Archives 2020

Northside imposes their will on Bruce with 56-0 victory to advance to Round 2 After suffering back-to-back losses, the Northside High School Gators made sure a third straight defeat would not gone down on Friday (Nov. 8).  The Gators had an easy time in the first round of the Mississippi High School Activities Association 2A […]

New facility will power customers across 45 counties On Thursday, November 7, Entergy Mississippi celebrated a brighter energy future for customers at a groundbreaking ceremony of the company’s newly announced Delta Blues Advanced Power Station in Greenville. Alongside the groundbreaking, the company recognized the 50th anniversary of the Gerald Andrus Steam Electric Station, which will be

Group addressed various crucial issues A “Labor Force Participation Study Group” session was held at Delta State University on Tuesday afternoon, October 24, in the President’s Conference Room in Kent Hall, continuing the following morning. The group, which was brought together by Ten One Strategies — a Jackson-based organization which represents several Cleveland interests, including

Special proclamation was presented to family on November 4 A special — and unique — recognition of a special life was made at last Monday night’s Cleveland City Council meeting held on November 4. On behalf of the city, Mayor Billy Nowell presented Mississippi District 29 Representative and Councilman Ward 2 Alderman, Robert Sanders and his

CCHS beats Yazoo City to head into playoffs with 10-0 record The purple and black freight train known as Cleveland Central High School continued to speed on its track to perfection on Thursday (Nov. 7) at Parks Field at Mickey Sellers Stadium.  The Wolves finished the regular season undefeated as they ran over the Yazoo City

WBCSD instructor and competitive marathon runner Shanna Bolden of Cleveland is in her first year as West Bolivar Consolidated School District Science Academic Officer for all of the schools in the district who, basically, oversees all of the science content and assessment for WBCSD. She has also recently become known as a marathon runner and

One of the newest businesses in downtown Cleveland  Mother and daughter team, Wendy and Melissa Vrooman, opened Sunset Florist in downtown Cleveland this past summer, but the official grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony was held on October 9th. “Last year a job opportunity for my husband, George, brought us to the Delta,” said Wendy.

Event commemorating centennial held on October 12 Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Troop 23 in Cleveland celebrated its 100th year on Saturday, October 12, at First United Methodist Church downtown. The event was attended by around 150 people of all ages, many of whom came from out of state for the special centennial observance. Rogers Varner,

“Big Man’s Watermelon Farm” attracts national attention Morris Hodges may run a relatively small farm in his hometown of Mound Bayou — about five acres where he grows watermelon and cantaloupe — but its reputation as “Big Man’s Watermelon Farm” is very large indeed, extending even to Washington, D.C. Tom Vilsack, the current U.S. Secretary of

Hayden Wilburn takes over business Martin’s Spraying Service has served the Bolivar County and greater Cleveland area for decades. Bob Walker started the business and Rodney Martin continued it and now Hayden Wilburn is working the spray rig business.  Wilburn took over nearly two months ago and has been busy spraying and fertilizing. “In this