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By Mark H. Stowers   It’s said that some folks sing the praises of the Delta, but Steve Azar has literally done this his entire life. The Greenville native and singer/songwriter/philanthropist can’t help but espouse all the great things about his home state and the Delta area. The St. Joseph High School and Delta State […]

Successful Cotton Marketing Cooperative for a Century By Becky Gillette Only one half of one percent of American companies survive to celebrate their 100th anniversary. Staplcotn, a regional marketing cooperative representing about 7,000 members who produce cotton throughout the Southeast, has reached that milestone this year because the company has not only been able to […]

Delta developer takes role in Natchez project By Jack Criss Yazoo City businessman and developer, Hayes Dent, is part of a developing team–one of whom is the owner of the property–that has taken on the restoration and reopening of the iconic Eola Hotel in Natchez. Randy Roth, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and his company, Endeavour Corporation, […]

Lack of Labor Greatest Concern for Catfish Growers By Becky Gillette Some people could be under the impression that cheap imports of fish that might be falsely labeled catfish or contaminated with cancer-causing ingredients banned in the U.S. are the most significant problems for U.S. catfish growers. But, Harry Simmons, the owner of the Simmons […]

Martha Scott Poindexter to be U.S. Dairy Council COO By Jack Criss Having just served as Staff Director for U.S. Arkansas Senator John Boozman, Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Martha Scott Poindexter will now take on the role of Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Dairy Export Council […]

By Austin Barbour All of us are biased about “our generation” and “our childhood”, and candidly, I’m no different. From the time I was 10 years old (‘85) and free to roam the streets on my bike, until I graduated high school (‘94) and headed to Ole Miss, Yazoo City, Mississippi was as good as […]

By Aimee Robinette To say Franklin Webster is an interesting transplant/native son would be an understatement.  Born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, Webster, the president and CEO of Tunica Convention and Visitors Bureau, was a world traveler by the time he was in preschool. His parents were stationed there during his father’s military service. The family […]

By Mark H. Stowers Growing up on a family farm in Sunflower County, Katie Tackett Mills never wandered too far from the Delta dirt.  A 1996 graduate of Indianola Academy, Mills attended Ole Miss and graduated with an English degree. She then procured a law degree from Mississippi College. Mills husband Jonathan is VP of […]

Will Bradham is Forging Ahead in Uncertain Times  By Angela Rogalski Creating and operating businesses, both new and established, requires hard work and dedication, not to mention no small amount of ingenuity, especially during the uncertain times the country is living in today. But Will Bradham has definitely been doing it, with all requirements met. […]

By Jack Criss Mississippi U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith recently announced a $71.46 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant for the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to construct the Greenville Bypass Freight Corridor, which will steer U.S. Highway 82 from the Greenville Bridge 15.6 miles to Leland. President Donald Trump also tweeted […]