Activity report for Friday, Jan. 18 through Tuesday, Jan. 22
Armed Robbery
* 800 block of South State Street (Dollar General). U.S. currency was taken.
Auto Burglary
* 1100 block of Oakhurst Street. U.S. currency, a camoflauge coat and a Nikon camera were taken.
Two men face drug charges after two separate traffic stops Saturday night in Clarksdale.
Adari Haulcy, 38, was pulled over around 9:34 p.m. Saturday for running a Stop sign. During the investigation, police allegedly found powder cocaine and marijuana, as well as a firearm.
Joan Chappell, 70, a retail sales employee at Fred’s and native of Belden, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, at Rosewood Assisted Living in Tupelo.
Dominic Tavoleti, 85, of Clarksdale, passed away on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, at his home.
He was born in Coahoma County to Mary Tarzi Tavoleti and Fred Tavoleti on Jan. 8, 1934.
Shirley Tollison Stanley, 79, passed away Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. Stanley was born in Pell City, Ala. She spent most of her life in Clarksdale, until moving to Nesbit to live with her daughter.
To the Editor:
Led by our city’s chaplain, pastor John Givens, in the heritage of the Israelites and their march around the city of Jericho, the City of Clarksdale is planning a symbolic walk of faith on Saturday, May 4, 2019, entitled “The Jericho Walk,” to encircle our city in prayer.
To the Editor:
Well, it’s official. The fifth annual SCI Wounded Veterans Deer Hunt was held the weekend of Dec. 7 – 9, 2018.
Twenty-one wounded veterans came from all over the state of Mississippi to participate in a weekend of hunting fellowship at some of the most exclusive hunting clubs in the Delta.
An instructor at Kirkpatrick Elementary School was recognized Thursday as the 2018 teacher of the year for the Clarksdale Municipal School District
The Coahoma County School District Board of Trustees approved a request by the Mississippi Department of Education to host a Migrant Education After-School program at Sherard Elementary School.
The MDE will fund the program, paying the salaries of all teachers involved in the exercise, as well as meals and snacks served.
Eugenia Ann “Susie” Bailey, 78, a Clarksdale resident who was a retired bookkeeper at John... READ MORE
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