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Q&A: The opioid settlements, explained
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,06/23/25-2:02PM , 217 Reads 10,184 Statewide
Over the next 13 years, Mississippi is expected to receive hundreds of millions of dollars from companies that profited
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James Moore holds a log that records opioid-related deaths in the area as he talks about its significance at Moore’s Bicycle Shop, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Hattiesburg, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Members appointed to opioid settlement advisory council
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,06/17/25-10:18AM , 291 Reads 6,221 Statewide
Most members of a committee to advise the Mississippi Legislature how the state should spend the bulk of its national opioid settlement share have been finalized days after the appointments were due.
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Jane Clair Tyner, from left, James Moore, Sharon Miller, Brooke Zimmerman, Shelby Aultman and Jonathan Aultman share stories about losing children to opioid use during a discussion at Moore’s Bicycle Shop, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Hattiesburg, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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These Hattiesburg-area parents’ children died of addiction. Local officials are managing opioid settlements without their input.
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/11/25-4:42PM , 429 Reads 10,060 Statewide
Sitting in Moore’s Bicycle Shop in Hattiesburg less than three weeks after his 35-year-old daughter died of an overdose, Jonathan Aultman wondered aloud what he was supposed to do next.
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Delta Health Center leaders and partners pose with a ceremonial check during a ceremony announcing a $5 million investment to expand oral health services, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Mound Bayou, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Delta groups secure $5 million grant to improve dental care for older adults
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,06/09/25-4:02PM , 146 Reads 5,758 Statewide
Less than 10% of adults in the Mississippi Delta went to the dentist in the last year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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