Karrie Leggett-Brown
Evening Anchor
Moselle, MS
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Karrie Leggett-Brown graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Before graduation, Karrie landed a position as a reporter/photographer for WDAM 7. She worked her way up the ranks at the station to eventually become an evening anchor. She is now the medical reporter for the station's weekly segment Medical Housecall.
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The University of Southern Mississippi is ready for a new school year.
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The modified schedule is still 180 days of school, but with an earlier start of July 26 and two, two-week breaks in the fall and spring.
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Newly re-elected Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker has a vision for the next four years in the Hub City: making Hattiesburg the premiere city in the gulf south.
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The Mississippi State Department of Health gave the Hub City a five out of five in its annual report of the water supply.
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A decades-long tradition of celebrating the sharpest high school seniors around the Pine Belt continued Wednesday on the Jones College campus.
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Applying for financial aid for college isn’t a quick process.
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Our final WDAM and TEC Golden Apple Award winner for this school year is Dina Martin, who teaches fourth and fifth graders at East Jones Elementary.
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The program will provide food to more than 30 million children over the summer.
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This month’s WDAM 7 and TEC Golden Apple Award Winner is K-6 West Jones Elementary teacher Lorna Harper.
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The funding will mean increased access to quality education and opportunities for the state’s pre-kindergarten kids.
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Amy Rozier said looking back, she can honestly say COVID-19 changed her life for the better.
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William Carey's Alternate Route to Teaching Program was recognized by the Mississippi Association of Partners in Education.
This month’s WDAM and TEC’s Golden Apple Award winner is Moselle Elementary School teacher Terri Shoemake.
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The bill ensures schools won’t face severe budget cuts due to inconsistencies in student attendance during the pandemic last year.
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Education advocates are among the tax bill’s biggest critics.
This month’s TEC and WDAM Golden Apple Award Winner is Lynette Villarreal, a pre-K teacher at Sacred Heart Catholic School.
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Teachers and legislators are looking into ways of solving the teacher shortage in Mississippi.
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William Carey University is expanding its footprint through a partnership with Millsaps College in Jackson for two graduate programs.
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If passed, the bill could help alleviate the teacher shortage in Mississippi.
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Hattiesburg Councilwoman Deborah Delgado has represented the folks of Ward 2 for five terms now.
This month’s TEC and WDAM Golden Apple Award Winner is Northeast Jones High School teacher Carmel Savell.
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National School Choice Week is the week parents can evaluate what’s the best option for their kids.
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The 2019-2020 NAEP results give education leaders hope for the 2020-2021 report.
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The School of Education at William Carey University is now approved for a new endorsement in STEM.
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If you donated to your local Early Learning Collaborative Pre-K program your dollars will help make a big difference to the little minds in our state.
This month’s TEC and WDAM Golden Apple Award winner is Taylor Hester, a second-grade teacher at Taylorsville Elementary School.
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The Senate Education Committee learned more about year-round school earlier this month during a meeting at the state capitol.
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The Mississippi Association of School Administrators named Petal School District Superintendent Matt Dillon 2021 Mississippi Superintendent of the Year.
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Jennie Hensarling won the District E seat of the Lamar County School Board in Tuesday night's general election.
This month’s TEC and WDAM 7 Golden Apple Award Winner is Natalie Thurman, a psychometrist at the Laurel School District.
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The Mississippi State Department of Health presumes more than 97,000 Mississippians have recovered from the coronavirus.
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he two candidates, Jennie Hensarling and Brady Raanes, spoke about their background.
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COVID-19 has forced the DuBard School for Language Disorders on the University of Southern Mississippi campus to rethink the training of its educators.
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A Lamar County School District parent accused the district of violating COVID-19 protocols Gov. Tate Reeves and the Mississippi State Department of Health set forth.
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This month’s TEC and WDAM 7 Golden Apple Award winner is Jade McBride, a West Jones Elementary Kindergarten through sixth-grade music teacher.
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Masks in the classroom can help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but if you are a teacher of hearing-impaired students, wearing a mask could also prevent those kids from learning.
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LeVar Leggett said his children are students of the Lamar County School District. He said he’s worried his daughters’ education is at risk because they are fully virtual.
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William Carey University’s School of Education is touting a record-breaking start to the new school year this week.
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Some Petal School District Parents told WDAM they want to remain anonymous, but their concerns need to be front and center when it comes to their virtual learning students.
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The education budget bill that was passed by legislators then vetoed by Gov. Tate Reeves is now law.
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The Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Mississippi State Medical Association are voicing their concerns for the health of students, teachers and staff as schools prepare to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In less than two weeks, the Hattiesburg Public School District will open with kids in the classroom. There have been questions and concerns about going back to school safely, for both students and teachers.
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Two finalists for Mississippi Department of Education’s Mississippi Teacher of the Year and Administrator of the Year are right here in the Pine Belt.
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What started out as a routine pediatrician visit for a two-week old baby turned into a lifetime of heart surgeries for her. Her father, Lance Sanderford said that two-week-old is now 18-years-old, and blood donations have been just as important in keeping his daughter alive as the heart procedures.
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Covington County resident Valerie Bruce said she has seen how blood donations can save a life in more ways than one.
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A Purvis mom said March 1 of this year would have been her last day on earth if it were not for blood donations. Four months later she’s telling her story and encouraging everyone to give blood.
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East Jasper County School District Superintendent Nadene Arrington said the pandemic heightened issues the district had before even before COVID-19.
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The years-long debate to change Mississippi’s 1894 state flag concluded this week with Gov. Tate Reeves’s signature and the flag’s retirement ceremony.