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Clinton Regional Hospital is looking ahead to future opportunities as it continues to prepare for its final survey which will grant the hospital its Medicare accreditation. With the survey once again pushed back, CEO Len Lacefield says the hospital is spending its time preparing for longterm goals to provide much needed services for many years to come.

Pastor ready to bounce back after health issues

Long-time Free Will Baptist preacher Charlie Murphy has called his church home for almost 37 years. Unfortunately, a recent medical emergency has led Murphy to miss a service or two, but regardless of what other obstacles may come, Murphy says he’ll “keep preaching as long as the Lord allows him to.”

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