Supervisors agree to list of change
Floyd Ingram
Press Register
Supervisors and CHS have charted a course and are working to improve healthcare in Clarksdale.
Supervisors have delayed a decision on reducing the lease price for the Clarksdale hospital.
Bipartisan legislation to help states, counties and municipalities offset the revenue losses caused by COVID-19 shelter-at-home decrees is being hammered out by Congress.
An estimated $500 billion in federal dollars will trickle down to Mississippi, Coahoama County, Clarksdale and ultimately those doing business with the city, county and state.
Dear Editor,
Well we finally found out what the casino was paying the county or at least part of it. I was always told it was an insignificant amount and it didn’t affect the budget.
The building is more than halfway complete and the future owners got a tour last week of what they have bought so far.
Coahoma County supervisors, department heads and even a few city officials were carried inside the Coahoma County Justice Complex by prime contractor Benchmark and scrutinized the facility February 12.
I once owned a Ford Mustang with a hopped-up engine, headers and loud exhaust.
Every Son of the South should own one in his youth.
Yes, that car had a habit of going over the speed limit. Yes, I got my share of traffic tickets.
Coahoma County has many needs and limited dollars to solve its problems, so collecting court fines, garbage fees and delinquent taxes is once again being eyed as a revenue source.
The news this week by CHS/ Merit Health and Coahoma County Supervisors that they have a lease may finally put to rest rumors and concerns that Northwest Mississippi Medical Center in Clarksdale will close.
The Coahoma County Board of Supervisors has rehired all county department heads following a review of each position.
Supervisors unanimously voted 4-0 to rehire administrators of eight county agencies or departments with Dist. 5 Supervisor Roosevelt Lee absent from last week’s meeting.
The Coahoma County Board of Supervisors elected new leadership this week in a confusing and clumsy way.
The first board meeting of the New Year traditionally has the county board select a president and vice president and then rehire department heads and continue contracts with vendors and contractors for the new year.
