Sunflower County News

If asked to name a water crisis hotspot, few people would point to the Mississippi Delta.

The Sunflower County Farm Service Agency says Mississippi Delta farmers and ranchers are suffering their biggest losses in two decades -- and may be eligible for federal loans.

JACKSON, Miss. a ' Seven stimulus-funded projects totaling $23.2 million have been let in west Mississippi, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

INDIANOLA, Miss. - The Sunflower County Farm Service Agency says Mississippi Delta farmers and ranchers are suffering their biggest losses in two decades-and may be eligible for federal loans.

JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Supreme Court has asked trial judges why they have not ruled on post-conviction claims of nine death row inmates.

Dr. Chris Myers Asch, founder of the U.S. Public Service Academy and author of a new book about civil rights struggles in Mississippi, will be the speaker for the next "Tukule, Tusome: To Eat, To Learn Lecture Series" event at Berea College on Monday from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. the Commons of the Woods-Penniman Building.

Steady downpours across the region have stymied road projects, kept fairgoers away and flooded schools and streets.

A strong to severe line of storms moved into Western Mississippi, just before noon and swept east across the state with damaging winds and possible tornadoes, with Northern Mississippi, receiving the brunt of the severe weather.

American schools need to improve their teaching methods and incorporate more technology into classrooms, former U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige told educators in his native Mississippi.

Active as a performer and recording artist in the 1970s and 1980s, Johnny Russell was remembered for "Rednecks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer," perhaps country music's quintessential blue-collar anthem.

The thrill is gone at many attractions across the country as recession-mired tourists stay home, but in Indianola, Miss., a favorite son is packing 'em in at the B.B. King Museum.

A PEDESTRIAN IS SENT TO JACKSON FOR TREATMENT AFTER BEING HIT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING CROSSING HIGHWAY 82 EAST OF INDIANOLA.

Associated Press BILOXI, MISS.: Former Tuskegee Airman Robert Decatur, who became a judge and civil-rights lawyer, will be buried in Biloxi this week.

OVER ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE TURNED OUT THURSDAY EVENING FOR AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION ON A NEW HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM COMING TO THE DELTA.

OVER ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE TURNED OUT THURSDAY EVENING FOR AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION ON A NEW HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM COMING TO THE DELTA.

EDUCATION WAS ON THE MINDS OF BOLIVAR COUNTY residents MONDAY NIGHT IN CLEVELAND, IN THIS "LET'S TALK EDUCATION" COMMUNITY MEETING, SUPERINTENDENTS FROM BOLIVAR COUNTY'S SIX PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ALONG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SUNFLOWER COUNTY SCHOOLS, WERE ON HAND AT THE SENATOR'S PLACE IN CLEVELAND.

AFTER VIOLATING THEIR PROBATION THREE MEN NOW IN JAIL WILL BE GOING BACK TO PRISON.

The Leflore County Board of Supervisors granted a property tax exemption Monday for an Express Grain Terminals project.

A 10- to 20-year window is projected which could see progressively larger areas of the central Delta burdened by poor well production.

A WEEKEND TRAGEDY LEAVES A COMMUNITY IN SHOCK AND DISBELIEF AFTER AN INDIANOLA BOY LOSES HIS LIFE.