Delta News
South Delta Bulldogs give new meaning to ‘rebuilding year’ – with help from Archie Manning
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today August 3, 2023 High school football coaches often bemoan “rebuilding years,” but few, if any, have ever faced anything like what South Delta head coach KePatrick...
Clarksdale health department, once possibly poised to close, gets a new building
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today August 1, 2023 Instead of potentially closing, the Coahoma County Health Department is moving to a nicer, newer home. The move to a building at the local hospital...
Delta State president gauges band students’ response to interim director’s anti-LGBTQ+ podcast rhetoric
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today July 28, 2023 Delta State University President Daniel Ennis met Thursday with the school's marching band students in the wake of revelations that the recently hired...
National monument will honor Emmett Till and his mother in Mississippi and Chicago
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today July 24, 2023 President Joe Biden is expected to sign documents Tuesday to create a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, according to National...
‘If you don’t like it, go somewhere else’: New band director at Delta State mocked trans people, women and other groups on podcast
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today July 21, 2023 The new interim band director at Delta State University co-hosted a conservative commentary podcast in which he mocked people who choose to be...
Delta Blues Museum Receives MHC Mini Grant for Sunflower Festival Programming
Delta Blues Museum is adding a special event to kick off its 2023 Sunflower Festival activities, thanks to a Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) Mini-Grant just announced. The grant will support a...