Honoring Four Way Test Recipients. For the fifth year, the Cleveland Rotary Club has honored a senior and teacher from Bayou Academy and Cleveland Central High School during the club’s annual Four-Way Test program. The Rotary Club recognizes these individuals for living by the 4 Way Test. The seniors chosen were LaQwariyea’ Williams from Bayou …
Program is helpful to farmers and many others. Conservation is vital to the Mississippi Delta and the preservation of its land, which has some of the most fertile soil in the world. Today, agricultural producers do have a resource for financial and technical assistance to help them with those conservation efforts by applying for assistance …
Upgrades will be a major boost for traffic when completed. Rosemary Road is slated to undergo a $3 million-funded renovation for an overdue upgrade–and the results will be economically beneficial when the job is completed. “Funding had long been sought for to do this renovation for a number of years,” said Josh McPherson of Eley-Barkley …
Also upgrading the Chick-fil-a. Delta State University is on its way to becoming a dream dining destination. School officials are excited about new national food chains opening up on the campus in the Nowell Student Union building. “About a year ago, the University put out a Request For Proposal for a new food service vendor,” …
Internet service important for town, businesses, and citizens. For decades, Cleveland has had an exclusive agreement with Sparklight, formerly CableOne, for cable and internet service. At the June regular board meeting, the Cleveland Board of Aldermen agreed to have a meeting with representatives with C Spire to discuss a possible non-exclusive fiber optic Internet agreement. …
Mississippi has historically been known as a state that produces great athletes that have gone on to play on the highest level. Bolivar County is one of the counties in the state that has nurtured some great sports figures that have either played or coached on the highest levels of their sport. As I was …
In any great band or behind any singer, there’s the steady and stable rhythm that ultimately holds the music together and keeps the time. The Beatles had Ringo; The Rolling Stones have Charlie Watts; and Clarksdale-native Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has Chris Black. While “Kingfish” may not yet be in the league of those historic British …
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Football has been a sport that families all through out the country have enjoyed. For Northside head football coach Taveres Johnson, Sr., football is more than just a sport. “We consider football a family business,” said Tavares Sr. Coach Johnson is joined on the coaching staff by his oldest son Tavares Johnson, Jr. and he …
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As pastor of the Historic First Baptist Church in Mound Bayou for the past 27 years, the Reverend Earl Hall actually got his start in the pulpit at the ripe young age of 15. “In the Baptist church if you believe that you’ve been called to preach then you can go to the pastor for …
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