Every fall, most gardeners feel little pangs of guilt over how they handle garden debris, knowing full well most can be mowed, mulched or composted and added back to the garden to improve soil and recycle nutrients.
But it’s easier to rake and bag, right? Not really.
The annual Clarksdale Community Thanksgiving lunch will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22.
Lunches will be prepared and delivered from the Care Station on that day.
Lindall Gay Willard, 82, a retired salesman from General Pipe and Supply, passed away Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, at his home in Clarksdale.
Mr. Willard was a member of Riverside Baptist Church.
You’ll soon be able to go to a deli/butcher/restaurant where you can pick out your choice of fresh meat from a Mississippi farm and have a top chef cook it up for you under a new concept coming to downtown Clarksdale.
The Hooker Grocer + Eatery will open Monday, Nov. 19 at 316 John Hooker Lane.
A 41-year-old Clarksdale man was shot and killed by an officer with the Clarksdale Police Department, who was investigating a reported prowler on Saturday night in a quiet residential area near downtown Clarksdale.
To the Editor:
My husband, as well as many old-time Clarksdale High School graduates, are mourning the demise of the “Cat Cave.” It is truly a sad sight.
Sherard Elementary School recently named its Honors List of students for the first nine weeks grading period.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018
Residential Burglary
100 block of 17th Street, televisions and an air conditioner was taken.
Monday, Nov. 12, 2018
Residential Burglaries
Planters Bank employees recently assisted the men of the local American Legion chapter in honor of veterans and Veterans Day by assisting them in putting up flags by the affiliated gravestones in local cemeteries.
A spectacular lineup of blues superstars including Anthony “Big A” Sherrod, “Big T” Williams, Lucious Spiller and James “Super Chikan” Johnson has been booked for the annual Thanksgiving Eve Blues Party at Ground Zero.
The event takes place Wednesday, Nov. 21, at Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale.
