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Friday | The Clarion-Ledger

'Give My Heart Ease' a bluesy read

This week folklorist William Ferris returns to Mississippi to promote his new book, Give My Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Prolific author says start with plot, structure

Novelist Carolyn Haines, a Lucedale native and University of Southern Mississippi graduate, has some advice for anyone planning to participate in National Novel Writing Month.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Macon County Times

Going bump in the night

Part of the problem is that I grew up on the stuff. At least my girlfriend is convinced of this.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

CNN

Livin' the Blues with James "Super Chikan" Johnson - I

James "Super Chikan" Johnson's chicken shack, out back behind his family's Clarksdale home, is a work in progress.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Tri-State Defender

Batesville Job Corps Center Renaming Ceremony a Resounding Success

On a crisp, sunny Monday morning, several hundred people gathered in Batesville, Miss., for the renaming of the Batesville Job Corps Center to the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

CNN

Embracing the Economic Blues

When you walk the streets of Clarksdale, Mississippi, you can still hear the voice of blues legend Robert Johnson - ringing from the shop windows as well as from passing cars.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Panolian

City Court

Several DUIs were on the trial docket Wednesday in Batesville Municipal Court. Bobby W. Davis, 78 Kiihnl, Sardis, entered a not guilty plea to Judge Bill McKenzie for DUI-second. A trial was set for December 2. Willie Martin, 107 CR 343, Taylor, entered a guilty plea to DUI-first and careless driving.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Deltafarmpress

Behind the curtain: 'mule-headed farmers'?

An Associated Press wire story about Academy Award-winning actor and Mississippi native Morgan Freeman lending a hand to his business partner who is laying the groundwork to run for governor of Mississippi in 2011, notes: 'Freeman has written a fund-raising letter and is one of the hosts for a cocktail party in Los Angeles next week for Bill ...

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Gov. touts $300M manufacturing plant for Delta

The Mississippi Delta soon could be home to a 'very sophisticated, advanced manufacturing' operation that would create 500 jobs in five years, Gov.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

WLMT

Trial Set For Coahoma Man Charged With Killing Ex-Girlfriend

Fred Lenard, Jr. is charged with killing his ex-girlfriend and leaving their son tied up in a field, where he was bitten by snakes.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Date set for Coahoma capital murder trial

A Nov. 9 trial date is set in Coahoma County Circuit Court for a man charged with capital murder in the death of his former girlfriend and with kidnapping and child abuse of the couple's then 3-year-old son.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

Hattiesburg American

A trip to the Delta Clarksdale, Mississippi - birthplace of the blues

Distance in the Mississippi Delta seemed to defy all mathematical properties that governed the rest of the world.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

Commercial Dispatch

A home for the heart: For Linder Burt, recovery leads to a new home and 'ideal job'

For Linder Burt, preparing lunch and supper for a dozen adults every day isn't a hardship; it's a life-saving blessing.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

Earthlink

Stellaaahhh!!! Festival honors Tennessee Williams

More Stellaaahhh!!! Festival honors Tennessee Williams October 15, 2009 12:09 PM EDT CLARKSDALE, Miss.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

WPDE

Morgan Freeman helps friend in Miss. gov's race

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 1:13 p.m. CLARKSDALE, Miss. a ' Academy-Award winner Morgan Freeman says Mississippi is "starving" for the right leadership, so the actor is using his celebrity status to help his friend run for governor in 2011.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Ex-inmate to students: 'It's not a joke'

Pine Belt students got real-life advice Sept. 30 on what happens when bad decisions are made.

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Sun Oct 04, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Ex-inmate tells students: 'It's not a joke'

Pine Belt students got real life advice Wednesday on what happens when bad decisions are made.

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

WJTV Jackson

Official: Miss. Toddler Died Of Prescription Od

A toxicology report shows a 2-1/2-year-old girl in the Mississippi Delta died last month from an overdose of prescription medication intended to prevent seizures.

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Prep brawl under investigation

The Mississippi High School Activities Association is investigating a bench-clearing brawl that erupted the end of last weekend's football game between players for Coahoma County High School and Coahoma Agricultural High School.

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WAPT-TV Jackson

Feds Want Lawyers Off Supervisor Prostitution Case

Federal prosecutors want four defense lawyers disqualified from the case of a Coahoma County supervisor charged with soliciting prostitution from women he met on the Internet.

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