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updated: Sun Jul 13, 2008 02:07 am

Sunflower County News

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Sunday Jul 13 | Steve Goddard's History Wire

Book Alert / The Senator and the Sharecropper

The Senator and the Sharecropper: The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland & Fannie Lou Hamer by Chris Myers Asch, The New Press '08, $27.95, 368 pages, ISBN #1595583327. Index, source notes, no bibliography, ...

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

Edutopia

Rigor and (Civil) Rights: Helping Mississippi Students See Beyond the Delta

Photography by Katherine Emery. Produced by Grace Rubenstein. Drive two and a half hours north of Jackson, Mississippi, past cotton, soy, and catfish farms, and you'll find a water tower announcing the tiny ...

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS, Sunflower, MS, Mississippi

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Kentucky.com

Costs crippling catfish industry

Rick Moyer gazes at the sun-charred bottom of the pond next to his 600-acre catfish farm and shakes his head.

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Related Topix: Isola, MS, Agriculture, Science

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Rome News - Tribune

Fuel, feed costs crippling U.S. catfish industry

A basket full of Quiver River Aquaculture Inc., catfish are pulled from their pond near Moorhead, Miss., for transport to another farm.

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Related Topix: Isola, MS, Aquaculture, Moorhead, MS, Agriculture, Science

Fri Jun 20, 2008

Asheville Citizen-Times

Catfish crisis: 'You raise fish, sell them. There's no genius to it.'

Rick Moyer gazes at the sun-charred bottom of the pond next to his 600-acre catfish farm and shakes his head - another farmer scrambling to stay solvent has drained the pond and will till it for row crops.

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Related Topix: Isola, MS, Blues, Catfish, Agriculture, Science

Thu Jun 05, 2008

Delta Democrat Times Online

Teen killed in murder/suicide in Inverness

This small Delta town has been shaken by a Tuesday night shooting in which a 35-year-old gunman fatally shot a teenage girl, then turned the gun on himself.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Tue May 20, 2008

WLBT-TV Jackson

Trooper Opens Fire on Man in Sunflower Co.

Moorhead 05/18/08 Trooper Opens Fire on Man in Sunflower Co. A state trooper is on paid leave after reportedly shooting a man Saturday night in Sunflower county. via WLBT-TV Jackson

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Related Topix: Sunflower, MS, Moorhead, MS

Sun May 18, 2008

New America Media

A Beacon Shines from Mississippi's Delta

“That's what makes me mad at society, when they look down on the less fortunate ones.”

New America Media's coverage of this issue is underwritten by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. via New America Media

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Related Topix: Media Players, African-American, Mississippi, Greenville, MS

Wed Apr 02, 2008

Prometheus 6

Crashing TPM's party: On 'The Issue is Black and White' by Ta-Nehisi Coates

“They're becoming more white. More of them are getting an education.”

Only one thing to add. Evidence. Definitions of whiteness amid the Delta blues In the Mississippi Delta, race isn't as easy as black and white. via Prometheus 6

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Sat Mar 29, 2008

hosted The Associated Press | The Associated Press

Man sought by Sunflower Co. authorities in killing of estranged wife arrested

A man being sought by the Sunflower County Sheriff's Department in the killing of his estranged wife has been arrested.

Dennis Wayne Ferguson, of Drew, was in custody Saturday after a manhunt in the Ruleville area that started a day earlier.

Authorities believe Ferguson shot and killed Joellen E. Ferguson on Friday morning.

No other details were available. Read more

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Related Topix: Sunflower, MS, Drew, MS, Ruleville, MS

Fri Mar 28, 2008

WAPT.com

Highway 49 Closed In Indianola

JACKSON, Miss. -- A tanker that's leaking propane has forced the closure of Highway 49 near 2nd Street in Indianola A tanker that is leaking propane has forced the closure of Highway 49 near 2nd Street in ... via WAPT.com

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS, Indianola, MS

Tue Mar 25, 2008

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

News Briefs March 25, 2008

SUNFLOWER COUNTY Cummings' drug test leads to tougher time PARCHMAN - Daniel Cummings, in prison for the death of a police officer, has been transferred to a higher-security prison unit after repeatedly testing ... via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

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Related Topix: Marshall County, MS, Drug Testing, Ecru, MS, Parchman, MS, Drugs

Thu Mar 13, 2008

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Drew couple charged in the death of child

An 11-month-old boy is dead and authorities are charging his parents with manslaughter. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

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Related Topix: Drew, MS, Sunflower, MS, Ruleville, MS

Mon Mar 10, 2008

Mississippi Sovereignty Commission

Cleve McDowell Murdered 11 years ago, March 13, 1997; Questions remain

Cleve McDowell, Mississippi lawyer murdered in 1997, with friend Rev. Jesse Jackson. via Mississippi Sovereignty Commission

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Thu Mar 06, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Innocence Project now holding up a scary mirror for all of us

VICKSBURG - It's not unusual to hear a person behind bars insist the state got the wrong guy. via The Clarion-Ledger

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Related Topix: Vicksburg, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Mississippi, Parchman, MS

Tue Feb 26, 2008

WLMT

Man Convicted of Rape Freed

Arthur Johnson has won his release from prison after a Sunflower County judge ruled DNA evidence cleared Johnson of the crime of rape. via WLMT

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Jackson Free Press

Innocent Man Goes Home for First Time Since 1993

Sunflower County Circuit Judge Ashley Hines of Sunflower County still levied $25,000 in bail, even though DNA testing carried out in 2007 proves Johnson did not commit the crime. via Jackson Free Press

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Related Topix: Indianola, MS, Tucker, MS, Clinton, MS, Parchman, MS

Sun Feb 24, 2008

Hattiesburg American

DNA may clear 3rd prisoner

Arthur Johnson, who has spent 15 years in prison, could be the next Mississippi inmate freed from prison because of DNA evidence. via Hattiesburg American

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Related Topix: January, Violent Crime

Thu Feb 14, 2008

Greenwood Commonwealth

Cruger mayor trying to do something about 'craters' in roads

“Even though they may not be a breeding ground now, they will be once temperatures warm up”

Mayor Mary Ajoku knows a little about potholes, and she's trying to do something about them. via Greenwood Commonwealth

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Related Topix: Goodman, MS, Cruger, MS, Holmes County, MS, Lexington, MS

Sun Feb 10, 2008

WHER-FM Hattiesburg

Johnny Russell

Active: 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: January 23, 1940 in Moorehead, MS Influences Biography Active as a performer and recording artist in the 1970s and 1980s, Johnny Russell was remembered for ... via WHER-FM Hattiesburg

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Related Topix: January, Jim Reeves, Country

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