There’s still plenty of promise and potential but the inexperience and lack of weaponry against stacked opponents continue to leave North Sunflower Academy Rebels on the wrong side of the scoreboard.
Several years ago, when I was helping a friend of mine sell church pages, I asked him if he ever saw results from any of his sales. I was interested in knowing if anyone had ever accepted Christ as a result of reading one of these pages.
Momentum is a powerful item to take into a big game.
Or into a string of big games.
Such is the case for the 12-9, 3-2 Gentry High Lady Rams as they move from claiming three consecutive victories into a three game run of Region 3-4A contests.
Services for Lazirric Walker of Isola will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Stranger Home Missionary Baptist Church, Isola.
Mr. Walker, 25, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at Byas Funeral Home, Indianola, which is in charge of arrangements.
Patsy Lester Johnson, 77, of Indianola, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, at her home surrounded by her family.
Services for Ray Woods Jr. of Indianola were held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 at Church of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Mr. Woods, 72, departed from this life on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020.
Visitation was from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at Redmon Funeral Home, Indianola, which was in charge of arrangements.
Patricia Wagner McCandless, 92, of Indianola, passed away peacefully Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at her home.
They own a five-game win streak and are ranked as the fourth best 4A basketball team in the state.
Despite their recent successes and a 19-3, 4-1 record firmly in hand, the Gentry High Rams’ upcoming competition promises to remain challenging.
Services for Ernest Webb of Indianola will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Missionary Baptist Church.
Mr. Webb, 57, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at Byas Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Gardens.
Services for Alberta Robertson of Moorhead will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Swan Lake Missionary Baptist Church, Moorhead.
Ms. Robertson, 63, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at Byas Funeral Home, Indianola, which is in charge of arrangements.
I am rereading the whole Bible through this plan on the Bible App.
This morning, I read Genesis 26.
As I was reading, verses 12-16 jumped out at me.
In these verses, Isaac, Abraham’s son, had been ordered to remain in a foreign land.
Community Blood Drive
North Sunflower Medical Center and Mississippi Blood Services are hosting a Community Blood Drive from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. TODAY (Thursday, Jan. 2) at the hospital. Donors will receive a T-shirt and $10 gift card. Start the year off right by saving a life!
Installation of F&AM Lodge Officers
Indianola police made the following arrests,
On December 24 at 8:42 p.m., Connie Caldwell, 57, 907 Quiver St., Ruleville was arrested and charged with public drunkenness after officers were called to the Love's Truck Stop about an unwanted person.
Inmates got all the way to Tennessee before capture
Dillon Williams is back in custody
Reward offered for second escaped inmate
The Mississippi Department of Corrections claimed the State Penitentiary at Parchman was on lockdown last week.
The prison wasn't the only thing on lockdown, however. So was nearly the entire communications apparatus of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
Updates have been sparse since the violence began last Wednesday.
Agents with the Mississippi State Extension Service recently held their annual luncheon for local volunteers, county and state officials. The purpose of the gathering was to share information on the various programs and activities and update the stakeholders on the progress of their programs.
A lingering project to construct an extended deceleration lane on the eastbound side of U.S. 82 East for semi-trucks turning into an irrigation company has hit yet another speed bump and stalled.
Dozens of citizens showed up to last week’s community forum on violence at 6:20 that evening thinking they were getting there early enough to get a good seat.
Those folks were sadly disappointed as the crowd was already lined up outside the entry to the Gin at the B.B. King Museum.
A reward is being offered for information leading to the recapture of Dillon Dewayne Williams, an inmate who escaped the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman apparently on Friday.
Mississippi Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward in the case.
The Mississippi Transportation Commission (MTC) swore in, this week, first-time commissioners Willie Simmons, Central Transportation District, and John Caldwell, Northern Transportation District; along with Southern Transportation Commissioner Tom King, who enters his third term as commissioner.
Miskia Davis is entering her third year as head of the Sunflower County Consolidated School District. In just a short time, the Montgomery County native and Drew transplant has made headway with the district’s elementary students, with an over 90 percent pass rate on this year’s third grade gate test.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-delayed $19.1 billion disaster aid bill has sailed through the House and headed to President Donald Trump for his expected signature, overcoming months of infighting, misjudgment and a feud between Trump and congressional Democrats.
Indianola High School’s Class of 1969 just enjoyed our 50th reunion.
I am sure there are many quite grown up and even past 30 year old Indianolans who have no idea that there ever was an Indianola High School. Well, let me just tell you.
There was, and it was some kind of great school.
Photo by Kiara Williams
The late Davion “Dee” McClain’s legacy will be strong for years to come in Indianola.
100 YEARS AGO,
JULY 1919
Mrs. Kate Faison, who has been doing trained nurse duties for our Army in Belgium and France for several months has landed in New York and will be home soon.
Miss Norma Heard has been visiting relatives in Yazoo City and from there will go to Gulfport.
One man is dead and police are currently searching for two men in relation to a shooting that took place during the 6 p.m. hour near the intersection of Bates and Walker Streets on Thursday evening.
An unnamed victim was transported to South Sunflower County Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
An escaped Parchman inmate is behind bars again.
According to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Benny Ray Blansett was captured at a checkpoint in Sunflower County on Saturday night around 11 p.m.
It is not clear at this time where in Sunflower County he was captured.
North Sunflower Medical Center is about eight miles from the city of Cleveland, but their new, and potentially groundbreaking partnership with the Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic bounds the thriving Ruleville hospital with one of the top research centers in the country.
Ruleville native and former North Sunflower Academy student Maury Morgan, who appeared for the second time Tuesday night on an episode of the NBC hit show This Is Us will return for the season finale on Tuesday, April 2.
Maggie Barnes continues to spend her time serving the citizens of Indianola and Sunflower County.
Once the first black female alderwoman to serve on Indianola’s Board of Aldermen, she has and continues to spearhead projects that she is passionate about.
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.
