Area Breaking News

MOORHEAD, Miss. (Dec. 11, 2024) – The Mississippi Delta Community College Board of Trustees announce the appointment of Dr. Steven J. Jones as the tenth President of the College, effective January 1, 2025. Jones currently serves as Vice President of Administrative and Student Services at the College. He succeeds Dr. Tyrone Jackson, who retired this…

Justin Archer Burch, CEO of Delta Compass, recently announced that the organization has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation to support its initiatives in advancing economic recruitment in the Mississippi and Arkansas Delta. The organization says the funding will be instrumental in fostering economic inclusion and driving long-term growth in the…

By Guest Columnist Jim Pollard The risk of dying from a sudden, serious heart ailment increases from Thanksgiving to New Year’s and is highest on Christmas Day, the day after Christmas and New Year’s Day, say paramedics at AMR, a global medical response company. AMR medics re-commend avoiding “triggers” for car-diac crisis, paying attention to…

  MOORHEAD, Miss. (December 11, 2024) – Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) held its Fall 2024 Health Care Assistant & Phlebotomy Technician Pinning Ceremony on Tues., December 10, in the Yeates Fine Arts Auditorium on the MDCC Moorhead campus. Graduates of the Health Care Assistant program are eligible to sit for the National Nurse Aide…

Delta State University (DSU) recently announced the awarding of a $1,000,000 federal grant to its Commercial Aviation Department for the purchase of an agricultural and aerial firefighting flight simulator. The innovative Air Tractor 802 flight simulator will be the first of its kind and will support DSU’s Agricultural Aircraft Operations Career Pathway (AAOCP) program, providing…

CLEVELAND, Miss. — Delta State University is proud to announce Dr. Lee Inmon Dean, a distinguished mathematician and educator, as the keynote speaker for its Fall 2024 Commencement ceremonies. The ceremonies will take place on Friday, December 13, at the Bologna Performing Arts Center, with sessions scheduled for 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. A native…

Victor John Cefalu, 94, of Leland, Mississippi, passed away peacefully on November 30, 2024. A private funeral service will be held for family. Victor was born on August 28, 1930, in Leland, MS, to Andrew and Marie Corso Cefalu. A graduate of Leland High School, he went on to work in his family’s business before…

  I had a reminder of one of Leland’s most beloved citizens the other day, Sam Morlino. A waterline was being dug up behind the old People’s Drug Store building last week. A Big Hit drink bottle, made by the Leland Bottling Company in 1926, was recovered. Sam Morlino told me a story one time…

Fire Chief Dquan Wilson was recently honored during a Congressional session by Congressman Bennie G. Thompson for his outstanding dedication to his community.