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Today, we discuss low teacher turnover rates, skeletal remains found near Saltillo and a plan to consolidate voting precincts in Lee County. And in sports, the Kossuth boys basketball coach is moving to Blue Mountain High.

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For this week’s photo essay, photographer Lauren Wood goes inside the Central Processing facility for North Mississippi Medical Center. The facility is one of only a handful in the country that has made its mission to eliminate any cross-contamination in the sterilization process of medical instruments. Before it was built, a team went and toured facilities around the U.S., Canada and Europe to make plans for the state-of-the-art facility.

Today, we discuss MDOT’s request for a quick resolution on its budget, the recovery pastor at The Orchard and plans by Mississippi Congressmen to not attend a pair of forums. And in sports, the Daily Journal names its All Area basketball team.