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Opinion | Community Development Programs Serve as a Recipe for Success
Jaivian Hughes writes about his experience with the Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship and how it set him on a path in the culinary arts.
Opinion | Classical Music May Help Depression Symptoms
Alexis K. Ellis writes about how listening to classical music can help ease the symptoms of depression.
Mississippi Woman Convicted of Ballot Harvesting for Submitting Senior’s Vote Will Appeal
Bobbie Peoples is appealing a misdemeanor conviction for submitting a ballot on behalf of another person in Leflore County. The Mississippi Attorney General calls her offense “ballot harvesting,” but Peoples’ attorney says the statute she was charged under was invalid.
Opinion | Trey Reed’s Family Deserved More Than a Headline.
Erica Powe writes about Trey Reed’s death, her thoughts as a mother of two sons and why Trey Reed’s family deserved to have his story told properly.
Delta News
Meet the Candidates: Mississippi Senate District 24 Runoff (Leflore, Panola and Tallahatchie Counties)
Voters in Mississippi Senate District 24 will elect either Curressia M. Brown or Justin Pope to the seat held by retiring Sen. David Jordan. The district includes parts of Leflore, Panola and Tallahatchie counties.
Delta Voices
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Delta People
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Sunset Village
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Delta Culture
Farmacy Marketplace: Traveling Grocery Store Delivers to Delta Food Deserts
Farmacy Marketplace, an initiative that Tallahatchie County native Marquitrice Mangham started in 2022, delivers fresh foods to communities in the Mississippi Delta that lack ready access to grocery stores.
