This is a corrected and updated version of the obituary.
Rose Ann Moore Hudson, 65, born Aug. 11, 1954, died at St Francis Hospital Sept. 13, 2019.
Clarksdale is known at the home of the Blues, but the community appreciates all types of music.
The Take Five Jazz Club will host the innaugural Yazoo Avenue Jazz Festival from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at the corner of Yazoo and Second Street in downtown Clarksdale.
Each September I celebrate more years than I want to admit in the newspaper business.
I guess you could say it started in West Point with a paper route. It went on to Mississippi State University and my first job at the Starkville Daily News in 1986.
Proposal sets priorities, seeks funding
In an effort to show its commitment to upgrading facilities, Coahoma Community College chief of physical plant Jerone Shaw presented the $56 million five-year capital improvement plan to the board during the recent September meeting.
There have been several stories in your Clarksdale Press Register over the past few weeks reporting on crime.
Home burglaries, assaults, car burglaries and reports of shots fired have grabbed the headlines. But on the bright side, a phone call to local police helped get a puppy back to CARES this week.
The following crime reports were released by the Clarksdale Police Department Assistant Chief Vincent Ramirez, Sept. 9 through Sept. 17, 2019.
Anyone with information about these crimes or any other crimes is urged to call the Clarks-dale Police Department at 621-8156. All calls remain anonymous.
Mon. Sept. 17
The Bahama Islands were recently hit by Hurricane Dorian and are still experiencing the effects of that storm, and Clarksdale’s mayor and a local business have put out the call to help those who are hurting.
Ashlynn Smith was crowned the Lee Academy 2019 Homecoming Queen during halftime ceremonies at the Colts’ football game Friday night Sept. 13, 2019. Smith was escorted by her father Jeff Smith.
Tougaloo College/ Delta HealthPartners Healthy Start Initiative will host Safety Seat Saturday in Clarksdale as part of Child Passenger Safety Week.
Certified child safety technicians will be offering free car seat safety checks and education to parents starting at 10 a.m. on the parking lot of Walmart in Clarksdale.
IIt was a one-sided matchup from the get-go as Coahoma Early College High School won its third straight when it traveled to the home of cross-town rival Coahoma County Thursday night 42-8.
The Tigers (3-1) took a 36-0 halftime lead and there was a running clock throughout the second half.
