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The Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) has been made aware of contractors acting as unlicensed public adjusters by filing claims on behalf of insureds. This practice is illegal in the State of Mississippi. Any contractor caught filing claims for insureds without a signed contract and proper licensure as a public adjuster will be referred to the…

by Lora Delhom As the days shorten and the light thins out over Deer Creek, I find myself standing in the kitchen each morning, staring at the handful of matte ellipsoids and hexagonal prisms in my palm — eight pills already; what’s a few more? Middle age is humbling like that. As ridiculous as it…

“Meanwhile, the congregation waiting for Zachariah was getting restless, wondering what was keeping him so long in the sanctuary.” Luke 1:21 By Rev. J. D. Yates Have you ever noticed how easy it is to delay what you know needs to be done? At the beginning of the year, many people make bold resolutions. They…

DSU’s Edward McCadney will join with other community leaders in the Bolivar County L.E.A.D. program to identify opportunities for service and growth. Delta State University is proud to announce that Edward McCadney, Procurement Contract Specialist, has been accepted into the 2026 cohort of the Bolivar County L.E.A.D. program. McCadney was selected based on his professional…

You may have heard the word meta. It can sound like jargon, but the idea is simple: stepping back to look not just at what happened, but how it’s being told—and why. People who grew up reading newspapers already understand this. Decisions about what to print, what to withhold and when to publish are choices…

by Lora Delhom Rabies in dogs and measles in humans sound unrelated—until you realize they’re cousins, haunting us from the same cracked foundation. Different viruses. Same story. The pattern goes like this: success → forgetting → vulnerability. Rabies was pushed out of domestic dogs through mandatory vaccination laws. Measles was declared eliminated in the United…

by Lora Delhom Global trade didn’t just change markets — it changed the ground beneath rural America. For years, national conversations about agriculture have circled around a single storyline: tariffs. But inside farm shops, co-op offices, and Delta meeting rooms, a different truth has taken shape — one far more unsettling than any single trade…

In-person and mail-in absentee ballots are now available at Circuit Clerk’s Offices for Mississippi’s 2026 Primary Election for U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, scheduled for March 10, 2026. To participate in the primary election, voters must be registered by February 9, 2026. Mail-in voter registration applications must be postmarked by that date. The…

Delta State University has announced the hiring of Kelli Davis Williams as its new Director of Marketing, bringing more than two decades of experience in marketing, communications, tourism, publishing, and strategic brand development to the university. A Delta State alumna, Williams earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Delta State University. Her career…