Business News for the Mississippi Delta

Cypress Brake Cannabis Company 

Will Work to Fight Food Insecurity in the Delta  Locally-owned Cypress Brake Cannabis Company has announced the launch of its premium cannabis brand and cultivation facility in the Mississippi Delta in Cleveland. The company’s team is on a mission to bring artisanal award-winning cannabis products to the growing medical cannabis industry of Mississippi using a […]

Sherry Nelson McQueen 

Expanding Her Coverage in a Great Television Career Spanning a career in television that began in the early 80s, Sherry Nelson McQueen of Greenwood is now forging a new niche in the field she has spent her career involved in, dealing with just about every aspect of the industry.  McQueen has carved out her own […]

Sarah Rose Lomenick

Instrumental Member of the “2nd Chance” Team As Program Director of 2nd Chance MS in Oxford, Sarah Rose Lomenick gets to follow her “lifelong passion” of working with those who are financially insecure or vulnerable in the population to get back on their feet and find better opportunities. A non-profit organization founded by father and […]

Greenville Projects are on Track

Progress Made on Bypass and Federal Courthouse  Two major projects in Greenville will add much to the Delta’s largest city and the region. In December 2015, Congress funded nearly $1 billion to design and construct 12 federal courthouses across the nation, including one in Greenville. And that project, after all these years, is getting close […]

Lorie Till

Leading NWMRMC to a positive future Photography by Austin Britt It was while working at a grocery store in Brandon, Mississippi that Lorie Till decided to enter the medical field, thus starting a trajectory that has led her to become the Executive Officer of Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale. “Firefighters and EMTs would […]

SmallTown Hunting Properties and Real Estate

Nationwide Reach With a Personal Touch SmallTown Hunting Properties and Real Estate, LLC describes itself on the company’s Facebook page as a “comprehensive Real Estate Brokerage Firm that represents buying and selling of farmland, recreational, timberland, equity shares, homes with acreage, commercial and residential properties.” All of that is certainly true and accurate—but it really […]

Jason White

New Speaker Rises to the Occasion Photography by Greg Campbell  To hold one of the most powerful political roles in the state of Mississippi, Jason White is an unassuming man.    But beneath his outward friendliness and approachability—commented on several times by members of the state legislature from both parties in media interviews—the new Speaker […]

A Story of Recovery   

Rolling Fork Businesses: One year After The tornado that totally altered the town of Rolling Fork on the night of March 24, 2023 brought enough death and destruction on its own. However, the aftershock and aftereffects of the devastation lingered on for all of the residents, and delivered unprecedented challenges to area businesses, many of […]

Performance Therapy

New Clinic in Cleveland Brings Experience to Area Performance Therapy is an outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy clinic offering full service therapy to people of all ages in Cleveland and the entire Mississippi Delta, which includes separate areas for adults and pediatrics. The business officially opened on February 12 and has been accepting patients […]

Daniel Boggs

CEO of Greater Greenville and a Forward Thinking Visionary Photography by Johnny Jennings Daniel Boggs is a living refutation of Leo Derocher’s famous statement that “nice guys finish last.”     First of all, you couldn’t meet a nicer man than Boggs, currently the Chief Executive Officer of Greater Greenville—what he has shortened from the […]