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Alena Crear, 5, looks around as state leaders speak during a press conference on affordable child care and tax relief for family necessities Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at the Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Senate approves funding for Mississippi’s child care crisis. Will it survive the House?
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,03/16/26-11:38AM , 3 Reads 0 Statewide
Advocates say state leaders must address Mississippi’s 11-month child care crisis but warn the $15 million would only alleviate a fraction of roughly 20,000 households on a waitlist.
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Clarksdale Municipal School District students Leah Myles, Jamarick Davis, Khloe Reed and instructor Candace Barron pose for a photograph after their last teacher preparation class before winter break, Dec. 15, 2025. Their district offers a vocational teacher preparation course at the Carl Keen Career and Technical Center. Credit: Leonardo Bevilacqua/Mississippi Today

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To address its teacher shortage, one Mississippi Delta school district is growing its own
By LEONARDO BEVILACQUA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,03/16/26-11:30AM , 15 Reads 0 Statewide
Clarksdale public schools are cultivating future teachers among their students.

CLARKSDALE — Clarksdale had the second highest teacher shortage in Mississippi last year — 40 posted vacancies in July.
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Several Altrusans attended to show their support. From left are Whitney Avritt, Bonnie Walker, Pat Gulledge, Robyn Thornton, Anna Joyce Jefcoat, Kim Carter, Audra Ellis, Pickens, Paulette Gregg and Anne Marie Gregory.

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Altrusa activities
Mon,03/16/26-9:00AM , 117 Reads
Recently Altrusa Vice President Jessica Pickens was honored as the Greenwood Leflore Young Professional for 2026 at the Taste of Greenwood event held by the Greenwood-Leflore County Chamber of Commerce.

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Above, from left, are Marsheila Williams, Charles Chapin and Candy Hony.

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Library fundraiser
Mon,03/16/26-8:00AM , 174 Reads
The Greenwood-Leflore Public LIbrary recently held its Love Your Library fundraiser.

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