Thanks to participants in prayer breakfast
By JOSEPHINE RHYMES,To the Editor:
I would like to extend a very hearty “thank you” to the program participants in the Prayer Breakfast for First Responders held at Yazoo Pass on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.
To the Editor:
I would like to extend a very hearty “thank you” to the program participants in the Prayer Breakfast for First Responders held at Yazoo Pass on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.
The Aaron E. Henry Community Health Center is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2019. To commemorate the significant milestone, there are many activities and events scheduled this year to showcase the work this organization has done and is continuing to do within the communities it serves.
Two men have been charged in the burglary of a Clarksdale church.
Jerome Allen, 56, and James Person, 25, were each charged with commercial burglary for the Feb. 5 break-in at the First United Methodist Church at 405 E. Second St. in Clarksdale.
Jonestown remains without a city attorney as the mayor and several council members are split on the three candidates for the position.
Mayor Kenny Lester attempted to hire a new city attorney during a special meeting held Wednesday, Feb. 13, but the position remains vacant.
The Pig is back.
In a town where residents say they’ve been hungry for another grocery store option, Piggly Wiggly announced Monday plans to build a new store along Desoto Avenue near the Highway 61 bypass.
A Clarksdale man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty Wednesday, Jan. 30 by a Coahoma County jury of the murder of two men outside a Clarksdale club in April 2015.
A Clarksdale man was sentenced to life in prison after a Coahoma County jury recently found him guilty in the 2013 killing of a 61-year-old grocery store owner the day after Christmas.
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.
A 32-year-old woman appeared in Clarksdale Municipal Court on Thursday, accused of stealing a motor vehicle from Clarksdale in early December.
A 41-year-old Clarksdale man was shot and killed by an officer with the Clarksdale Police Department, who was investigating a reported prowler on Saturday night in a quiet residential area near downtown Clarksdale.
Less than an hour after he’d attended a community meeting on crime Monday night, a 44-year-old Clarksdale man was shot multiple times during a robbery at his home.
Darry Jenkins sustained several gunshot wounds in the robbery at his residence along the 400 block of Garfield Street.
A man charged in a Clarksdale murder in mid-November made his initial court appearance on Tuesday, Dec. 18.
Nikolus TaShawn White, 19, had his request for bond denied by Clarksdale Municipal Court Judge Derek Hopson and White remains lodged in the Coahoma County Jail.
While much of the nation’s attention was focused on the U.S. Senate race in Mississippi in Tuesday’s runoff election, Coahoma County voters were also deciding who would occupy a seat on a little-known board that is about as far from D.C. as one can get.
A 27-year-old Clarksdale man was killed and three others injured after an eruption of gunfire early Saturday morning in the parking lot of a Clarksdale business.
The murder was the city’s 12th homicide of 2018.
A 32-year-old woman appeared in Clarksdale Municipal Court on Thursday, accused of stealing a motor vehicle from Clarksdale in early December.
A 19-year-old Jonestown man was lodged in the Coahoma County Jail after police say he shot into a mobile home in Clarksdale early Tuesday morning, injuring his ex-girlfriend and his infant son.
Clarksdale city officials will be asking the city’s voters to approve a $17 million bond referendum this summer that they believe will help ease flooding.
A 23-year-old man has been charged in the armed robbery of a Clarksdale business on Friday night.
Dontereon Badger was taken into custody around midnight Friday in the 100 block of James Washington Street in Friars Point by deputies with the Coahoma County Sheriff’s Office.
JONESTOWN — The state IRS paid a visit to Jonestown City Hall on Friday, Feb. 8 claiming the city owes $214,000 in most likely back taxes going all the way to 2004, according to mayor Kenny Lester.
Alderman Unta Wiley said the issues were from previous administrations.
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