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Delta State University is proud to announce that Jeremy Ricks, DSU’s Comptroller, has been selected as a participant in the 2025–26 Emerging Leaders Program, a signature professional development initiative of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). The program, announced on September 17, brings together promising mid‑level business officers from institutions across the…

Edna M Scott Elementary Homecoming representatives included (l to r), front: Miss and Mr. First Runner Up Khloyee Ford and Brayden Williams and Miss and Mr. Edna M. Scott Elementary School L’Oreal Wilson and Major Brown; middle row: first grade homeroom representatives Amoura Jordan, Kentarius King, Kylie Courtney, Zaiden Jones, Kylah Williams, Royal Wilson, Skihlar…

Washington School will celebrate Homecoming on Oct. 10, with a noon parade and pep rally leading up to the Generals’ game against St. Aloysius. The Homecoming Court and Generals’ Lady will be presented at 6:30 p.m. on Huddleston Field. Deer Creek School will celebrate Homecoming on Oct. 17, when the Warriors host North Sunflower Academy.…

Leland School District will celebrate Homecoming on Oct. 10, with a 2:15 p.m. parade and a 7 p.m. home game vs. Charleston. Coronation will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in the high school gym.

Mississippi could see a school-choice special session within weeks. Governor Tate Reeves has not ruled out calling lawmakers to take up school choice, and House Speaker Jason White has signaled the House is drafting an “education freedom” package. In the Delta, the question isn’t whether to adopt national models, but whether we can design a…

As the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week™ for more than 100 years, NFPA announces “Charge into Fire Safety™: Lithium-Ion Batteries in Your Home” as this year’s theme Most of the electronics in our homes — smartphones, tablets, power and lawn tools, laptops, e-cigarettes, headphones, and toys, to name just a few — are powered…

By Guest Columnist Dean Ridings, America’s Newspapers Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection – residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open, and citizens having the facts to make good decisions. Local newspapers provide that connection in ways no other source can. In today’s fractured media environment,…

By Lora Delhom Parker Posey said filming The White Lotus in Thailand felt like “New Orleans, Austin, Atlanta hot,” except it was like stepping into a car with the heat blasting, even at night. She described stuffing bags of ice under her thighs just to survive the shoot. This summer, in the Delta’s relentless heatwave,…

This full plan builds on the vision outlined in “Back to the heart of it: Eureka in the Delta Part III: How a rural Mississippi town is channeling Euclid — aligning schools, research and Main Street to power its future” (The Leland Progress, Oct. 2025) and offers a detailed blueprint for turning Leland’s intellectual capital…

By Guest Columnist Jacob Dykes, MSU Extension Service Deer season is right around the corner. Right now, baby deer are taking their first steps – and who doesn’t love baby deer? I look forward to seeing my first baby deer, or fawn, each year. That first sighting is typically a quick glimpse of a fawn…