$5 million in grants coming to Mississippi clinics

WTOK-TV Meridian

$5 million in grants coming to Mississippi clinics

Posted: Wed 12:21 PM, Sep 19, 2018 | Updated: Wed 12:25 PM, Sep 19, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTOK) - Local health care clinics are among those receiving grants for opioid treatment

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced Wednesday that 18...

Local Health Centers Receive Money to Fight Opioid and Substance Abuse

WTVA-TV Tupelo

Local Health Centers Receive Money to Fight Opioid and Substance Abuse

Two local community health centers have been awarded thousands of dollars to implement treatments for opioid and substance abuse.

By Zach Carlisle

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - Two local community health centers have...

Local advocates see opioid legislation as good start

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo

Local advocates see opioid legislation as good start

By Michaela Gibson Morris

TUPELO - Northeast Mississippi addiction recovery professionals were glad to see the U.S. Senate pass legislation aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic on Monday.

“It’s a...

U.S. Senators pass opioid legislation

News Mississippi

U.S. Senators pass opioid legislation

By Alex Paton

Mississippi’s U.S. Senators voted to pass legislation that would significantly ramp up the federal efforts to stop the trafficking of fentanyl and other various opioids while also working to strengthen programs to treat abuse...

Local health clinics get federal money for opioid treatment

Meridian Star

Local health clinics get federal money for opioid treatment

Staff report

Several health clinics in East Mississippi are in line for federal money to opioid and substance abuse.

The Expanding Access to Quality Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services (SUD-MH) grant awards...

Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote for defense spending bill

NewsMS.fm

Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote for defense spending bill

By Steven Gagliano

Mississippi’s U.S. Senators have voted in favor of the latest appropriations bills in Washington.

Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith have voted in favor of the two bills that will fund the U.S. Departments of...

Federal grants pour in to county fire departments

Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, MS)
 
Federal grants pour in to county fire departments
 
By Catherine Kirk
 
The towns of Metcalfe and Arcola will soon get some much-needed upgrades at their fire departments thanks to new federal grants.
 
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R...

Gold Star Families Remembrance Week

WXXV-TV Gulfport
 
Gold Star Families Remembrance Week
 
By Jaylon Morris
 
The U.S. Senate approved a resolution authored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to honor families of fallen members of the armed forces this month.
 
September 23rd through the 29th is designated as Gold Star Families...