Delta News
NPL Construction locating fabrication and manufacturing operations in Greenwood
NPL Construction, a utility and energy infrastructure services company, is expanding its operations to Greenwood with a project that will bring more than $1.9 million in investment and create...
Ora Reed: From Lexington, Mississippi, around the world, and back again
By Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune Gifted jazz singer-pianist Ora Reed, once named “Mississippi’s Cultural Ambassador” by former Governor Haley Barbour and an inductee into the...
It’s the third of June and the haunting mystery of Gentry’s ‘Ode to Billy Joe’ remains
By Sid Salter, Magnolia Tribune The lyric is clean and iconic, especially in the Deep South and, most of all, in Mississippi. For those of a certain generation, it instantly evokes a...
U.S. Supreme Court sends Mississippi death row inmate’s appeal back to Fifth Circuit
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with a black death row inmate from Mississippi who claimed the makeup of the jury that convicted him was racially...
NWCC Welcomes Dr. Josh Frans as Assistant Director of Bands and Percussion Instructor by Dr. John Hagan
Northwest Mississippi Community College Fine Arts Department is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Josh Frans as Assistant Director of Bands and Percussion Instructor, beginning in...
Delta State receives state funding for campus improvements, Ward Hall renovation
By: Nathan Duff, Delta State University Communications Delta State University will move forward with a series of major campus improvement projects, including the long-anticipated...