Renovations Scheduled to Begin for Myrtle Hall Library
Amanda Jones, Director of Family and Youth Opportunities, is coordinating a movement in Clarksdale to renovate the old Myrtle Hall School Library and turn it into the Myrtle Hall Library for Negroes Museum. The renovation began July 1 and the library is tentatively scheduled to open May 4, 2019. “We want to do this for […]
Delta Council Announces 2018-19 Officers
Delta Council recently held their 83rd Annual Meeting Friday, June 1, on the campus of Delta State University at the Bologna Performing Arts Center. The 2018-2019 President and Vice-Presidents of the organization were announced during the Business Session of the meeting. Each year, a new President and seven Vice-Presidents are elected to serve as officers of […]
Luke Andrews- Chairman of Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers
By MARK H. STOWERS Farm Bureau has always held farmers and ranchers in high esteem and work to insure their futures in the field and pasture. The Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Rancher program—created for members ages eighteen to thirty-five—was designed to encourage these young men and women to use their own knowledge and information […]
Beth Williams- Putting Greenwood first
There is always something interesting and fun happening in Greenwood and, in many cases, you will find that Beth Williams is involved. Williams is the new president of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce and is also the general manager of one of the state’s finest upscale boutique hotels, The Alluvian Hotel. Williams’ involvement in the […]
Section of U.S. 82 in Leflore County Renamed in Honor of Crash Victims
Part of U.S. 82 in Leflore County is being renamed in honor of the fifteen Marines and one Navy Corpsman who died on July 10, 2017 in a plane crash that happened occurred about a mile from the Leflore/Sunflower County line inside Leflore County. Greenwood businessman and president of Hammons & Associates, Allan Hammons, and […]
Small Town Newspapers Swimming against the social media wave
By Aimee Robinette • Photo by Timothy Ivy For decades, there have been discussions throughout the industry that newspapers are on the verge of extinction. With the advent of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, a new generation demands their news posthaste and in 200 characters. The days of great journalists such as the likes of Woodward […]
The first edition of the Delta Business Journal published in June 1998.
Congratulations on the Delta Business Journal’s celebration of its 20th anniversary. This milestone represents a lot of hard work by you and your team. Over the last two decades, the Delta Business Journal has become the voice of the Delta’s business community. As a native of Moorhead, I am partial to this region of our […]
Frankel Farms Father/son duo continuing a family tradition
By Charlotte Buchanan • Photo by Roy Meeks Lee Frankel and his son Martin operate a successful farming operation between Leland and Shaw. They are not the first Frankels to be involved with farming. Lee’s father Leo and his father before him farmed for decades in the Steiner Community in Sunflower County before the family […]
Flooding on the Mississippi River Becoming More Common and Severe
By Becky Gillette It seems that every year when the Mississippi River rises, it is getting higher and higher. During the past ten years, the frequency of flooding has greatly increased in some areas of the Mississippi Delta. Something isn’t right here. Peter Nimrod, Chief Engineer of the Mississippi Levee Board in Greenville, isn’t exactly […]
DELTA ADVOCATE- Richard Dattel
Community service is nothing new to Richard Dattel of Greenville. He’s been at it since he was right out of college and elected to the Board of Aldermen in the little town of Sunflower. He is a native of Ruleville and moved to Sunflower to farm. He wasn’t the first Dattel to serve that community, […]