A total of 73 individuals competed in Crossroads Economic Partnership’s first ever “Dash Down Delta” races on Saturday morning.There were 68 participants in the 5k run for adults and the other five participants competed in the one-mile kids run. Both races started and finished on Delta Avenue.Samantha Edmonson, Director of Programs and Memberships for Crossroads Economic […]
When Clarksdale Public Works Director Todd Jones joined the department 32 years ago, he quickly realized there would be many opportunities to run equipment.Jones, who held five different positions before being promoted to the Public Works Director approximately 16 years ago, will be retiring at the end of the month. Assistant Director of Public Works […]
The City of Clarksdale will be focusing the remainder of 2023 on projects that have been neglected since Mayor Chuck Espy took office in 2017.Espy said at last week’s Board of Mayor and Commissioners meeting that, back in 2017, he promised residents on Park Lane that curb and gutter work would be taken care of. […]
Construction of the City of Clarksdale’s new fire department training facility is expected to be completed by the first week of April, said Fire Chief Rocky Nabors. The training facility, located next to the fire station on Sasse Street, is being painted and will be dark gray. “We’re in the paint stage on it,” Nabors […]
The Coahoma County Fire Department organized a training session on how to extinguish a propane tank fire in front of an audience of spectators at the old Walmart parking lot on State Street Wednesday night.The City of Clarksdale, Quitman and Bolivar counties also participated.“That training was to give people an update on propane tanks,” said […]
The City of Clarksdale will be holding a cleanup week covering the entire community from March 26 to April 1.National Cleanup Week is also March 26 to April 1. Local organizations throughout Clarksdale will be organizing cleanup events throughout the week. Quapaw Canoe Co.’s annual Sunflower River cleanup in February that extended through downtown Clarksdale inspired […]
Street sweeper Lane Roberts’ work ethic and leadership skills earned him the Clarksdale Public Works Employee of the Month for February.Roberts was presented with a certificate during the Board of Mayor and Commissioners meeting Monday.Roberts was a part-time and then full-time grass cutter for the Public Works Department and then became a street sweeper. He […]
The Clarksdale Fire Department extinguished two fires of vacant homes on Adams Avenue within a six-day time period and prevented any injuries from occurring in the process. The first fire was at 312 Adams Ave., at approximately 10:45 p.m. March 6. The more recent fire was at 328 Adams Ave., at approximately 2 a.m. Saturday, […]
Going to the store and buying food was no longer a simple task for many people when the COVID pandemic hit in March 2020 and Pleasant Valley Church Vision Center officials wanted to do something about that.Pleasant Valley Church Vision Center Pastor John Givins, also the city chaplain appointed by Mayor Chuck Espy, started a […]
The Coahoma County Youth Outreach program is providing services for local children that are equivalent to what the Boys & Girls Club of the Mississippi Delta does in other communities. Clarksdale Mayor Chuck Espy expressed those sentiments during the city’s vetting meeting on Thursday when discovering the Boys & Girls Club of Mississippi Delta requested […]