The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi has elected its 2025 Board Chair and officers, welcoming four new Board members representing DeSoto and Coahoma Counties. Billy Myers, an attorney from DeSoto County who has practiced law for more than 40 years,...
Zandra McDonald, superintendent of the Natchez-Adams School District, will be the guest speaker for the 85th commemoration of the Rhythm Night Club fire of April 23, 1940. The ceremony is set for 12 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Rhythm Night Club (on site)...
Students from Delta State University’s Delta Music Institute (DMI) once again delivered a standout performance behind the scenes at the 22nd annual Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale recently, running production for four outdoor stages and approximately 20...
By: Laura Lee Leathers, Magnolia Tribune Back in the late 1970s, Steve Forbert had the title as the “the new Bob Dylan.” Was it just a cliché? The New York Times recently wrote he was an “introspective, homespun philosopher.” However, the most important...
As the saying goes, it ain’t over ‘til it’s over, and Trey Schroeder was on the right end of that adage Friday after winning the St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Tombigbee River presented by SEVIIN. Schroeder, a 25-year-old resident of tiny Theodosia, Mo., mounted...
Alvin Moore, a man who has gained an outstanding reputation for his extraordinary work ethics in whatever venture he undertakes, will receive the Roscoe Nance Lifetime Achievement Award at the SWAC Alumni Association’s Legends Awards and Roast on Saturday, May...
