Itta Bena News

Tonjanita L. Johnson, formerly of Mississippi Valley State University, has been hired as the new associate vice president for marketing and communications.

Blaine and Alicia Adams of Madison announce the birth of a son, Towers Braswell Adams, on June 14 at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson.

ITTA BENA- Former Texas Christian University assistant Sean Woods has been named the new head basketball coach at Mississippi Valley State University.

Itta Bena officials are tracking down people who haven't paid court fines, some of which date back 30 years.

Mississippi Valley State University has signed an agreement with Coahoma Community College to allow the Coahoma academic students to transfer to the Itta Bena university without losing credit for classes ...

Legendary bluesman B.B. King took an unexpected detour on his way to his annual blues workshop at Mississippi Valley State University Friday.

Sometime Sunday afternoon, Jonathan Henderson will report to Ole Miss' indoor practice facility.

Moses Brunt Jr., 64, of Kosciusko, died at early Thursday morning when his Cheverolt Cavailer hit an 18-wheeler driven by Justin Creer, of Itta Bena, on Highway 35 South.

ITTA BENA, Miss.- Three finalist for head basketball coach at Mississippi Valley State are scheduled for campus visits June 11-12. School officials said today tthat the finalists are Texas Southern assistant ...

Early June in Mississippi is all about one man: Riley B. King, the guitar-slinging gentleman always accompanied by his six-stringed friend, the Gibson ES-335. But you most likely know him a lot better as Itta ...

An Itta Bena man has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and two counts of aggravated assault following a Sunday night altercation.

The College Board on Thursday announced it has appointed 24 members to Mississippi Valley State University's presidential search advisory committee.

JACKSON - Commissioner of Higher Education Thomas C. Meredith today announced the members of the Mississippi Valley State University Search Advisory Committee.

“They know that I am at a hotel and they call and say, 'Is B.B. King there?' 'Yes, this is B.B.' 'Oh, you ain't no B.B. King. Sing the 'Thrill is Gone.'”

The show is billed as "The 60th Anniversary Celebration." That's B.B. King - "The King of the Blues" - on the road, as a touring act for six decades. via Worcester Magazine

In his youth he played on street corners for dimes and pennies! He was born on 16 September, 1925 on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, near Indianola. via American Chronicle

Family, friends and fellow Marines remembered Lance Cpl. Casey Lynne Casanova as a vivacious woman who paid the ultimate price for her country. via WMC-FM

“We are excited to experience this event together”

ITTA BENA - When Mississippi Valley State University interim President Roy Hudson handed out diplomas on Saturday, the Stanley family of Greenwood had triple the reasons for rousing applause. via The Clarion-Ledger

Thousands received degrees today as more than a dozen Mississippi colleges and junior colleges held graduation ceremonies. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

In 1963, Medgar Evers, the Field Secretary in Mississippi for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , was shot in the back as he walked from his car to his Jackson home. via The Independent

“Aunt Mima taught me to gently put on the platter, set down the needle, and watch the turntable spin. A second passed and then - pow! - those beautiful, scratchy sounds flew in my face, cutting right through me, electrifying my soul.”

What: "Growing Up in Mississippi," $25, a new release from University Press of Mississippi. via Sunherald.com