The Clarksdale-Coahoma County Airport Board met Monday evening, Dec. 10 for the first time in three months to pay bills and discuss the airport’s rental plane.
Report for Friday, Dec. 14
Residential Burglary
* 1600 block of Choctaw Street. An Xbox, laptop, jewelry, hover board, two televisions and two cell phones were taken.
Auto Burglary
* 1700 block of Chestnut Street. A pair of Jordan shoes was taken.
A suspect in a Clarksdale murder in mid-November is currently housed in an Arkansas jail awaiting extradition to Mississippi.
Nikolus White was arrested Nov. 26 by members of the U.S. Marshals Service at a relative’s home in Conway, Ark. He is currently being housed at the Faulkner County Detention Center in Conway.
I love a nice lawn. I studied turf management at Mississippi State University and consult with professional turf and home lawn lovers regularly. I even wrote the forward to the popular “Perfect Mississippi Lawn” book.
Ora Lee Morris, 91, of Clarksdale, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, at Greenbough Health and Rehabilitation Center in Clarksdale.
A public viewing will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at Delta Burial funeral home at 429 Yazoo Ave. in Clarksdale.
While Coahoma County leaders are making a full-on press for another four-lane road or an interstate highway, the top official in the state Department of Transportation for this area says the county comes up short when measured against other areas in Mississippi.
One neighboring county has implemented a program that has helped their public school system go from a failing grade to passing and has been a way for the community to come together.
The plan was always for Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center to remain open, but the way it will keep things operating is a question mark until late this morning.
Clarksdale Public Utilities general manager Curtis Boschert listened to issues customers expressed at community meetings by concerned citizens.
Boschert acted on those concerns during Tuesday’s board meeting by proposing two changes in the standard operating procedure. The proposals were unanimously approved.
FRIARS POINT — As the city of Friars Point is rewriting job descriptions for all departments, one of mayor James Washington’s main focuses is providing the youth more opportunities.
Ora Lee Morris, 91, of Clarksdale, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, at Greenbough Health and... READ MORE
