Karen Matthews
Improving Delta Health and Education By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has taken a devastating toll on the people of the Mississippi Delta. One of the most heartbreaking aspects of the pandemic is how it impacts those with underlying health issues more than healthy folks, says Karen Comer Matthews, […]
Bill Bynum
A Career and Life Centered Around Hope By Jack Criss • Photography by Greg Campbell Bill Bynum has done a lot of good in his career. As CEO of HOPE (Hope Enterprise Corporation, Hope Credit Union and Hope Policy Institute) based in Jackson, MS, Bynum and his team, as stated on the organization’s website, “provides […]
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
A Calling and Commitment To Serve By Jack Criss The first woman ever elected as Mississippi’s Agriculture Comm-issioner, the first woman to represent Mississippi in Congress through appointment and the first woman from Mississippi elected to Congress, Cindy Hyde-Smith puts a higher power as “first” in her personal life. “Terrible things are happening in our […]
Hayes Dent
Champion of Delta Politics and Public Administration By Becky Gillette Yazoo City native Hayes Dent, fifty-eight, owner of Hayes Dent Public Strategies, has overseen some of the largest and most influential political campaigns in the state during his career, including helping Sen. Thad Cochran overcome Tea Party Republican challenger Chris McDaniel in the primary election […]
Bank of Commerce Purchasing Tallahatchie County Bank
Mississippi-based Bank of Commerce has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Tallahatchie County Bank, the only independent bank in Charleston. “We are looking forward to this next chapter and feel like it’s a perfect match,” says William McKellar, CEO & President of Tallahatchie County Bank. “They operate the same way we do. We are […]
Bill LaForge
DSU’s new president bleeds green and white By Angela Rogalski Bill LaForge respects the individual and has a rapport when it comes to communicating with people. His past experience in both the private and the public sectors attest to that fact. His skill sets span the spectrum of law, government, higher education and public policy. […]