Latest from the Mississippi Delta
Greenwood Leflore Hospital Will Stay Open, Join University of Mississippi Medical Center
Greenwood Leflore Hospital is joining the University of Mississippi Medical Center, which will keep the Leflore County healthcare facility open after years of financial turmoil.
Delta Health Center Brings Care Back to Rosedale With Rural Clinic
The Delta Health Center has opened a new clinic in the Mississippi Delta town of Rosedale, bringing an accessible clinic to town residents who previously had to travel 25 miles to Cleveland.
What to Know About the Greenwood Leflore Hospital Crisis and the Effort to Save It
Greenwood Leflore Hospital has become the face of the Mississippi rural hospital crisis. Here’s an explainer of how the hospital got to where it is today and the plan to save it.
Person of the Day | Vicksburg Native Rev. Ed King: Lifetime Civil-Rights Ally for Black Mississippians
Rev. Ed King, one of the last surviving founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and a longtime ally of Black Mississippians throughout the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, died on Saturday, July 4, at age 89.
Delta News
Independent Autopsy Shows Officer Shot 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley From Side, Family Attorney Says
A preliminary autopsy review shows the bullet a police officer fired that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley entered from the right side of his chest and exited from the left side of his chest—a finding that Wiley’s lawyers alleged today is evidence that the officer shot the 1-year-old from the side.
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Delta Culture
Building Wealth: Four Black Delta Farmers Teach Mississippians How to Self-Sustain
A Bland Family Farm took a group of about 30 people on a tour of four Black-owned farms in honor of Juneteenth on June 19, 2026. The tour made its way through four Mississippi Delta counties—Quitman, Coahoma, Tunica and Tallahatchie.
