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INDIANOLA — U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told Black farm workers that his office would combat the racist wage and hiring practices by white farm owners during his first visit to the Mississippi Delta Thursday. The Department of Labor head’s pledge to local workers comes after a Mississippi Today...

Mississippi State University scientists will cohost a collaborative field day in the Mississippi Delta on July 13 to share information about cover crops, soil and water health, and irrigation automation and efficiency. The Soil and Water Stewardship in Row-Crop Systems field day runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and...

EUDORA (KATV) — The City of Eudora is facing multiple challenges with their drinking water. It's an issue KATV first shared earlier this week about complaints from the residents that were discussed in a public meeting with city officials. Eudora mayor Tomeka Butler said their water problems continue to...

Publishing houses often send newspapers advance copies of books for review, hoping to drum up interest for a soon-to-be released manuscript. Editors get weekly emails describing the books and asking for permission to send a copy – it’s wonderful for avid readers and I see a wide variety of new work.

INDIANOLA – The new crop of workers arrived with clipped accents and small khaki shorts. Richard Strong remembers the young men – farmers back home – had never seen a massive 28,000-pound tractor until traveling some 8,000 miles to Mississippi. As kids, Richard and his brother, Gregory,...

EUDORA (KATV) — Many people in the city of Eudora said they are fed up with what they call dirty brown water. Some told KATV it's unsafe and unsanitary to use and people are beginning to get sick. Officials with the city of Eudora had a public meeting on...

2 people killed, another injured after a rollover crash in Sunflower (Sunflower, AZ)Nationwide Report. On Sunday evening, two people lost their lives while one person received serious injuries following a rollover crash in Sunflower. As per the initial information, the fatal traffic collision took place at about 6 p.m. on SR-87 at milepost 219, between Fort McDowell and Payson [...]

Jay Mahaffey, manager of The Learning Center with Bayer in Scott, MS, visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for a deep dive into cotton management. Jay, Don, Tom, and Jason start with the thrips problem in 2022 and then discuss Jay’s evolving philosophy of setting a cotton crop up for success by utilizing early-season applications of growth regulators.

CARBONDALE – Carbondale Police say two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of 39-year-old Ashley Curtis of Carbondale last month. According to Carbondale Police, Curtis went missing on May 3 and was found dead May 9 in the 400 block of East College Street. The investigation...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – Two people face charges in the death of a woman in Carbondale. Ashley Curtis was reported missing on May 3. Her body was discovered on May 9 in the 400 block of East College Street. Jamar Boyd, 42, of Hollandale, Mississippi was indicted on two...

CARBONDALE, IL — Two people have been charged in connection to the death of a Carbondale, Illinois, woman whose body was found in a home on East College Street in May. Ashley Dawn Curtis was reported missing in early May. When she was reported missing, police said she'd last been seen in the 400 block of East College Street on May 1. The Carbondale Police Department later announced that the 39-year-old woman's body had been found in a home in that same block of East College Street.

CLEVELAND, Miss. – Shalandria Kince, a native of Shaw and 2019 graduate of Shaw High School, is expected to graduate from Delta State University in May 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in social work. Get to know her in this Statesman Spotlight. Why did you choose your major?

As The Delta News told you FIRST Tuesday night, the Greenville city council "suspended" the entire Greenville Parks and Recreation department in an unprecedented move. Those involved say, it came out of nowhere.... during Tuesday night's Greenville City Council meeting. The council voted on and entered an order to stop EVERYTHING park-related in Greenville.

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - The investigation into the death of a woman reported missing in the beginning of May, who was later found dead in a Carbondale home, has led to the arrest of a man and woman. Jamar Boyd, 42 of Hollandale, Mississippi, was indicted on two counts of...

LELAND – Nicholas Rosman Lederle Jr., of Leland, passed away Monday, June 13th, 2022, at Munson Medical Center with his loving family at his side. Nick was born February 27th, 1944, in Washington DC and was raised in Washington DC, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and Leland in the summer. As a teenager he worked as a machinery builder in the Federal Republic of Germany gaining exceptional talent in skilled metalworking. The adventures did not stop there. He met kings, princes, and spies through his father’s government service and employment with Arabian American Oil Company in Saudi Arabia.