Jackson, MS – The Mississippi Economic Development Council (MEDC) announced that Frederick Lewis Washington won the 2019 Jimmy and Ray Heidel Economic Development Leadership Award on February 6, 2020.
Below is the Mississippi State University graduation List for the 2019 fall term for Sunflower County.
Honor graduates include all bachelor-degree candidates with exceptional scholastic averages and at least half the total required course hours earned at MSU.
I’m honestly overwhelmed by the kind words given to me by several ministers in regards to my last column about how the savior was lost in translation.
I went to the doctor this morning.
When I left the doctor, I stopped by Walgreens to pick up my medicine.
As I was standing in line awaiting my turn with two people in front of me and me being the last, I looked to my left and saw that they had the single bottles of Dasani water on sale.
My favorite brand. (Catch that.)
Good Mornin’! Good Mornin’!
Chocolates and roses are always on standby.
Heck, even some jewelry and a few select lillies can say “I love you” and “won’t you be my Valentine?”
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Pictured from left to right: Ikia Crisler, former principal Angela S. Winters and Travion Dozier. Not pictured Mercedes Hayes.
Two former students of the now closed James C. Rosser Elementary School in Moorhead were recently awarded $200.00 courtesy of the James C. Rosser Scholarship Fund.
The Gentry High School Jobs for Mississippi Graduates Student of the Week is Michael Beckworth Jr. The senior Indianola native plans to pursue a career in law and justice upon graduating. In his spare time he enjoys writing poetry. He is pictured with JMG Instructor and Job Specialist Dr. Adrian Brown.
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Indianola Chamber Main Street Board President Cherrie Lynn Britt spoke to the Indianola Rotary Club this week about the Chamber’s new 2020 anti-littering initiative Slam Dunk the Junk. The Chamber is partnering with multiple donors, volunteers and the city of Indianola to address rampant littering in the city.
Lion Brady Smith brought Robin Richardson as his guest this past Wednesday. Richardson is the County Director of the USDA Farm Service Agency in Sunflower County, a position he has served in for over almost 33 years. Richardson followed Lion David Jenkins into that position in 1987. He gave an overview of FSA programs applicable to Sunflower
