Several towns have since created pocket parks, Thortis says, and some have added murals and other public art to enliven streetscapes. After McComb hosted the first summit, it introduced “Fourth Friday ...
Clarksdale sits at the crossroads of affordability and cultural richness, offering a quality of life that defies its modest cost of living. Housing prices here might make you do a double-take if ...
Are some Jackson employees involved with "dope dealers?" Councilman Kenneth Stokes thinks so. Here's what he's doing about it ...
When it comes to food in Mississippi, a few things may come to mind: Fried chicken, creamy but spicy comeback sauce, or the state's iconic dessert, Mississippi mud pie. However, it turns out that ...
A German Luftwaffe pilot and a Mississippi Delta farmer’s wife made a run for it in January 1946, eight months after World War II ended in Europe. Their brief escape captured headlines across the ...
The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...
INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...
In the heart of the Mississippi farmland, where cotton plantations once drove the slave economy, the recent news of a Black student found hanged from a tree on the campus of Delta State University ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal authorities on Thursday announced indictments against 20 people, including 14 current or former Mississippi Delta law enforcement officers, that allege the officers took ...