Delta residents heated over high utility bills, question coming rate hikes
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Utility officials point to a hotter than usual summer as the culprit
Court orders district to give fired Coahoma superintendent a hearing; puts case on hold
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Xandra Brooks-Keys, former superintendent of the Coahoma County School District, was fired in March and is fighting to get her job back.
County eyes slashing youth program, other services, to pay for new jail
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Officials say another organization could provide better financial stability to the popular outreach program
‘Lighting the Fires of Freedom’ shines a light on black women who fueled The Movement
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Author Janet Dewart Bell centers on nine strong, passionate women who committed their lives to fighting for the civil rights
Clarksdale settles lawsuit one day after public utilities commission filed complaint seeking $500,000
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Clarksdale Public Utilities Commission accused city officials of making unauthorized and illegal demands and interfering with the commission’s duties.
Clarksdale Collegiate, the state’s first rural charter school, readies for opening day
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The school will start out with 150 students in kindergarten through second grade. Longer term plans call for a school that goes up to eighth grade.
For some in the Delta, revisiting Emmett Till’s murder about appeasing Mississippi’s conscience
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Delta residents with connections to the Till case, have mixed feelings about the federal government reopening the case.
Government
Fired Clarksdale workers file lawsuit alleging bias against white city employees
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The complaint states that the Clarksdale city officials terminated three white employees because of their race.
Researchers give Delta students, teachers resources to rediscover and teach Fannie Lou Hamer
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Students from the Sunflower school district learn how to produce their own films while teachers help in writing lesson plans and researching the legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer.
This Delta literacy program could be a model for lifting reading skills
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Kindergarten through third graders in the Coahoma County School District increases student literacy through a partnership with pilot after-school progam.
Coahoma school district salary increase boosts enthusiasm
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With new leadership in place, district gives teachers more money, purchases new buses, and sets goals for students for new year
Clarksdale sports complex: Does it serve the community?
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Backers say while local citizens will have access to complex and swimming facility, it is first and foremost a tourism project
Details emerge on how Clarksdale will manage its $52 million sportsplex project
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Clarksdale put its hopes for building a new sports and recreational complex in the hands of a newly created agency — but who are they and how much power do they have?
$52 million Clarksdale recreation project inspires hope, raises questions
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Delta community asks who’s involved in the economic development project and who’s financially responsible
Mississippi Roundup
Delta community college names health building after 1st female trustee
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Coahoma Community College’s former trustee and former Clarksdale educator gets building named in her honor