Leland News

Jennifer Tickner gently rocks the infant in her arms as if he is her own child. She gazes into his brown eyes and speaks in a calm, low tone.

ISHMAEL WADADA LEO SMITH trumpet-player, multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser has been active in the creative contemporary world music for over thirty years.

Unseasonably heavy rain is forcing farmers to leave their crops in the fields to rot, costing them an estimated $377 million.

John Currence and the crew from Garden & Gun magazine, a kind of Vanity Fair for the Charleston wingshooting set, took a road trip down to the Bourbon Mall outside Leland, Mississippi, home to the fried hot tamale.

Mrs. Gaye Morgan Black of Hattiesburg and Mr. Emmett Russell Black Jr. of Indianola announce the engagement of their daughter, Madelyn Celeste, to Dr.

Robert Sterling Culver, 40, of 4059 Black Bayou Road, Leland, Miss., formerly a resident of New Ulm, has been charged in Brown County District Court with six felony level counts of depriving another of custodial or parental rights and two misdemeanor charges of contempt of court.

SOME OUT OF TOWN VISITORS ARE IN GREENVILLE THIS WEEK AND HAVE TRAVELED THOUSANDS OF MILES TO COME TO THE DELTA.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Miss. a ' About $72 million in construction is planned for two parts of U.S. Highway 82, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

Farmers Steve Prather and Carey Prather talk as they switch shifts on the combine while harvesting rice on their farm in Leland, Miss.

NATCHEZ a ' The Southwood Lodge Baptist Church, under the leadership of the Rev.

Police say a 43-year-old Greenville firefighter has been arrested and charged with statutory rape in a case involving a 14-year-old girl.

Continuing our week-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, we're going to spotlight blues-rocker Johnny Winter .

Cellular South has expanded its 3G high-speed mobile broadband data services to consumers and business customers in 15 counties and 60 cities in the Mississippi Delta.

About 75 employees who worked at a Verona factory can apply for government-sponsored retraining and possibly a two-year salary supplement, the U.S. Department of Labor announced in a release.

Cellular South has expanded its 3G high-speed mobile broadband data services to consumers and business customers in 15 counties and 60 cities in the Mississippi Delta.

Cellular South, a leader in wireless solutions and innovation, today announced availability of its third-generation 3G high-speed mobile broadband data services to consumers and business customers in 15 counties and 60 cities in the Mississippi Delta.

Leland Alderwoman Mala Brooks filed assault charges against two police officers and the city's police chief after they dragged her from a Board of Aldermen meeting.

A Leland city alderman has filed assault charges against the police chief, a lieutenant and an officer after a violent incident at the July 14th board meeting.

Lester and Rosie Jones of Leland, Miss. announce the engagement of their daughter, LeKendra Vanyatta Jones, to Sgt.

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.