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Kristel Robinson and her son Aiden, 11, pose for a portrait outside of their home in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Aiden was accidentally burned and was treated at the JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center in 2019. The center, which is the only burn center in the state, is set to close in October. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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‘Very concerned about our patients’: Inside the final days of Mississippi’s only burn center
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,09/23/22-1:12PM , 1,147 Reads 18,915 Statewide
Mississippi’s only burn center employees, who were only given about a month’s notice that the center would close, are in shock. But the center’s leaders are determined to find a home somewhere else in the state.
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Melissa Jordan is pictured with her Jefferson Middle School students, Kayleigh Howell, Max McDaniel, Trinity Davis, Lamar Conerly, Avery Dewitt, Kullen Ratliff, Kaydence Davis, Cooper Robertson, Makenzie Holland and Tiffany Abram. | Photo by Brad Crowe

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Professional Profile: Teaching has always been in Melissa Jordan's blood
By BRAD CROWE - Sports Editor
Thu,09/22/22-8:32AM , 1,789 Reads
This week The Columbian-Progress spotlights Jefferson Middle School teacher Melissa Jordan.

Q: When and where were you born?
A: I was born July 17, 1983 in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Q: Where did you attend school?
A: I was raised here, and I'm an alumni of Columbia High School.
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Mississippi Stories: Wyatt Waters
By MARSHALL RAMSEY - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,09/19/22-10:08AM , 572 Reads 10,557 Statewide
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Welfare defendant alleges Gov. Phil Bryant used federal funds to hurt political rival
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,09/19/22-9:56AM , 1,809 Reads 31,498 Statewide
A defendant in the welfare civil case alleged through her attorney that during the competitive 2019 governor’s race between Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood, term-limited GOP Gov. Phil Bryant threatened to cut state welfare funding to her nonprofit because it was employing Hood’s wife.
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