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 […]
The Clarksdale Board of Mayor and Commissioners will be addressing issues that have not been taken care of since 2017 during Monday’s meeting.Mayor Chuck Espy asked department heads at Thursday’s vetting meeting to have a report on any items that had not been addressed going back to 2017, the year he took office.“On the executive […]
Cathy Clark has been a fixture in the Clarksdale City Clerk’s Office since 1988 and the department head since 2001, but after more than 34 years of service, she will be retiring at the end of the month.Clark moved from Fort Worth, Texas, to Clarksdale in 1987 with her husband Ricky, whose family is from […]
“Shine your light” was the message Clarksdale Municipal School District Board President Dr. Bishop Zedric Clayton brought, as the keynote speaker during a rally for students who earned proficient or advanced scores on the most recent state tests at the high school gym recently.Proficient and advanced students, along with families and other CMSD supporters at […]