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Report finds Mississippi foster care system still worsening

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A new report finds that Mississippi’s child welfare system continues to deteriorate, raising the stakes for state government’s effort to stave off a federal judge from taking over the system. It’s […]

Social worker becomes like ‘family’

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Special To The Mississippi Link JACKSON – Social worker Rhoda McCovery of Gulfport spent so much time with one Harrison County woman and her adopted children that McCovery became, well, like part of the family. […]