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Dillon Swindle, sitting outside his Oxford, Miss., home on May 16, 2022, credits his wife Jessica (standing) with helping him deal with the d anxiety he felt during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bruce Newman/MCIR

MCIR: Shattering ordinary people’s mental health
By JULIE WHITEHEAD | MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Wed,05/25/22-12:02PM, 78 Reads 3,378 Statewide
Dillion Swindle of Oxford had just gotten his dream promotion and relocated to Louisiana when COVID-19 smacked the nation in 2020.

“I’d been wanting this job for five years,” said Swindle, who had become an AT&T systems manager in Louisiana.
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MCIR: Shattering ordinary people’s mental health
By JULIE WHITEHEAD | MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Wed,05/25/22-11:56AM, 62 Reads 3,489 Statewide
Dillion Swindle of Oxford had just gotten his dream promotion and relocated to Louisiana when COVID-19 smacked the nation in 2020.

“I’d been wanting this job for five years,” said Swindle, who had become an AT&T systems manager in Louisiana.
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Mississippi Stories: Scott Albert Johnson
By MARSHALL RAMSEY - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,05/23/22-11:24AM, 95 Reads 3,896 Statewide
“There are harmonica players and then there is Scott Albert Johnson… One of the best harp players in the world.” — Cashbox Music Reviews
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Amanda Hamilton can’t understand why her son , Shelby Wilson, was denied parole after he violated probation from his felony prescription drug conviction.Prison records show no rule violations, and her son resisted joining a gang. She found him a sober living house, a job and transportation. Brair Parker Ballou/MCIR

MCIR: Mississippi prison population back on rise, thanks to flurry of parole rejections
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Fri,05/20/22-1:02PM, 207 Reads 10,048 Statewide

Gov. Tate Reeves signed legislation last year aimed at expanding parole eligibility, believing it could be a “net positive for Mississippi.”
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