Clarksdale raises bad for PERS, too

By The Press Register, 1,573 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 10:24 PM
The audacity of the city leaders in Clarksdale to give themselves unprecedentedly large raises has received attention across Mississippi.
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Bentavious Galmore looking to step it up at CCC this fall

By Josh Troy, 1,413 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 4:30 PM
Bentavious Galmore juggled a job, his studies and playing on the men’s basketball team his freshman year at Coahoma Community College.
Galmore, a point guard, is a 2020 Coahoma County High School graduate.
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Barbara Wheatley

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On Tue, 07/27/2021 - 2:43 PM
Barbara Jean Wheatley, 77, of Clarksdale died July 23, 2021.
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Cord Foster

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On Thu, 07/29/2021 - 2:46 PM
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Clarksdale police investigate fifth shooting in July

By The Press Register, 1,026 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 11:05 AM
Clarksdale police are looking for answers in the city’s fifth shooting this month after a man reported being shot on a north Clarksdale street on Tuesday.
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Cheatham makes the move to shooting guard for second season

By Josh Troy, 955 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 9:00 AM
Nakia Cheatham, a 2020 Coahoma County High School graduate, was one of the top athletes on her basketball team for four years.
However, after one year of playing for the Coahoma Community College women’s basketball team, she was able to make her game stronger than ever.
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Thompson announces funds for charter services to Greenville Airport

By The Press Register, 925 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 1:50 PM
Congressman Bennie Thompson announced Thursday the U.S. Department of Transportation approved the application submitted by the Greenville Mid-Delta Airport (GLH), serving the Essential Air Service community of Greenville under the Alternate Essential Air Service (AEAS) program.
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Coahoma eligible for USDA disaster loans following spring storms

By The Press Register, 796 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 11:00 AM
Administrator Zach Ducheneaux designated eighteen counties in Mississippi as the primary natural disaster area.
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Guest’s Drone Legislation One Step Closer to Final Passage

By Press Release - Congressman Michael Guest, 665 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 12:06 PM
Below is a press release from Congressman Michael Guest:
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Sherard closing for one year

By Josh Troy, 657 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 3:00 PM
Infrastructure and safety issues caused the Coahoma County School District to close Sherard Elementary School for the 2021-22 school year.
Students and teachers will be moving to Friars Point Elementary School until Sherard is ready to open again.
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Charter School hiring attorney for property deal

By Josh Troy, 6,033 Reads
Sun, 07/04/2021 - 1:00 PM
Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School has not said they want two buildings being offered by Clarksdale Municipal School District, but they are hiring an attorney to pursue acquiring the two properties.
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Three shootings reported Wednesday night in Clarksdale

By The Press Register, 5,613 Reads
Thu, 07/08/2021 - 10:40 AM
Gunfire across Clarksdale last night sent several people to the hospital and have police trying to find out the motive that sparked the shootings and who committed those crimes.
Police have not said if the shootings are gang oriented or might be related.
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W. L. Hightower, pastor of New Zion Baptish Church in Louisville, receives the Moderna vaccine, administered by Mississippi State Department of Health Phamacist Kathryn Ward at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson. Hightower was among a number of African American faith leaders from across the state to receive the COVID-19 vaccination Monday at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Tower

Delta variant now dominant COVID-19 strain in Mississippi

By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 5,042 Reads
Thu, 07/08/2021 - 5:04 PM
As public health experts have warned for weeks, the Delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain circulating in Mississippi, causing a spike in cases and hospitalizations.
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Delta Council names Honor Graduates

By The Press Register, 4,953 Reads
Sun, 07/04/2021 - 3:00 AM
Delta Council hosted its 18th Annual Salute to Delta Honor Graduates event during the 86th Annual Meeting of the regional organization recently at Delta State University.
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College kids are COVID risks

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On Tue, 07/06/2021 - 9:05 PM
It’s not surprising that a letter is circulating asking Mississippi’s College Board to require students at all of the state’s eight public universities to be vaccinated before the fall semester begins.
What’s surprising is how few have signed the letter.
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State unemployment rate at 6-percent, Coahoma at 9.7-percent

By The Press Register, 4,797 Reads
Sat, 07/03/2021 - 6:00 PM
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released their State Employment and Unemployment Summary for the past month.
The report saw Mississippi’s employment rate drop, but the jobless rate in the Delta remains high.
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FDA opens purse to unproven drug

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On Wed, 07/07/2021 - 9:27 PM
Prescription drug costs in the United States are high. They are one of the leading factors that keep health care costs routinely rising faster than the general inflation rate.
As a result, Americans spend more on prescription drugs annually than those who live in other developed nations. The reasons are varied.
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An unlikely start to be a legendary Sheriff

By Special to the Press Register, 4,500 Reads
Mon, 07/05/2021 - 5:30 PM
I’m pretty sure if you listen close enough you can still hear those cowboy boots walking in the halls of the Lee County Jail in the wee hours of the morning when everything is still.
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Care Station to distribute food again Tuesday

By Floyd Ingram, 3,679 Reads
Sun, 07/11/2021 - 2:00 PM
They never stopped feeding the hungry and the Care Station is once again publicly urging the hungry to line up for their monthly mobile food pantry.
The Care Station will host their mobile food pantry distribution Wednesday at the Expo Center. Approximately 13-tons of food was distributed in their last effort.
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Tiffany Johnson

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On Mon, 07/05/2021 - 2:38 PM
Tiffany Y. Johnson, 41, born in January 1980, died in Friars Point July 1, 2021.
Funeral services are 2 p.m. Sunday, July 11, 2021 at City of Truth Church with Bishop Clayton officiating. Burial is at Friars Point Cemetery. Visitation is 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, July 9, 2021 at Century Funeral Home.
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Unkept property, litter and trash, trash, trash

