Quilting is always about culture and preserving it for generations to come.
The community can learn to quilt at the Tutwiler Community Education Center, 304 Hancock
Street in Tutwiler this summer, with classes being offered Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m.
The City of Clarksdale hosted its quarterly forum at the Clarksdale Civic Center last year and politely asked the community to step up to the microphone and voice their concerns over issues facing the city.
As of last week, I am part of an estimated 10 percent of the population that has taken the test for the coronavirus.
Fortunately, the test results were negative and I do not have the coronavirus, but I still came out of the experience with some observations about the pandemic.
The following area students were named to the Northwest Mississippi Community College President’s and Vice President’s list.
The President's List includes students completing a minimum of 12 academic hours with a 3.75 or better average in a four-point system.
BELL BUCKLE, Tenn. - The Webb School recently announced its A and B honor rolls for the fourth quarter of the 2019-2020 school year.
The following Clarksdale residents earned A Honor Roll status:
• Sydney Cohen, 12th Grade.
• Chloe Tyner, 12th Grade.
It’s now six months since COVID-19 became a household word. Let’s breath a sigh of relief that it wasn’t anything as bad as the Spanish Flu of 1918.
The Spanish Flu death rate was 6,300 people per million, mainly young adults in the prime of life.
COVID-19 stopped many businesses and institutions, but it has not stopped CARE Station from serving the hungry of this community.
The Care Station and Mid-South Food Bank will host their fourth mobile food pantry distribution at the Expo Center next week. Approximately 13-tons of food was distributed in their last effort.
Joe Jackson, 72, of Tutwiler died Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale.
A viewing will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, July 10, 2020 at Delta Burial Funeral Home in Clarksdale.
Nissan is supporting free admission to the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Saturday, July 18. Admission will also include the new special exhibit Mississippi Distilled: Prohibition, Piety, and Politics.
If you will look in the bottom left corner of this page, you’ll see the name and assignment of everyone who works at your Clarksdale Press Register.
Mine is Editor and Publisher.
While the Publisher’s job pays better, I relish the Editor’s post.
