Kathy Clem News Today

Over 100 people gathered Saturday morning in the old St. Margaret Mary’s Catholic Church at Arlington Common to remember Gedeon A. LaCroix, a World War II veteran who witnessed the flag being raised at Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. LaCroix passed away at age 99 in Jan.

ARLINGTON — Over 100 people gathered Saturday morning in the old St. Margaret Mary’s Catholic Church at Arlington Common to remember Gedeon A. LaCroix, who passed away at age 99

Food insecurity affects children and seniors the most, but a growing number of working Mississippians are finding themselves in the food desert.

Kathy Clem, executive director of The Good Samaritan Center with its main office in Jackson and a branch is Laurel, is a hard person to track down at times. One day she might be at the nonprofit social service agencys soup kitchen in Jones County, supervising a “grab-n-go” meal program for Laurel and other area communities; another she might be having a motivational meeting with her 50+-member staff, and another she may be meeting with collaborators on their newest program, HUB For The Hun...