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  Meet the first African-American Miss Mississippi Teen USA who won title after 3 times of trying

  Dollita Okine

  Maddie Oliphant was recently crowned the first African-American Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2025. The Hickory native is now prepared to spread her community service platform, Maddie’s Little Library,...

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  Parents sue hospital after 2-year-old dies from fire ant bites 

  Dollita Okine

  The parents of Maya Getahun have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Piedmont Healthcare and others. According to 11Alive, they are claiming that their 2-year-old daughter died “needlessly because...

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  Ugandan adoptee honored as Airman of the Day after overcoming condition that almost left him deaf

  Dollita Okine

  In 2010, Joseph Owens was adopted from Kampala, Uganda, in East Africa. His dream came true recently when he was sworn in as an airman for a day at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. The Children’s Hospital...

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  Story behind emotional viral video of toddler tearing up when dad calls him ‘best friend’

  Dollita Okine

  It’s not every day you see a toddler get emotional about a compliment. In a throwback video posted earlier last month on TikTok, Vincent Spencer shows his three-year-old son Micah sitting in a car...

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  Morehouse College becomes first HBCU to compete and win national boxing tournament

  Dollita Okine

  The Morehouse Boxing Club is now the first HBCU to compete in the U.S. Intercollegiate Boxing Association National Tournament. Atlanta News First reported that two members of the Morehouse Boxing Club,...

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  Police say dad whose arrest went viral after leaving 3 kids to attend job interview wasn’t at an interview after all

  Dollita Okine

  A Georgia father has become the subject of controversy after being arrested for abandoning his children. Chris Louis, 24, dropped off his three children—ages 10, 6, and one—at a McDonald’s...

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