Thanksgiving is a holiday people might not associate with building fires or burn injuries, apart from minor burns from wrestling a turkey out of the oven.  But deep-frying turkeys markedly increases burn injury and fire hazards, sometimes with disastrous consequences.   AMR paramedics advise these steps from the Burn Institute (www.burninstitute.org) to help prevent serious…

A new display of Arrow pride will soon grace the water tower near Clinton Junior High School, and it was Clinton Jr. High students who determined its design.   Every twenty years, a law requires maintenance on each Clinton water tank. This year, students participated in electronic voting on their school-issued iPads to determine what…

  The Junior Auxiliary of Clinton has begun their annual Angel Tree project, which benefits children within the Clinton Public School District. The service organization partners with the Clinton Community Christian Corporation (4C’s) to identify families in need who are currently facing challenges and may need assistance in making Christmas memories for their children.  …

“Bright flashing lights, and ‘stop’ arm out, but still,” bus driver Mike Case said, “I have people that fly past my bus.” Bus drivers in the Clinton Public School District see daily occurrences of people violating the law by passing stopped buses. The practice puts children’s lives at risk, and drivers are concerned that if…

Hundreds of Mississippi children recently adopted by their “forever families” will gather with their new parents and siblings on Saturday, November 10, at a Statewide Adoption Celebration hosted by the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services.   The annual event, which highlights Mississippi’s successes in connecting eligible foster children to adoptive families, will be held…

Mississippi churches unite together on Orphan Sunday and Stand Sunday, November 11th On Orphan Sunday, 201 churches in all 82 counties of Mississippi will come together to pray for orphans around the world and for each foster child in every county of Mississippi. Since 2002, churches around the world have been uniting on one day with…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,800 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of Veterans Day, November 11 and 12. The waiver covers fees for boat launch ramps and swimming beaches. The waiver does not apply to camping and camping-related services,…

Sumner Hill Junior High School counselor Heather Norton is Mississippi’s School Counselor of the Year. She received the award in October during the Mississippi Association of School Administrators conference and awards luncheon. The award is given through the Mississippi Counseling Association. Norton is the counselor for Clinton’s ninth-grade school, and in this role she plans…