that can force them into treatment for mental illness. In many counties, people are jailed when officials determine that publicly funded treatment beds are full or too far away. (Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today) Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Lawmakers could limit when county officials in Mississippi can jail people awaiting psychiatric treatment

By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,03/04/24-7:28PM, 167 Reads 9,622 Statewide
Key Mississippi lawmakers have introduced several bills that would drastically limit when people can be jailed without criminal charges as they await court-ordered psychiatric treatment.
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The first of three helicopters lands on I-20 after a head-on collision at Mile Marker 108 just west of Newton. | Brent Maze, 2024 Copyright, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

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Three airlifted from head-on collision scene

By BRENT MAZE BRENT MAZE
Mon,03/04/24-5:12PM, 5,982 Reads 86,373 Statewide
Three people have been airlifted to University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson after a head-on collision involving a pickup truck and a garbage truck at the 108 mile marker of I-20 westbound just west of the New Ireland Road bridge.
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