Will help with 11th year for Delta Center’s Most Southern Workshop. The Delta Center for Culture and Learning at Delta State University is among 11 institutions that have been awarded Landmarks of American History and Culture grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Delta Center’s “The Most Southern Place On Earth: Music, […]
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Establishing a 50-year heritage at Bayou. When anyone looks at the history of the Bayou Academy and the school’s athletic programs, the name Short can be found very prominently. For over 50 years, the Shorts have made their mark sporting the blue and white of the Colts. The foundation was laid by Dennis and Sammye
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Multi-instrumentalist, session musician, DMI instructor. If you have been to a blues festival, juke joint, or listened to live music anywhere in the Mississippi Delta within the last twenty-five years, there is a decent chance you’ve seen Barry Bays play the bass guitar. Bays has been a mainstay on the Delta music scene as a
Family-owned business for more than 40 years. Chirag Dadlani has been in the men’s apparel business for most of his life. His family has owned Looking Good for over 40 years and Dadlani is the second generation to take over the business. He said he was basically raised in his stores growing up, went to
Door-to-door canvassing for nonrespondents begins August 11. it’s Required: All Mississippians are asked to submit information for their household to the U.S. Census Bureau. The laid-back way of life in Mississippi has a downside when it leads to very low U.S. Census participation: Inaccurate population counts can cause the state to lose money, political representation
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Fifteen years later, storm still impacts locals. The mere mention of the name Katrina still causes many Mississippians to shudder. Ramming and ravaging the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts 15 years ago this month on August 29, 2005, the aftershock of the devastating hurricane, in some way, touched every life in both states–even those living in
Issue discussed at Aldermen meeting. Cleveland’s OctoberFest will be postponed until a further date, Mayor Billy Nowell said at the monthly Aldermen meeting on August 4. Judson Thigpen, Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce, brought the question to the board of whether OctoberFest should continue in a socially distanced way, be postponed, or cancelled.
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Ramona Sanders served 32 years. Having started as clerk in the Merigold post office in 1988, working only three hours every Saturday, Greenville-native Ramona Sanders retired on July 31. In the intervening years, she became a beloved fixture in the community and one of Bolivar County’s most dedicated public employees. “I spent ten years working part-time
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