Representative Otis L. Anthony is proudly representing Mississippi Delta Community College, the Delta, and the United States in Israel. Out of five delegates chosen from each state, Rep. Anthony was selected to take part in this important opportunity. Serving as co-chair of the Mississippi-Israel Caucus in the House, he continues to champion connections that strengthen…

The Woodward Hines Education Foundation (WHEF) and its Get2College program cut the ribbon yesterday on a new Get2College Mobile Center, a first-of-its-kind resource designed to bring free college and career planning services directly to students and families across Mississippi. Hosted in partnership with the City of Greenville and Mayor Errick D. Simmons at the Mississippi…

Delta Health Alliance recently broke ground on a $10 million, USDA-funded expansion of Leland Medical Clinic that will establish the Mississippi Delta Cares Center, a facility that will house occupational, physical and speech therapy along with dentistry. The ceremony took place at 201 Baker Blvd. in Leland. Hilary Meier, vice president of health, said the…

When Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about life on the American frontier, she described snowstorms, schoolhouse brawls, and butter churns, but not the stillbirth she experienced or the miscarriage that followed. In 19th-century America, maternal loss was so common, it often went unspoken. Then: Prairie motherhood was a gamble On the frontier, pregnancy was a quiet…

As summer leans into evening, Leland’s porches and borders rest in honey light. Crepe myrtles, tidy lawns and arborvitae hold their silhouettes like hand-cut prints against the last glow. We’ve gathered July and August together, so you can wander the season’s best in one place. Thanks to the Leland Deer Creek Garden Club and Kristy…

Mississippi’s row crop producers are facing one of their bleakest financial years in decades, with new state and regional analyses showing losses across every major commodity. Economists and producers say the downturn carries echoes of past crises, from the 1980s farm collapse to the hollowing out of Chicago’s manufacturing base, when structural shifts wiped out…