George William McDaniel, 87, of West Plains, Mo., formerly of Mountain Home, Ark., and Clarksdale, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019, in West Plains.
He was born Sept. 18, 1931, to the late George Homer and Lona Vice McDaniel in Barton, Ark.
Presbyterian Day School fourth-graders presented their play, "The Easter Miracle", for their parents, friends and student body on Wednesday, April 3.
Bobby Rush will be a headliner at the second annual Red’s Old Timers Blues Festival scheduled for Saturday, May 25 on Memorial Day weekend.
Landscape gardening sometimes involves hard decisions where no solution seems just right. But “between a rock and a hard place” dissonance can be resolved by going in an entirely different direction.
Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley will host an event in Coahoma County to allow businesses to sign up to do work with the state’s largest utilities.
JONESTOWN — The Jonestown City Council voted to approve changing two street names after two longtime residents during its monthly meeting in April, but some steps must be taken before everything is finalized.
Madison Street would be named after Betty Baugh, while Harrison Avenue would be named after Celia Gooden.
JONESTOWN — Jonestown has been without a city attorney for the past six months.
Carlos Moore was fired as the city attorney back in October 2018 and four candidates have expressed interest since then. Mayor Kenny Lester originally planned to veto Moore’s firing, but Moore asked him not to.
Police activity reported on Tuesday, April 9
Auto Burglary
* 200 block of Clark Street. A shotgun and handgun were taken.
Police activity reported on Monday, April 8
Auto Burglaries
100 block of Cherry Street. A wallet was taken.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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Curtis Butler, Jr., 56, of Nashville, Tenn., died Saturday, April 13, 2019, in Smyrna, Tenn.
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