Hollandale News

The Mississippi Sheiks were once the most popular blues band in Mississippi and are best known for their oft-covered 1930 hit Sittin' On Top of the World.

It doesn't seem to matter that bluesman Sam Chatmon was born in Bolton; he spent most of his life in Hollandale, which claims him as its own.

HOLLANDALE, Miss. - It doesn't seem to matter that bluesman Sam Chatmon was born in Bolton; he spent most of his life in Hollandale, which claims him as its own.

Linda Thomas Worthy remembers the welcome song she and her classmates sang every Head Start day more than 35 years ago in a poor rural town in Mississippi.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Brown of Meridian announce the birth of a son, Levon Emmanuel, born Aug.

After two years of eating more vegetables and fewer burgers and fries, Montanna Flanagan, 13, has lost 1.4 pounds for every year she's been alive.

After two years of eating more vegetables and fewer burgers and fries, Montanna Flanagan, 13, has lost 1.4 pounds for every year she's been alive.

After two years of eating more vegetables and fewer burgers and fries, Montanna Flanagan, 13, has lost 1.4 pounds for every year she's been alive.

THE ECONOMY IS A HOT TOPIC AROUND DINNER TABLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT ON WEDNESDAY, LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS GATHERED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO STIMULATE THE DELTA'S ECONOMY.

Before fame was a death sentence, I went to see Mi chael Jackson perform at the big coliseum in Montgomery, the same place I saw, on other exciting evenings, Minnie Pearl and, twice, the world-famous Lipizzaners.

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will host its annual Region One Young Farmer Summer Leadership Meeting July 9 in Cleveland, Miss., at the Warehouse Restaurant.

JACKSON - Mississippi lawmakers will return to the Capitol after Memorial Day to try to finish a nearly $5 billion state budget for the year that begins July 1. They hoped to finish the job during their three-day meeting this week.

Madison police say they have recovered a vehicle stolen from the Texaco at Mississippi 463 and I-55 and a suspect has been arrested.