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Mound Bayou Food Clinic Provides Healthy Fruits and Vegetables, Fights Food Scarcity
Taborian Farmacy Food Clinic in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, offers fresh fruits and vegetables to residents in an effort to offer healthier options in the food-scarce Mississippi Delta. Marquitrice Mangham, CEO and founder of In Her Shoes, Inc., and Tallahatchie County native, opened the grocery store in a renovated storage container.
For the First Time in Generations, Leflore County Is Building a New High School
It has been decades since a new high school was built in Leflore County. That will change over the next 18 months as Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District begins construction of a new school for all its high school students.
Greenwood Solutions Circles: Dec. 2, 2025
The Mississippi Free Press held a Solutions Circle in Greenwood, Mississippi, on Dec. 2, 2025.
Mississippi Governor Requests Winter Storm Fern Major Disaster Declaration
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has requested a major disaster declaration from the White House for widespread damage incurred during Winter Storm Fern, he announced Tuesday.
Delta News
Mississippi Braces for Even Colder Weekend, Fueling Urgency as Many Remain Without Power and Death Toll Climbs
Four more Mississippians have died and thousands remain without power six days after Winter Storm Fern pelted the state with ice and freezing rain, adding further urgency to local response efforts heading into what forecasters say will be an even colder weekend.
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Mississippi’s Arkabutla Lake Park Rangers Give Disabled Hunters a Second Chance at Their Outdoor Passion
Park rangers and other volunteers in Coldwater, Miss., have organized deer hunts for physically disabled sportsmen and women near Arkabutla Lake since 1991. The practice manages Mississippi’s deer population while providing participants with a rare opportunity that accommodates their needs.
