Leland students soar at Mid-Delta Airport
Students from Leland Elementary, Junior High, and High School recently toured the Greenville Mid-Delta Airport and Air Force Base Museum. The group, ranging in age from six to seventeen, explored aircraft, learned about aviation history and got an up-close look at firefighting equipment.
Read MoreMovie Review: “One Battle After Another”
By Bob Garver Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson is known as a top-tier talent without top-tier recognition. None of his movies have made more than $50 million at the domestic box office, and despite 11 nominations, he’s never won himself an Academy Award (a combined three Oscar wins have come from his films, including Daniel Day-Lewis…
Read MoreMississippi Delta Community College Expands Prison Education Program and Prepares for First Graduation
Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) has expanded its Prison Education Program (PEP) this semester, establishing classes at four additional correctional facilities across the Delta. Through new Memoranda of Understanding with the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), courses are now underway at Delta Correctional Facility, Issaquena County Correctional Facility and Washington County Correctional Facility, with classes…
Read MoreDoctors share vaccine reminders amid Pertussis increase
Mississippi doctors are urging adults to double-check immunizations after a rise in pertussis, or whooping cough, across the state. While no deaths have been reported, state health officials say cases have quadrupled compared to this time last year. Mississippi had 80 cases reported by mid July compared to 49 cases for the entire year of…
Read MoreForest health improvements underway at Stoneville Woods
Work is underway on a twenty-five-year comprehensive forest management plan aimed at improving the 2,800-acre bottomland hardwood portion of Mississippi State University’s Delta Research and Extension Center (DREC). This tract is known as “Stoneville Woods.” “In forestry, a tract of property like Stoneville Woods is one large ecosystem. To maximize the potential of a working…
Read MoreDelta Health Alliance expands Head Start to North Mississippi counties
Delta Health Alliance (DHA), headquartered in Stoneville, is moving quickly to restart Head Start and Early Head Start services in Lee, Itawamba, Pontotoc and Union counties, after the previous providers’ funding was not renewed. DHA, which, according to agency officials, currently serves roughly 882 children in the Mississippi Delta through its Head Start programs, was…
Read MoreWerynski Takes Top Spot as Statesmen Place Third in the Dunning Invitational
Delta State University Men’s Golfer Ty Werynski became the first Statesmen Golfer to finish first in a tournament since 2020 as the Statesmen finished third in the Sam Dunning Invitational this morning at the Mossy Oak Golf Course in West Point. Werynski shot nine birdies leading to a 65 (-7) in the final round putting…
Read MoreA Century of Champions: Delta State Football
The year 2025 marks a historic milestone as Delta State University celebrates 100 years of excellence in education, athletics, and community impact. As part of the university’s centennial celebration, we proudly spotlight the legacy of the Delta State football program. A Legacy of Champions Playing its inaugural season in 1926, the Delta State University football program…
Read MoreFinally…a new food trend I can embrace
By Kara Kimbrough Covered in red sauce (or gravy, as Italians lovingly call it); paired with sauteed vegetables, shrimp and more red sauce for a delicious Shrimp Creole; stirred together with chopped vegetables and pepperoni and doused in a vinaigrette dressinf for a zesty pasta salad and perhaps my favorite method, topped with meatballs and…
Read MoreGipson spotlights Crop to Pop; Looneys pitch MS-grown popcorn
After a lunch stop at Fratesi’s in Leland with local producers, Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson visited Crop to Pop at the invitation of Rhonda Looney, a longtime Leland resident who, with her husband Mark, raises, cleans and packages their line of Mississippi-grown popcorn on the family’s farm in neighboring Tribbett. Inside the…
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