by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today May 23, 2023 Days after an 11-year-old boy was shot in the chest by an Indianola police officer, family and community members are calling for answers and for the officer’s termination. Community members identified the boy as...
Delta watercolor artist, David Rawlinson, will be the guest artist at a special Pacesetter Open Mic Poetry Night on June 1st from 6:00-8:00 PM. Rawlinson’s work ‘Early Morning in the Delta’ has been chosen to grace the cover of the 2023 Mississippi...
Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) celebrated the end of the 2023 academic year at the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) at Parchman on May 11. As they have been since the program began in Spring of 2021, the incarcerated students were proud and excited to...
Saylor Wheel LLC is locating manufacturing operations in Greenwood. The project represents a $23.4 million corporate investment that will create 145 new jobs. Saylor Wheel will manufacture tire and steel wheel assemblies for the trailer industry with the steel wheels...
Posted in Mississippi Small Towns March 19, 2023 by Daniella DiRienzo When it comes to interesting sites from the past, Mississippi’s got plenty. However, none quite compare to Nitta Yuma. Part ghost town and part tourist attraction, it’s home to about 20 residents,...
By Bracey Harris The tornado that plowed through Rolling Fork on March 24 was a monster that families living in mobile homes on the plains of the Mississippi Delta needed to flee. At its widest, the dangerous twister careening through one of the nation’s poorest...