By The Press Register, 240,293 Reads
Thu, 09/10/2020 - 2:16 PM
Dear Editor,
As a resident in Lyon, Mississippi, and a property owner in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and Dundee, Mississippi, I am appalled at the upkeep of public and private properties.
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Lee soccer falls to Magnolia Heights

By Josh Troy, 239,221 Reads
Fri, 08/28/2020 - 11:23 AM
Lee Academy dropped a non-district soccer game 6-1 at home against Magnolia Heights School Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Liz Basha scored the Fillies’ one goal late in the second half.
Basha has scored five of Lee’s six goals on the 2020 soccer season.
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Mississippi COVID-19 curve moving down

By Floyd Ingram, 233,734 Reads
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 1:11 PM
Could Mississippi being coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Flag commission narrow design to two finalists

By Special to the Press Register, 227,187 Reads
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 10:18 AM
Members of the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag met Tuesday and chose two flags designs to advance.
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Annie O'Briant Ivy

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On Mon, 08/10/2020 - 4:55 PM
Annie O'Briant Ivy, 96, retired from South Central Bell, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020 at home. Graveside services are 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 at Lambert Cemetery in Lambert. Meredith Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale is handling the arrangements.
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Chamber delivers cookies to hospital

By The Press Register, 223,936 Reads
Fri, 08/14/2020 - 3:44 PM
They’ve worked hard and been the center of a very real fight over the past five months, so it was time the community showed their appreciation.
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FLOYD INGRAM: Politics is a contact sport

By Floyd Ingram, 80,000 Reads
Sat, 10/03/2020 - 5:00 AM
Did you watch the debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden?
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Care Station food giveaway is Aug. 18

By Floyd Ingram, 61,706 Reads
Thu, 08/13/2020 - 7:52 AM
The COVID-19 crisis has been going on for five months and Care Station will host its fifth food giveaway next week.
Care Station has been giving away roughly 20,000 pound of food at each of its massive events and the Tuesday, Aug. 18 event at the Expo Center on Wildcat Drive should be no different.
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FLOYD INGRAM: There's news everywhere in Clarksdale

By Floyd Ingram, 58,887 Reads
Sat, 10/17/2020 - 5:00 AM
Each October I celebrate more years than I want to admit in the newspaper business.
I guess you could say it started in West Point with a paper route. It went on to Mississippi State University and my first job at the Starkville Daily News in the fall of 1986.
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Kelley Williams, Jr.

Dialogue in the era of social media

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On Wed, 09/30/2020 - 9:38 AM
When my columns appear in the Northside Sun my publicist, er, wife, often posts a link to the online versions on her Facebook page. On one such occasion recently a friend of mine from Berkeley challenged me on a couple of points in my article. This led to a dialogue between us from which I extract some general principles.
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Richard Ira Gates

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On Mon, 03/23/2020 - 11:58 AM

Richard Ira Gates, 60, Clarksdale died March 17, 2020 at his residence. Public viewing is from 2 to 5 p.m. March 27, 2020 at Hornburger-Byas Funeral Home. Funeral service is 1 p.m. March 28, 2020 at Liberty Missionary Baptist Church. Burial follows at Heavenly Rest
Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Hornburger-Byas Funeral Home.
Unkept property, litter and trash, trash, trash

By The Press Register, 240,293 Reads
Thu, 09/10/2020 - 2:16 PM
Dear Editor,
As a resident in Lyon, Mississippi, and a property owner in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and Dundee, Mississippi, I am appalled at the upkeep of public and private properties.
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Lee soccer falls to Magnolia Heights

By Josh Troy, 239,221 Reads
Fri, 08/28/2020 - 11:23 AM
Lee Academy dropped a non-district soccer game 6-1 at home against Magnolia Heights School Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Liz Basha scored the Fillies’ one goal late in the second half.
Basha has scored five of Lee’s six goals on the 2020 soccer season.
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Mississippi COVID-19 curve moving down

By Floyd Ingram, 233,734 Reads
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 1:11 PM
Could Mississippi being coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Flag commission narrow design to two finalists

By Special to the Press Register, 227,187 Reads
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 10:18 AM
Members of the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag met Tuesday and chose two flags designs to advance.
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Annie O'Briant Ivy

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On Mon, 08/10/2020 - 4:55 PM
Annie O'Briant Ivy, 96, retired from South Central Bell, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020 at home. Graveside services are 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 at Lambert Cemetery in Lambert. Meredith Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale is handling the arrangements.
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Chamber delivers cookies to hospital

By The Press Register, 223,936 Reads
Fri, 08/14/2020 - 3:44 PM
They’ve worked hard and been the center of a very real fight over the past five months, so it was time the community showed their appreciation.
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Bishop T.T. Scott is community's first coronavirus death

By Floyd Ingram / The Press Register, 200,832 Reads
Wed, 04/08/2020 - 3:41 PM
Bishop T.T. Scott was Coahoma County’s first victim of the coronavirus this week with the leader of St. James Temple of God In Christ dying Friday of the disease that has strickened this nation, state and community.
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City, County ask for shutdown

By Floyd Ingram / The Press Register, 196,046 Reads
Thu, 03/19/2020 - 9:57 AM
Mayor Chuck Espy and Board of Supervisors President Johnny Newson have ordered a city-wide shutdown in the wake of the coronavirus being reported in Coahoma County.
In a sweeping move, Espy said there will be no gatherings of more than 10 people in the city, his statement was echoed by Newson for the county.
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Mississippi Civil Right Museum has free admission Monday

By Special to the Press Register, 179,249 Reads
Sun, 01/19/2020 - 11:38 AM
FedEx Corp. is supporting free admission to the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 20. The museums will also be open free of charge Saturday, January 18, and Sunday, January 19.
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