When the Clarksdale Area Fuller Center for Housing needed volunteers to build homes, the fire department answered the call.The Clarksdale Area Fuller Center for Housing is constructing a home on Douglas Street, near the corner of Messenger Street. The Clarksdale Fire Department volunteered its time and services to assist in building the shed at the […]
Community leaders provided messages intending to bring hope, inspiration and unity the City of Clarksdale’s weeklong Jericho Walk from April 23 to 29.Jericho Week was with faith-based leaders and citizens walking from one location to another each day. Most of the start and finish points for each walk were at churches. The Jericho Walks concluded […]
Media contact: Josh Troy C: 662-313-0192 joshuatroy@yahoo.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Community celebrates new Clarksdale Fire Department training facility Clarksdale Fire Department’s new training facility is officially open for business.Fire Chief Rocky Nabors said those words during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the training facility on Thursday, May 4. The training facility is located next to the […]
The ribbon cutting for the City of Clarksdale’s new fire department training facility will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday. The facility is next to the city fire department on Sasse Street. It will be used to train firefighters in Clarksdale and surrounding communities.
Mayor Chuck Espy expressed gratitude toward the City of Clarksdale’s executive team for making breakfast in honor of his birthday celebration during Monday’s department head meeting. Espy’s birthday was Monday, April 24, which was the same day as the regularly scheduled Board of Mayor and Commissioners meeting. Espy told the community about the breakfast at […]
The City of Clarksdale began its second Jericho Week on Sunday night. Jericho Week is from April 23 to 29 with faith-based leaders and citizens walking from one church to another location each day. The group prays at the ending point of each walk.A Jericho March is referred to as a group or congregation coming […]
The Coahoma County High School boys basketball team’s Class 2A MHSAA State Championship celebration will be held on Saturday, April 29.The Red Panthers (30-2, 10-0 in 2022-23) have won five state championships in the past seven seasons.The championship parade will begin at 1 p.m. April 29 at the Coahoma County Jr./Sr. High School football field. […]
Only law enforcement officials will be permitted to carry firearms to Clarksdale Board of Mayor and Commissioners meetings.Mayor Chuck Espy made that announcement during the city’s vetting meeting on Thursday afternoon citing safety concerns.Signs letting members of the community know they would not be permitted to bring firearms to meetings were placed on the doors […]
Millicent Dixon was born and raised in Los Angeles, lived in Washington DC and crossed paths with former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and former President Barack Obama (D-IL), but through it all, she has declared Clarksdale and the Delta her home.Dixon resides in Hernando, but became the City of Clarksdale’s grant […]
Clarksdale resident Ward Magnusson would like to see different areas of the community cleaned up and city officials are behind him.Magnusson spoke to the Board of Mayor and Commissioners at last week’s meeting and provided suggestions to make Clarksdale a better place.“This is a great little city going on here,” he said. “We’ve got this […]