Clarkdale native Felichia Fields, assistant executive director at St. Catherine’s Village in Madison, has been recognized as a top leader in the field of long-term care and senior care.
Fields was named a Rising Star in the nationwide 2019 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards.
A veritable Who’s Who of icons, legends, today’s hot finds and tomorrow’s trend setters are expected to perform at this year’s King Biscuit Festival, scheduled for Oct. 9-12 in Helena, Ark.
More than 100 performers will play on six stages along the banks of the Mississippi River.
Millsaps College senior D.J. Hawkins has been awarded a Fulbright grant to teach and study in Russia as an English Teaching Assistant.
A biochemistry major from Clarksdale, Hawkins plans to pursue a career as a gastroenterologist. He is the 16th Millsaps student to be awarded a Fulbright grant.
Barbara Jamison, at left, serves up an offering of John Wayne casserole to Gail Collins, at right, during Friday’s Taste of Clarksdale at the Clarksdale Civic Auditorium. Also shown are Janise Ray, center, and Janette Stokes, back right, as they were manning the table for the Aaron E. Henry Head Start Center in Clarksdale.
Music ministries from three local Baptist churches presented the Easter cantata "Resurrection Power" on Sunday evening at the Oakhurst Baptist Church in Clarksdale.
Members of the Clarksdale, Lyon and Oakhurst Baptist churches performed in Sunday's presentation that was led by Sammy Chow.
A 28-year-old man has been charged with attempting to obtain a prescription by fraud.
Kiteme Kirk Gandy was lodged in the Coahoma County Jail in Clarksdale following his arrest on Wednesday, April 2. He made his initial appearance in Clarksdale Municipal Court on Thursday, April 4.
No stranger to the Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale anticipates one of its favorites, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, with two opportunities to experience their vibe: Saturday night at New Roxy at 8 and 11 a.m. Sunday at the Cat Head Mini Blues Fest.
Shown are the Students of the Month for March at Sherard Elementary School. Standing in the front row, from left, are Karmeisha Lyles, Jeremiah Hurd and Monique Taylor. In the back row are Principal Dr. Kevin Carter, Amyia McKinley, Derriona Moore, Kameria Royster and Kyese Johnson .
While Clarksdale and Coahoma County may share some of the same struggles of businesses and schools in the rest of Mississippi, local leaders believe they stand apart with their ability to work together.
Elise Ellington, a 14-year-old eighth-grader at Clarksdale’s W.A. Higgins Academy, competed against 40 of her peers in a statewide spelling bee for the second time at the Mississippi Public Broadcasting Studio in Jackson on Tuesday.
April K. Smith, 39, of Clarksdale, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, in Jackson.
Visitation will be held on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Delta Burial Corporation at 429 Yazoo Ave. in Clarksdale.
Henry Odell White, Jr. was born to Charles Zetta Willis-White and Henry Odell White, Sr., on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 17, 1961, at Coahoma County Hospital in Clarksdale.
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.
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.
Clarksdale mayor Chuck Espy put criminals on notice when local law enforcement officers met at the Expo Center Thursday morning for a public service announcement letting the community know police departments would be stepping up their games.
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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