Lusia Harris Stewart shows off some of her medals and awards from her basketball career, Jan. 10, 2002, in her home in Greenwood, Miss. Harris, who was the only woman to be drafted by an NBA team and scored the first points in women's basketball history at the Olympics, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, her family announced. She was 66. (Tony Krausz/The Delta Democrat-Times via AP, File)

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Women's basketball pioneer Lusia Harris dies at 66

By DOUG FEINBERG - AP Basketball Writer
Tue,01/18/22-8:02PM, 1,159 Reads
Lusia Harris, who became the only woman to be officially drafted by an NBA team and scored the first points in women's basketball history at the Olympics, died Tuesday, her family announced. She was 66.
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Andrew James

By THE PRESS REGISTER
Fri,01/21/22-3:18PM, 697 Reads
Andrew James, 49, of Clarksdale died Sunday, January 16, 2022 at Baptist Hospita
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Beverly Johnson

By THE PRESS REGISTER
Sun,01/23/22-9:30AM, 601 Reads
DUNDEE – Beverly Ann Blackwell Johnson, 67, entered the kingdom of Heaven on January 21, 2022 at the Baptist Hospital in Oxford.
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Tom Franklin Ligon

By THE PRESS REGISTER
Fri,01/21/22-2:10PM, 581 Reads
Tom lived a very unconventional life, so why would we expect his obituary to be any different? In keeping with “his” way, we are saddened to announce our loss, but Heaven’s gain, of Thomas Franklin Ligon.
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Aunjanue Ellis arrives at the premiere of King Richard during at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Magnolia’s Aunjanue Ellis one of the stars in ‘King Richard’

By MATT WILLIAMSON
Fri,11/19/21-9:06AM, 28,952 Reads 46,678 Statewide
Talk about starpower.
“King Richard,” a feature film about Venus and Serena Williams — two of the biggest names in sports — starring Will Smith — one of the biggest names in Hollywood — has plenty of it.
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Joe Giles believed found in truck near Friars Point

By THE PRESS REGISTER
Mon,02/01/21-8:20AM, 23,220 Reads
The Coahoma County Sheriff’s Department has located what they believe to be a missing man inside his vehicle and has sent the body to the Mississippi Crime Lab for an autopsy to confirm the identity and cause of death.
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EDITORIAL: Let's collect unpaid fines

By THE PRESS REGISTER
Sat,02/06/21-6:00AM, 22,952 Reads
Coahoma County Supervisors are seeing the cost of everything they do going up, they’ve bought three trucks for their use and as with all government entities they are hiring people they know and giving them a job.
But they are also concerned about a decline in gambling revenue and don’t want to raise taxes.
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Clarksdale is warming up from winter storm

By FLOYD INGRAM
Mon,02/22/21-12:15PM, 21,850 Reads
The Storm of '21 is over and Clarksdale is thawing out from a week of snow and ice and weather that dropped temperatures into the single digits.
No freezing temperatures are being forecast over the next few days and nights, but patches of ice do remain on city streets and residents are reminded to check water pipes as they thaw out.
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Richard Ira Gates

Mon,03/23/20-11:58AM, 274,821 Reads

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.

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Unkept property, litter and trash, trash, trash

By THE PRESS REGISTER
Thu,09/10/20-2:16PM, 253,566 Reads
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
Fri,08/28/20-11:23AM, 250,312 Reads
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
Mon,08/24/20-1:11PM, 241,714 Reads
Could Mississippi being coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic?
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