Key Solutions
A Top-Notch Computer Business Serving Customers Accross the Delta By Aimee Robinette The entire world has changed over the last year, incorporating more technology, and sometimes it is harder for businesses and even residents to keep up. Key Solutions in Leland and Cleveland understands the complex world of technology and provides paramount services to keep […]
Best Hands Mobile Service
Keeping the Delta looking clean! By Jack Criss If you’ve recently spotted a sparkling clean office building, car or just about anyplace that looked particularly noticeable, it’s probably a good bet that that brand new look came from Best Hands. Greenville-native Michael Harps, owner of Best Hands—a full-service mobile detailing and pressure washing company—says his […]
Zoe Coffee Co.
A perfect place to enjoy a sip and support ministry By Aimee Robinette It is jokingly said humanity runs on coffee, and while that may be in jest, Zoe Coffee Co. has proven it correct. In the few short months it has been open, Zoe Coffee Co. in Cleveland has become a haven for people […]
Richie Moore
By Charlotte Buchanan Richie Moore is General Manager of the Public Service Commission of Yazoo City. He is a native of Yazoo County. He grew up in Benton. His educational and work background make him well qualified for this position. After graduating from Yazoo County High School in 2003, he earned a BSBA in […]
Delta Business Women Thrive
Owners and/or Co-Owners Learned to Adapt in the Midst of the Pandemic By Becky Gillette The Mississippi Delta not only has some of the most fertile soils in the world, but it is also a rich environment for women in business and agriculture who contribute in many ways to the successes of their individual towns. […]
Starkville-Based Company Heads to Sesame Street
Young Mississippi Entrepreneurs Leading the Way in Toy Development Special to Delta Business Journal What began as a college project leveraging technology to spark up parties and other gatherings has led to an entrepreneurial Mississippi startup company lighting up lives through creativity, technology and philanthropy. Hagan Walker and Anna Barker are the founders of Glo, […]
Delta Electric Enters Broadband
Pilot Project Will Serve an Area in Need By JACK CRISS An exciting project for an underserved area is finally underway. David O’Bryan, General Manager of Delta Electric Power Association, a rural electric co-op headquartered in Greenwood, with other offices in Cleveland, Indianola and Winona, says the company has entered the broadband industry helping many […]
Lisa Konupka
Interactive Marketing Manager, Tunica Convention & Visitors Bureau What was your first job? My first job was working as a cashier at Winn Dixie when I was sixteen years old. My parents told me if I was going to drive then I had to help pay for my insurance. Education Most of my education has […]
Will Hooker
Putting His Heart and Soul Into Making His County and the Delta a Better Place By Becky Gillette • Photography by Holly Tharp Will Hooker considers it a highlight of his career to be elected Bolivar County Tax Assessor and Collector. Before that, in 2008 he traded a high-level job in the private sector to […]
2020 Port Update
Mississippi River Ports are a vital part of the region’s agricultural industry By Mark H. Stowers The Mississippi River remains an efficient and valuable means of transporting goods. The agricultural products and the huge agribusiness industry that has developed in the basin produce 92 percent of the nation’s agricultural exports, seventy-eight percent of the world’s […]