By: NK Wessman, Magnolia Tribune Born in Greenville in 1940, Curtis Wilkie moved with his family so many times during World War II that he discovered what he considers his hometown only during elementary school. Summit, in Pike County, that’s where his stellar...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune He’s a Delta farmer. He is a restaurateur. He is a former Justice Court judge. He is a public speaker. He is the father of two daughters. Yet the thing that Stafford Shurden is most known for is a series of online...
By: Marilyn Tinnin The year was 1981 when young Tricia Walker, Jackson resident at the time, resigned as Youth Director at a local Methodist Church, packed up most of her worldly possessions in a U-Haul, and struck out for Nashville. With stars in her...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Leña is the Spanish word for firewood, and the woodfired pizzas at Leña in Cleveland, Mississippi have fans traveling from far and wide to sample a taste of Napoli in the Mississippi Delta. Marisol Doyle, a native of Mexico,...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Entergy Mississippi announced on Tuesday that it was building a new natural gas power station in Greenville. The company said it plans to retire the Gerald Andrus Steam Electric Station, replacing the older power plant with...
By: Laura Lee Leathers, Magnolia Tribune I stare at the blank document on my computer, waiting for the words to flow. While I wait, Charley Pride is singing in the background—I need some inspiration. Kiss an Angel Good Morning is the current song, and I find myself...
