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The best reason for reading David W. Beckwith's book about his year as a public school teacher in his native Mississippi is that he had no reason to write it.

A Leland animal shelter that gets support from a bingo operation in Indianola may see its funding reduced.

A Leland animal shelter that gets support from a bingo operation in Indianola may see its funding reduced.

The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters celebrated its 30th anniversary along with its current class of honorees at an awards ceremony and banquet Saturday at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel.

Lil' Dave Thompson named one of his first bands The Delta Blues Band, a trio that also consisted of drummer Dell Cusic and bass player Allen Hite.

Leland Neese, 2, sits in a pile of plush toys for sale on the porch of the Legion Hut in Decatur during a fundraiser Saturday to benefit 14-year-old Morgan Parker who is in need of organ transplants.

Temp: 86.0 F Heat Index: 85 F Meridian, Key Field, MS A Mississippi Blues Trail marker, coupled with his recordings, ensures that the memory and music of James "Son" Thomas will live on.

THE GREENVILLE AREA COULD COME OUT QUITE NICELY WITH A PROPOSED CONNECTOR ROUTE FROM THE U.S. 82 BYPASS AT HAXTON ROAD ALL THE WAY NORTH INTO BOLIVAR COUNTY CONNECTING AT THE I-69 TRANSCONTINENTAL INTERSTATE.

Holmes Adams has been elected a fellow. He is a partner at the Jackson office of Adams and Reese.

IT WAS A TRAGIC SCENE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS AN unidentified MAN FELL APPROXIMATELY 217 FEET OFF A CELL PHONE TOWER NEAR LELAND ON OLD LELAND ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. 82 AND HIGHWAY 61.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing from 4-7 p.m. Thursday on a proposed route to connect the U.S. 82 Bypass near Greenville to the proposed I-69 route in Bolivar County.

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The Mississippi Supreme Court has demanded that the Washington County circuit clerk prove why she should not suffer legal sanctions for alleged inaccurate docket entry amid a whirling series of court filings stemming from Leland's primary elections.

Size doesn't matter when it comes to creeks, frogs and museums. And they meet in a big way at the Jim Henson Delta Boyhood permanent exhibit in the tiny Mississippi town of Leland, about 70 miles south of Clarksdale.

Singer Thelma Houston is best known for her number one pop classic disco cover of "Don't Leave This Way." Originally a hit for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass, the Gamble & Huff/Cary Gilbert song soars through the gospel music-honed vocals of the Leland, MS, native.

Douglas A. Blackmon was raised in Leland, Mississippi, and, for the last 21 years, has lived in Atlanta with his wife and two children.

While Harry "KC" Wayne Casey pretty much phoned in his performance of KC and the Sunshine Band's "Get Down Tonight" on Wednesday night's "American Idol" results show, fellow disco sensation Thelma Houston proved why, more than 30 years after her commercial peak, she still has it.

When Ilean Richards eats a slice of cherry pie, she expects it to taste like cherry pie.

Douglas A. Blackmon, Atlanta bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, won a Pulitzer Prize in the general nonfiction category Monday.

Remember the old Jimmy Reed blues hit 'Big Boss Man?' 'You got me workin', boss man Workin' round the clock I wanna little drink o' water But you won't let Jimmy stop.' Reed, a Leland native who chopped and picked cotton as well as worked in Northern steel mills and slaughterhouses before he became famous, wasn't asking for a cushy job or even ...