Delta News
Mississippi Arts: Juke Joint Festival, a bucket-list destination for blues music fans
By: Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune When Clarksdale’s Juke Joint Festival turns 21 on Sat., April 13, the absence of one major local blues lifer will be inescapable. The late Red Paden, founder and...
Women and Girls Conference held in Yazoo City
Southern Health Alliance and the Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health will collaborate to host the Women & Girls EmpowHERment Conference. The conference will be held Saturday, April...
AG Fitch Welcomes Delta State as One Pill Can Kill Partner
Attorney General Lynn Fitch today welcomed Delta State University as the latest partner to One Pill Can Kill, her public awareness campaign to educate, support and empower Mississippians with...
Former Beulah mayor arrested for embezzlement
Bertha Thomas, the former Mayor of Beulah, has been arrested on three counts of embezzlement, according to the State Auditor’s office. Thomas is accused of embezzling tax disbursements issued to the...
Dr. Daniel J. Ennis inaugurated as 9th president of Delta State University
By Nathan Duff Dr. Daniel J. Ennis was officially inaugurated as the ninth president of Delta State University during an investiture ceremony held Saturday, February 24, at the Bologna Performing...
Cleveland Central High School Choir to join legendary rock band FOREIGNER onstage at BPAC
By Nathan Duff FOREIGNER will visit the Mississippi Delta as part of their farewell tour on Tuesday, March 5. This sold-out performance kicks off at 7:30 p.m. at the Bologna Performing Arts Center,...