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Lina’s Interiors – Serving the Delta for Over Sixty Years

By Angela Rogalski Tradition. Beauty. Style. Lina’s Interiors, located at 109 E. 3rd St. in downtown Leland Miss., offers antiques, home décor and unique gifts in an atmosphere of charm and understated elegance. Lina’s Interiors first opened its doors in 1953 in Greenville. The family-owned business began as a full-service interior design shop that had […]

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Taylor Power Systems – A Premier, Mississippi Made Generator Company

By Angela Rogalski For over thirty years Taylor Power Systems has established a solid reputation as a premier, Mississippi-made, generator manufacturer. Located in Clinton, Mississippi, the company was established by W. A. Taylor Jr. in 1986 to distribute industrial engines and manufacture generator sets. Steve Duke is general manager of the company, which operates in […]

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The District at Eastover – Jackson Takes Business and Pleasure to New Heights

By Angela Rogalski A21-acre site that was the former Mississippi School for the Blind in Jackson is now an amenity-rich community destination representing the best in mixed-use urban revitalization called The District at Eastover. Breck Hines is co-developer of the area and also a member of The District Land Development Company, LLC, which he and […]

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Leland Makes Things Happen- A Small Delta Hot Spot

By Greta Sharp Leland sees itself as a good investment, thanks to its growing economy, strong businesses and involved community members. “Like a lot of Delta communities, we jump in the new year and make things happen,” says resident Stephanie Patton. Some of Leland’s biggest news involves businesses. The city is welcoming two new drug […]

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Peyton Potter – Third Generation Farmer

By mark stowers • Photography by Roy Meeks Peyton Potter was born into farming in Washington County and he’s the third generation to toil the Delta area acreage that that continues to provide for his family. Growing up on his dad and grandfather’s farm, the forty year-old Potter followed along in the path they made […]

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Two MVSU officers complete police academy

Two Mississippi Valley State University officers are now ready to protect and serve after successfully completing the Law Enforcement Training Academy at Mississippi Delta Community College. Officers Svante’ Brown of Greenwood and Henry Manuel, Jr. of Moorhead were among 24 cadets to graduate from the Academy Aug. 2 in Moorhead. “Both of these young men […]

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Flint’s Hardware- Serving the Community for 129 Years

By Angela Rogalski • Photography by Timothy Ivy It’s quite amazing that a small Delta business could make it 20 years, but 129? Flint and Son, better known as Flint’s Hardware, celebrates being a thriving business since 1889, when C.H. Flint saw a golden opportunity in Batesville. To put the business’ longevity into the right […]

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UM Alumna Begins Endowment to Rename Magazine Innovation Center

University of Mississippi alumna Amy Lyles Wilson is working to raise $100,000 to rename the Magazine Innovation Center at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media for the center’s longtime director and journalism professor Samir Husni. A former student of Husni’s, Wilson wants to rename the foundation of the university’s magazine program to the […]

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