Delta News
Heat, heritage and heart: The Delta Hot Tamale Festival
By: Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are few things more “Delta” than the way good food, good music, and good people seem to weave together like threads in a quilt—and the...
Rocking, talking, tinkering: Greg Harkins’s eclectic world
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi has some great storytellers. Greg Harkins is one of them. With his signature white beard and a twinkle in his eye, he’s been mistaken for...
Mississippi Legends: Cissye Meeks Gallagher – legendary golfer winning at life
By Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune Cissye Meeks Gallagher of Greenwood does not remember a time when she was not holding a golf club. She just knows the game has been a factor in...
Arrests made in Leland shooting, investigation continues
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Four suspects in the Leland mass shooting which occurred over the weekend have been arrested, the FBI has confirmed. Three have been charged with...
Crawford’s execution will proceed, Governor Reeves says
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A Mississippi man set to be executed by the state on Wednesday for a murder that occurred in 1993 will find no clemency from the governor. Short of...
School Choice in the Delta: Navigating Opportunity and Risk in Mississippi’s Next Education Debate
This article is written by Lora Delohm. Editor of our sister papers, The Leland Progress. It was funded by a grant from Press Forward. Mississippi could see a school-choice special session...
