The Clarksdale Police Department will be out in full force over the holidays as they participate in a statewide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over blitz.
The blitz started Dec. 14 and will continue through Jan. 1.
There were 15 students from Coahoma County who were among the 336 students receiving degrees from Delta State University during its 92nd commencement ceremony held Friday, Dec. 7 in the Bologna Performing Arts Center in Cleveland.
Report for Monday, Dec. 17
Residential Burglary
* 700 block of Mississippi Street. A fireplace insert, ladder, several carpentry tools and an air compressor were taken.
Armed Robbery
* 1000 block of South State Street. U.S. currency was taken.
The Coahoma County boys and girls basketball teams both improved to 6-1 on the 2018-19 season with victories at Madison Palmer High School this past Friday night.
The Southern Debutante Assembly will present its 2018 honorees at its annual Presentation and White and Gold Ball, which will be held Dec. 28 at the Greenwood Country Club in Greenwood.
The group of young ladies to be presented includes:
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Clarksdale native Aallyah Wright has been named as the newest board member for the Lower Mississippi River Foundation. |
JACKSON — Elgton Jenkins, a 2014 Clarksdale High School graduate and senior center for the Mississippi State football team, has been named the 2018 Entergy/Kent Hull Trophy winner signifying the top offensive lineman in Mississipi.
The 6 foot, 4 inch, 310 pound Clarksdale native was chosen by a panel of NFL scouts working the state.
Coahoma County High School boys and girls basketball teams have won three consecutive games each, with two victories in their own Thanksgiving tournament and one in the Clarksdale High School Thanksgiving tournament.
Anna Hays was honored as the 2018 Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year by the Art Department at Mississippi College during the annual Alumni Association Meeting and Awards Dinner held on Oct. 26 at Anderson Hall on the MC campus.
The Carnegie Public Library in Clarksdale received over $77,000 in financial assistance through state and federal funding during the past fiscal year.
