1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (181+ words) Delta Democrat-Times Press Register's Women of Influence section comes in 1st place The Clarksdale Press Register earned first-place honors from the Mississippi Press Association for its Women of Influence special section published in Nov. 2025. The Mississippi Press Association convention was held…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (181+ words) Delta Democrat-Times Celebrating 250 years as a nation I'm not sure what's more mind-blowing to me: That our country has lasted 250 years or that I have lived through well more than one-third of its history. Right after the Declaration of Independence…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (169+ words) Delta Democrat-Times America's 250th birthday will be celebrated this Saturday. It is more than a national milestone'it is a moment for Christians to pause, give thanks, and teach our children and grandchildren why this nation has been uniquely blessed by God....

10+ hour, 24+ min ago  (163+ words) Delta Democrat-Times Henry Barbour: Elections matter "I certainly learned over the years that elections matter," said Henry Barbour. The Yazoo City native, who spent 20 years as the Mississippi GOP's voice on the Republican National Committee, was speaking to the North…...

8+ hour, 49+ min ago  (894+ words) The 1927 Mississippi River Flood was what probability expert Nassim Taleb calls a Black Swan event. Europeans once thought all swans were white. Then black swans were discovered in Australia. The Black Swan metaphor describes rare, unforeseeable, high-impact events " that seem…...

15+ hour, 44+ min ago  (684+ words) Delta Democrat-Times Even 250th birthday has split the nation In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford wanted to use the 200th anniversary celebration of the founding of our nation as a way to heal the country from the wounds of the Vietnam War and the…...

15+ hour, 33+ min ago  (205+ words) LELAND, Mississippi - Milton James Vaughan Kearney, of Leland, passed away peacefully in the early morning on June 27, 2026. Milton was born on February 14, 1947, in Greenville, at King's Daughters Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents, Noble and Lucy Kearney,…...

16+ hour, 43+ min ago  (202+ words) ST. LOUIS, Missouri " Funeral services for Michael F. Palmer Jr. , 41, formerly of Leland, will be held Thursday, July 2, 2026, at 2: 30 p. m. at Delta Family Funeral and Cremation Services, Leland. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 1, 2026, from 1 to 5 p. m. at the funeral home. Services are under…...

17+ hour, 21+ min ago  (649+ words) The Greenville Public School District Board of Trustees conducted routine business during its recent meeting, approving financial items, contracts and operational bids, while the potential closure of Coleman Middle School continued to dominate discussion outside the boardroom. While Coleman Middle…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (227+ words) See what bills become law in the Magnolia State on July 1. Each year, Mississippi lawmakers file thousands of bills requiring tens of thousands of hours of legislative work in the Senate and House of Representatives between January and April. Once…...