Dr. Ilean Richards has been appointed interim school superintendent for the Coahoma County School District and she gave her first report to the district’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday, July 10, at their regular monthly meeting.
A longtime resident of Greenville, she is a graduate of McNair High School in her native Belzoni.
The new football/track complex at Clarksdale High School took center stage during the Clarksdale Municipal School District’s meeting Thursday.
The board approved the sale of $8.5 million in bonds to fund the construction of the complex, while the latter part of the meeting was devoted to whose name will adorn the complex.
Paperwork dominated the regular monthly meeting of the Clarksdale Coahoma County Airport Board on Monday, May 14.
Regardless of what occurred at Lee Academy ten days ago, the school’s athletic teams had unprecedented success during the 2017-18 school year.
“I prefer to concentrate on the positive aspects of the school year,” Lee Athletic Director Rick Johnston said this week.
There were plenty of smiles at the Coahoma County School District meeting on Tuesday, May 8.
The board of trustees voted to give a salary increase of $2,500 for the 2018-19 school year to its certified personnel, which includes teachers. The district has 118 certified personnel employees.
N ow that the riff-raff is out of the way, basketball fans can concentrate on the rest of the National Basketball Association season.
The regular season is behind us now and the playoffs are continuing. All that’s left are the conference finals and the championship series.
Hallelujah!
Tuesday, May 1
Nothing was taken from a residence burglarized in the 600 block of Florida Street.
Over $1,000 was stolen from a residence in the 200 block of Pearson Street, while a business in the 400 block of North State Street suffered the loss of power tools and hand tools in a burglary.
