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The educational landscape had a massive remodeling last spring as COVID-19 shut down schools and athletics and events.
Teachers were sent home to scramble together an online curriculum to finish out the year and possibly be put to the test for a future of online classes and virtual education.
The only way to match the thrill of winning a state championship is to turn in a repeat performance.
That type of result will no doubt be on the minds of the Indianola Academy Lady Colonels soccer team Friday when they begin their 2020 season on their own field.
A private graveside service for Deveria Jean Kent Smith of Indianola will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Riverside Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Melvin Walker will officiate at the service.
Mrs. Smith, 81, passed away at her home Saturday, July 25, 2020.
It appears that the search will soon be on for a new Sunflower County Economic Development Director.
Graveside services for Minnie Dell Johnson, 81, of Natchez, were held at 11a.m. Thursday, June 18 at Greenlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home. Mrs. Johnson passed away June 15, 2020 at Glenburney Rehabilitation Center.
There is no single most important element for effectively reducing the spread of COVID-19 and mitigating the damage it is doing to the public’s health and the nation’s economy.
Indianola police made the following arrests,
Brad Grinstead, head softball coach at Mississippi Delta Community College, announced his signing class for the upcoming 2021 season on Tuesday.
There’s no question that there are children in Sunflower County who depend on the two meals they get during the school year for nutrition.
Mississippi Delta Community College alumnae Alice Williams, AnnTimbs and Brenda Grubb, wearing their Amazing Grace masks, present 215 masks to Dr. Tyrone Jackson, President of MDCC. The ladies previously made 154 masks for the college. Williams personalized masks for Dr.
The Indianola Board of Aldermen's meeting suffered a lapse on Monday night after a decision to add a presentation to the agenda from Tennessee-based Collier Insurance Company was vetoed by Mayor Steve Rosenthal prompting three of the aldermen to announce their intent to leave the Zoom video conferencing session.
Mississippi’s sales tax holiday is less than 24 hours away.
This year’s holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday and will end at midnight on Saturday.
For those 24 hours, sales tax is not due on articles of clothing, footwear or school supplies if the sales price of a single item is less than $100.
Graveside services for Bernice Matthews of Indianola were at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, July 12 at Riverside Memorial Gardens.
Ms. Matthews, 77, died Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson.
Visitation was from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Byas Funeral Home, which was in charge of arrangements.
Graveside services for Desmond “Joe Willie” Coleman of Jonesboro, Georgia, formerly of Indianola, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Saint Lawrence Church Cemetery, located at 349 Hwy. 49 South, Caile.
Mr. Coleman, 44, died Friday, July 17, 2020 at Piedmont Henry Hospital, McDonough, Ga.
Graveside services for Lawrence Darnell Browder Sr. of Belzoni will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Bankhead Memorial Gardens, Isola.
Mr. Browder, 65, died Sunday, July 12, 2020 at Hospice Ministries, Ridgeland.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. today at White Star Missionary Baptist Church, Belzoni.
The third annual YANKY 72 memorial ceremony will be live-streamed.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the only event that will be taking place is a brief ceremony on Friday, July 10 at 6 p.m.
Community members are encouraged to stay home and watch the ceremony online, which will be streamed on the YANKY 72 Memorial Facebook page.
On Monday night, the Indianola Board of Aldermen voted yes to a resolution regarding a lease-purchase agreement for the purpose of financing the city's new fire truck at a cost of around $400,000.
Mayor Steve Rosenthal said, "I'm hoping this is one of the last steps on getting this financing done."
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippians are urged not to open or plant packets of unknown seeds that are appearing unsolicited in mailboxes, seemingly shipped from China.
Graveside services for Revella Moffett Lee of Indianola will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Riverside Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Lee, 53, died Sunday, July 12, 2020 at South Sunflower County Hospital.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Byas Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
The prospect of a new wellness and physical therapy center is groundbreaking news for the city of Indianola.
The Indianola Police Department announced Thursday that a suspect in the murder of 17-year-old Aquavius Hines is in custody.
There’s a lot to be said about the dwindling population in the Mississippi Delta.
That trend continues to negatively affect the region’s healthcare, education and economic development.
It’s difficult recruiting jobs to a region that is losing its labor pool more and more year-after-year.
But there is good news.
Good Mornin’! Good Mornin’!
I’ve only been to Parchman in uniform. Back in the 1970s our Little League baseball division consisted of Isola, Inverness, Moorhead, Sunflower and Parchman.
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.
There are some Delta towns that will never have a Walmart, a Verizon Store or even a McDonald’s.
But many of these places have a Double Quick convenience store. Some even have two.
I saw the "baddest" Jessica Simpson pump in Macy's yesterday.
The Thursday “Tune in to Black History” series at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center kicked off on Thursday with the African American Art exhibit featuring art students from Gentry High School.
The purchase of a new fire truck for the town of Inverness took a slight detour on Monday after a request to switch manufacturers was submitted to, voted on and approved by the Sunflower County Board of Supervisors.
On Friday, April 10, Alberta Garner’s life was cut short just before dawn after shots rang out on Garrard Avenue in Indianola.
Gardner is the city’s second female victim of gunfire this year, and according to police reports, she is likely the second innocent bystander to be killed in Indianola since March.
These days, it’s hard to find a large church that does not have a contemporary praise band.
Many, like First United Methodist Church-Indianola have separate services, an early contemporary worship gathering and a traditional one later in the morning.
A pair of events benefiting Mississippi Delta Community College’s Sunflower/Humphreys Alumni Chapter and the MDCC Athletic Department will take place over the next two weeks.
The MDCC Sunflower/Humphreys Alumni Chapter mixer will be Thursday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Town Market in Inverness.
Mississippi Delta Community College plans to begin renovation of the Stauffer-Wood Administration Building this fall.
The building, which was set ablaze during an apparent December 14, 2017 arson and burglary, sustained heavy fire damage, particularly on the south side of the building.
The men of Rasberry United Methodist Church will present their first annual Black History Program, Sunday, Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. at Rasberry United Methodist Church, 511 Hanna St., in Indianola.
Photos by: Recardo Thomas
Indianola’s three Democratic candidates for mayor met at Gentry High School last Friday night for a forum sponsored by the Sunflower County NAACP Chapter. Incumbent Mayor Steve Rosenthal, Mario Robinson and Vivian Jenkins are pictured left to right.
Prayers, motivational videos, games, prizes and inspired biblical encouragement combined with great food and fellowship constitutes a winning combination.
And once again Pastor Guy Burke, First Baptist Church and other community members teamed up to provide that enriching experience for local high school football athletes.
Photo by Recardo Thomas
Indianola now has 19 new junior firefighters courtesy of the Indianola Fire Department’s Fire Academy for Kids. The children graduated Friday after completing a weeklong camp on fire safety where they were exposed to instructions on basic life saving techniques and the prevention and suppression of fires.
Photo by Recardo Thomas
Patrons of the Mid-Delta Arts Association are invited to go on an adventure to Texas’s third smallest town, Tuna, and witness some of the most colorful characters you’ve ever seen as the entire population is portrayed by two of the MDAA’s most talented actors.
Mississippi House District 31 Rep. Sara Thomas announced her upcoming retirement from that seat on Friday, and on Saturday, a former Indianola city alderman announced his intention to fill that seat.
