The first Delta State University faculty-led study abroad course since December 2019 successfully took seven students, two faculty members, and one professor emeritus to Vienna, Austria, in May for a rich academic and cultural two-week immersion program. Course...
By: Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune Let’s get one thing out of the way — all rock and roll is technically “Southern rock.” Despite the popularity of the British Invasion and the legions of artists swept into the rock and roll movement by the Los Angeles-based music...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune While it’s not the third of June, it’s still another “sleepy dusty Delta day” in Leflore County, and people are still wondering about Billie Joe McAllister and the Tallahatchie bridge. The haunting lyrics of “Ode to Billie Joe” was...
By Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune It’s not surprising to hear of rock-and-roll royalty making a pilgrimage to Clarksdale, Mississippi, in the heart of blues country. Over the decades, plenty of stars have been spotted around the town’s juke joints, as if trying to...
The Rosedale Distilling Company, a distiller and producer of a variety of premium and super premium spirits, has started construction on several locations in the City of Rosedale, in Bolivar County. Company founders, Jack and Elizabeth Coleman, moved back to the ...
By Nathan Duff Hanadi Hariri, a Delta State University junior pre-nursing major with a minor in psychology, has received a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study in London, Paris, Berlin, and Prague this summer. The competitive scholarship program...
