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Howard Stovall 

Pioneering Blues Tourism Promoter and Advocate  Entertainment executive Howard Stovall has been singing the praises of blues music and tourism since before hardly anyone realized its potential for preserving the critical history of this born-in-America musical genre, boosting regional pride and revitalizing the Delta.   After a post-college stint in Chicago, Coahoma County native Stovall returned to the Delta in the early 1990s and quickly became immersed in the region’s nascent blues tourism movement. Stovall gave scores of speeches talking about cultural tourism, tourism taxes, and the immense value of Clarksdale’s blues history.  For several years,

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North Sunflower Medical Center Expands 

Greenwood Clinic Recently Opened to Serve Community  In September, the Sunflower Greenwood Medical Complex (SGC) officially opened, following North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville’s purchase and transformation of a former

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Ellington Broadcasting

Provides Both Informative and Entertaining Programming   If David Ellington has one clear message, it is that free, over the air television is still alive and well in Cleveland, Ellington

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