With a dwindling alluvial plain aquifer in the 18 counties of the Mississippi Delta, local farmers are stepping things up and making an extra effort to conserve water
Declining grain prices will likely cause farmers to plant more cotton than in recent years.
The Boys & Girls Club announces two youth of the year winners for each state — a traditional and military winner.
Each year, the announcement is made in a different community in Mississippi. This year, the celebration was held in the Pinnacle at Coahoma Community College on Friday, March 8.
Don’t let the sticker shock scare you.
That’s the message being told by Clarksdale Mayor Chuck Espy and members of the city commission as they get ready for a series of public hearings that will determine if and how the city addresses its flooding woes.
Two longstanding members of the Coahoma County Board of Supervisors, who made contributions to the community for many decades, died Friday, March 8.
Katherine Furr, 89, who represented District 5 on the board for 15 years, died late Friday.
Timothy Burrel, 76, who represented District 3 for 19 years, died earlier in the day.
A group of citizens and church members will gather Saturday for a Community Cleanup in Clarksdale.
The event will begin at 8 a.m. and run through noon. Work will start at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Anderson Boulevard and continue from there.
Want to see what the floor plans look like for The Wildcat senior housing facility that would be located at the old Clarksdale High School building?
Click here to see the plans.
Dennis Davis, 55, died Thursday, March 7, 2019, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Visitation will be held Friday, March 15, 2019, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Woolf Funeral Home at 761 McKinley St. in Clarksdale.
Greg Iles has had 15 books appear on the New York Times best-sellers list, including one that reached number one. The Mississippi-raised author has had one of his novels made into a film and his work’s been published in more than 35 countries.
Yet, he readily admits, he’s still to write that “one great book.”
A 38-year-old man was jailed on gun charges after a traffic stop and foot pursuit in Clarksdale on Saturday night, March 8.
Roosevelt Smith was charged with felon in possession of a handgun following the incident.
