Rolling Fork News

The annual festival to celebrate Theodore Roosevelt's great black bear hunt in the Mississippi Delta more than 100 years ago is Saturday in Rolling Fork.

THE TEDDY BEAR and the South Delta go hand in hand. As evidence of that, Rolling Fork will be the site of a national celebration - the eighth annual Great Delta Bear Affair.

A mother and 3-year-old daughter, who were killed in their Cary home will be laid to rest on Saturday.

A Memphis fugitive, who is one of the 15 most wanted criminals in America, is possibly linked to a double murder here in Mississippi.

OLD DAUGHTER WERE FOUND MURDERED INSIDE THEIR RESIDENCE. SHARKEY COUNTY SHERIFF LINDSEY ADAMS SAID THURSDAY THAT HIS OFFICE HAD INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND WERE SETTING UP SOME POLYGRAPHS WITH OTHERS IN ORDER TO FIND OUT MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED AND WHO MAY HAVE KILLED THE PAIR.

Verda Carroll's memories of her 31-year-old daughter Karitha come out softly. "Easygoing person.

A DOUBLE MURDER WAS REPORTED WEDNESDAY IN THE TOWN of CARY IN SHARKEY COUNTY WHERE A MOTHER AND HER THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WERE FOUND MURDERED IN A HOUSE AT 12990 HIGHWAY 61.

A shocking double homicide rocks a small delta town Wednesday. A mother and small child are found murdered in Sharkey county.

A end-stage renal disease center will be relocated in the Delta, and the cost of a Coast hospital expansion will increase by more than $8.6 million.

A new 1.5 percent sales tax rate for Mississippi farms that took effect July 1 has left unanswered questions as to how it is going to be applied to some purchases of farm equipment and parts, leaving both farmers and dealers in quandary.

Transportation officials closed both lanes of Highway 16 east of Rolling Fork Tuesday because of bridge damage caused by a tractor-trailer fire.

AN EARLY MONDAY MORNING FIRE IN SHARKEY COUNTY HEAVILY DAMAGED A LOCAL NIGHT CLUB, FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS, CLUB 14 ON HIGHWAY 14, IS, AGAIN, A CRIME SCENE.

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