Area News

  At last check, there have been 60 fire deaths statewide in 2025. Cooking or the misuse of cooking equipment led to four of those deaths. “Many people have family and friends over for the holiday. Don’t let distractions put you and your guests in danger. Make your home safer by installing multiple smoke alarms.…

The Delta Regional Healthcare Foundation has purchased fifteen new Geri Chairs for patient care departments at Delta Health System–The Medical Center, boosting comfort, mobility and safety for patients needing extended recovery or observation. Geri Chairs, which are large and padded, with wheeled bases, allow greater flexibility in positioning, help reduce pressure injuries and support healing…

Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at Vicksburg) than the Yazoo River and blocks its discharge.  It takes less rain to raise and keep the Mississippi above 43’ than it used to. (See More Flood for Less Rain.) So backwater flooding and batture flooding inside the levees are more frequent and longer…

Delta Health System (DHS) has received funding from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation to purchase two Midmark Asepsis21 Hygienist dental surgery carts with self-contained water systems, expanding the hospital’s oral surgery capacity across the Delta. Hospital officials say the carts will improve safety and efficiency during procedures and help rural patients access advanced dental…

Miss. Senators Introduce Commemorative Resolution in Conjunction with University’s Celebration WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today introduced a Senate resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of Delta State University in conjunction with the launch of the school’s year-long centennial celebration next week. The resolution (S.Res.489) remarks…

By Nathan Duff As the leaves turn and harvest season winds down in the Mississippi Delta, a fresh cohort of aspiring agricultural aviators is soaring into action at Delta State University. This fall, the university’s Aerial Applicator Pilot Training Certificate program – an eight-month intensive designed to combat the nationwide shortage of ag pilots –…

MDCC Greenville Campus congratulates Director Stefan Mathis and the Mississippi Delta Community College Band on their performance at the New Orleans Pelicans! Way to go Trojans! The band was selected for a primetime pre-game performance at the Pelicans vs. Oklahoma City Thunder NBA game, and they represented the Delta with pride!

Farmers and agricultural professionals are invited to attend a Future of Agriculture Resiliency for Mississippi (F.A.R.M.) Council stakeholder meeting on Thursday, December 11, at 10 a.m. at the Capps Center at the Delta Research and Extension Center, 82 Stoneville Road in Stoneville. The meeting is part of a statewide series organized by the Mississippi Department…

Every November, I find myself thinking about the rhythm of American power — how it rises, how it breaks, and how, somehow, it steadies again. The fight between presidents and Congress, between action and restraint, is as old as the republic itself. From Abraham Lincoln’s wartime orders to Franklin Roosevelt’s bank holiday to Donald Trump’s…