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Ricky Smither, the offensive line coach at Northeast Mississippi Community College this past season, has been named head football coach for the Tigers.

Be still my soul, my hopes and dreams for a Madison Waffle House have been dashed and torn apart like a ship on a stormy sea! The "peninsula" at 463 and Highland Colony Parkway is experiencing the fate of many ...

The city of Cleveland has taken over the Martin and Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum and hope it will soon reopen.

AMERSHAM MP Cheryl Gillan today visited the scene of the fire that completely gutted three buildings on Monday night.

In 1920, T.E. Pemble moved to the Delta from south Mississippi and established Pemble Farms near the small town of Merigold.

Severe storms with heavy rain and powerful winds pushed though portions of Mississippi on Sunday, knocking down trees and damaging at least two homes.

'Cats & Gnats In Heat' was made in the Spring of 2001 at Shannon Brown's house in Cleveland, Mississippi Delta.

The U.S. Justice Department is looking into complaints of racial disparities within the Cleveland Public School District.

When it's all said and done, the overall purpose of any college or university is to improve the quality of life in its region through a more educated populace. via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

“I feel very fortunate having had the opportunity to have played for a program like Neville”

Neville offensive/defensive lineman Webb Stewart has accepted a scholarship from Delta State University to continue his football career. via News-Star

“The news of the award came as quite a shock. I feel really honoured to be nominated. "Hopefully I'm going to push forward and become a professional rugby player.”

OUTSTANDING achievement was rewarded today at a ceremony in Amersham. It was the first time the "Amersham Citizen of the Year Awards" had taken place. via This is Local London

“We are pleased that Stu Rothenberg will address the members and special friends of Delta Council at this year's meeting”

The 73rd Annual Delta Council Meeting will be held Friday, May 23, 2008, and will include a featured address by political analyst Stu Rothenberg. via Delta Farm Press

“I wanna be your kinda lover/I wanna be your kind”

Linwood is the ultimate jam band but by staying in their early '90s comfort zone, they fail to produce a stellar album. via The Chronicle

Rating: 1/5 For Fans of: Crossfade, tuned-down Three Days Grace, 3 Doors Down Tracks to Download: "Your Kind," "Are U Awake" Apparently no one told Linwood that pseudo-heavy, radio-friendly rock was so 2003. via Student Life

“One of the things the health department does with every syphilis and HIV case, is to find their contacts - people who have had sex with those who are known to have the disease - and find out who their contacts are”

CLEVELAND, Miss. - Health officials say a startling trend is emerging in some north Mississippi counties in which more teenagers are contracting sexually transmitted diseases. via Hattiesburg American

AMERSHAM'S annual town meeting is to be held this evening. The annual report on the town is to be made by Mayor Martin King, with community organisations also due to make annual reports of their own. via This is Local London

“I just didn't see the other car coming”

SUV, car tumbled down hill near intramural fields Paul Quinn Media Credit: Ryan Moore An Oxford police officer and two firefighters survey damages after the crash. via The Daily Mississippian

The Bolivar County Board of Supervisors voted on Monday to accept the hazard mitigation plan designed for the county by Talbot Brooks, director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Information Technologies at Delta State University and McCool Management Services.

The Delta State University community is saddened once again by the loss of another student as a result of the March 29 single car wreck that had already taken the life of sophomore swimmer Molly Bates.

More than 11,000 metro-area residents are still without electricity, the cleanup could take up to five weeks, and the governor declared a state of emergency for 12 counties on Monday