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Governor Tate Reeves Announces Additional COVID-19 Measures

JACKSON — Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced 13 additional counties that have qualified and met certain requirements to be placed under mask mandates with his “Safe Recovery” executive order tha

Plan for a safe Holiday Season

STARKVILLE -- It should come as no surprise that 2020 holiday gatherings will have a new element of health safety that impacts every part of the festivities and requires planning.

ABC reduces alcohol delivery backlog to retailers, but holiday crush could erase recent progress

Mississippi Revenue Commissioner Chris Graham told the Legislature’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Task Force Tuesday that while the spirits warehouse has made progress with filling its backlog of ord

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : December 3rd, 2020

Listed below is the COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi (as of December 3rd, 2020).

Care Station serves 800 Thanksgiving Meals

COVID presented unusual challenges with the Clarksdale Care Station’s annual Thanksgiving Day meal, but adjustments were made and 800 plates were distributed to members of the community Thursday.

Jean Hortense Murphree
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On Tue, 11/10/2020 - 02:50 PM
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Savannah Mattie Stokes Young
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On Tue, 11/10/2020 - 02:47 PM
Savannah Mattie Stokes Young was born on Dec. 22, 1937 to the late L. K.
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Healthcare offered to vets
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On Tue, 11/10/2020 - 12:00 PM
A local healthcare provider is reminding veterans they can offer limited services to veterans as a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs authorized urgent care provider.
Veterans must be eligible to access local Fast Pace Health urgent care services in Clarksdale.
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Pink On Parade
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On Mon, 11/09/2020 - 03:00 PM
The American Cancer Society's Clarksdale/Coahoma Relay for Life and Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center sponsored Street Strut Breast Cancer Awareness: Pink on Parade Saturday morning, Oct. 31.

The group gathered at Crumpton Field and then rode in decorated cars around Clarksdale to bring awareness to the disease.
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Crystal Ball Gala set for January 16
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On Mon, 11/09/2020 - 12:00 PM
The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi announces its 21st annual Crystal Ball Gala will be held virtually January 16, 2021.
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CPU addresses financials
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On Mon, 11/09/2020 - 05:00 AM
Compliance and financial issues highlighted a Clarksdale Public Utilities meeting lasting just more than 10 minutes Tuesday afternoon.
Board chair James Hicks discussed the items on the general manager’s report.
Industrial electric rate changes, as recommended by Jeff Atwell, were the first item on the agenda.
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Operation Christmas Child underway
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On Sun, 11/08/2020 - 08:00 AM
Operation Christmas Child is underway in the Delta with churches gathering boxes and getting them to drop-off locations.
Drop-off locations can be found in Batesville, Clarksdale, Pope, Sumner and Water Valley.
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Tunica Supervisors honors Jerry Lee Gentry
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On Sun, 11/08/2020 - 05:00 AM
Tunica County Supervisors honored former Tunica County School Superintendent Jerry Lee Gentry on Oct 24. Gentry also served on the Coahoma Community College Board of Directors for almost 20 years.
Tunica County Chancery Clerk Rechelle Siggers said Gentry always displayed a high level of professionalism and integrity.
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Charter school students return to classroom
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On Sat, 11/07/2020 - 03:00 PM
Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School will added a hybrid model of learning this week that will put kids back in the classroom.
Executive director Amanda Johnson discussed the hybrid model plan during the Monday, Oct. 26 board meeting. The school had gone to a virtual model of learning ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
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FLOYD INGRAM: Hindsight is always 20/20
By Floyd Ingram, READ MORE > 3,136 Reads
On Sat, 11/07/2020 - 12:00 PM
You have read in this space before that I feel elections give us a very clear look at the issues, fears, passions and concerns that face our community, state and country.
I think that happened in Coahoma County and Mississippi on Tuesday.
We’re all still waiting to see what a very confused U.S. of A. is really concerned about.
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