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Mighty Roots Music Festival receives grant from Tourism

By Josh Troy, READ MORE > 1,488 Reads
On Tue, 01/19/2021 - 05:00 AM

The Coahoma County Tourism Commission approved a $12,500 marketing grant for the Mighty Roots Music Festival set for Mighty Roots Music Festival set for Oct. 1 and 2 in Stovall.
“As we get closer to the festival, we’re starting to develop the ad plan in detail,” said Howard Stovall, who is overseeing the festival.

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Tim Huggins named new Delta Wildlife director

By The Press Register, READ MORE > 876 Reads
On Wed, 01/13/2021 - 12:00 PM

Tim Huggins has been named the Executive Director of Delta Wildlife and Delta Farmers Advocating Resource Management (Delta F.A.R.M.), two natural resource and conservation stewardship organizations serving the Mississippi Delta from its headquarters in Sto

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David Mancill: Unconventional route to ministry

By Josh Troy, READ MORE > 12,111 Reads
On Fri, 12/25/2020 - 06:00 AM

“If you would have asked me when I was 25 years old if I would have been preaching, I would have never ever thought that I would be here doing this.”

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David Mancill: Unconventional route to ministry

By Josh Troy, READ MORE > 12,111 Reads
On Fri, 12/25/2020 - 06:00 AM

“If you would have asked me when I was 25 years old if I would have been preaching, I would have never ever thought that I would be here doing this.”

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A quick look at COVID-19

By Floyd Ingram, READ MORE > 16,087 Reads
On Sat, 11/21/2020 - 08:00 AM

When will I write my last column on COVID-19? When will I turn on the radio and not hear the gloom and doom stories of this disease? When will the conversation return to what is going on in my family, the good news that has happened to friends and the latest community event where we can all gather and have fun?

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EDITORIAL: We have to win this one

By The Press Register, READ MORE > 3,608 Reads
On Sat, 10/10/2020 - 05:00 AM

There is a story on Page One of today’s Clarksdale Press Register that may be one of the biggest stories we cover in this community this year.
It is certainly one that could set the course for Clarksdale, Coahoma County and the rest of the Mississippi Delta for years to come.

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Delta soybean farmers trying to beat Hurricane Delta to harvest

By Nathan Gregory / MSU Extension Service, READ MORE > 12,018 Reads
On Thu, 10/08/2020 - 05:00 PM

STARKVILLE -- Soybean growers in the Mississippi Delta are hustling to beat Hurricane Delta.

Row crop producers across the state are joining in the scramble to harvest as many of their crops as possible before the storm’s expected heavy rains batter their fields.

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Coahoma County COVID-19 cases double in 13 days

By Floyd Ingram, READ MORE > 1,870 Reads
On Thu, 07/30/2020 - 03:04 PM

Testing in Coahoma County last week has seen the number of new cases of COVID-19 rise with 33 new cases reported Thursday. There have been no new deaths reported since July 20.

The county reported 276 total cases as of Friday, July 17 and that number has skyrocketed with 350 new cases reported in just 13 days.

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Four fatalities reported over July 4th weekend

By Special to the Press Register, READ MORE > 1,197 Reads
On Mon, 07/06/2020 - 09:22 AM

The Mississippi Highway Patrol has reported four fatalities over the July 4th Weekend.

Throughout the period, MHP issued 4378 citations with 116 DUI arrests. A total of 137 crashes were investigated including four fatalities and 43 injuries on state, federal highways, and interstate systems.

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Feds allocated $71 Million for Greenville Bypass

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On Fri, 06/19/2020 - 11:39 AM

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today announced the award of $71,460,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to ) to construct 15.6 miles of the Greenville Bypass Freight Corridor.

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