From WROX: A weekend traffic violation has resulted in the arrest of 38-year old Roosevelt Smith. Clarksdale police stopped Smith Saturday night around 6:30PM near Yazoo and 5th Street. Smith ran from the scene but was apprehended after a brief foot pursuit and was charged with being a felon in possession of a handgun. Today’s […]
Mini Spring is almost 2 months old! Our newest cohort of 1st and 2nd grade students joined the Spring family in mid-January. It has been wonderful to get to know these curious, energetic, funny, creative, and brilliant little Mini Springsters! We want to give you a chance to meet them, too. You’ll be seeing a […]
From 2019 EJI Calendar 1942: President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive Order leading to forced internment of 120,000 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry living in the western U.S. From EJI Timeline During the early twentieth century, prejudice against Japanese Americans was rampant in the United States. After Japanese military forces bombed American forces at […]
From 2018 EJI Calendar 2017: Thirteen black soldiers are executed after local police beat and shoot black troops stationed in Houston, Texas, prompting 156 soldiers to revolt. In all, 16 are hanged and 50 soldiers are sentenced to life in prison. From EJI Timeline Thirteen Black Soldiers Executed After Revolt Sparked by Local Police Brutality […]
From 2018 EJI Calendar 1962: President John F. Kennedy orders an end to racial discrimination in federally financed housing. From EJI Timeline President Kennedy Orders End to Discrimination in Federal Housing On November 20, 1962, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 11063, banning federally funded housing organizations from discriminating against individuals on the basis […]
From DELTA BUSINESS JOURNAL (the subtext to this article is we’re happy for Ruleville, of course, and who will rise up to get our own Promise School here?) Delta Health Alliance has been awarded a new $150,000 grant from the Phil Hardin Foundation to implement programs in the Ruleville elementary school to ensure incoming students […]
From WROX: Three of Coahoma County’s prep football teams will see action tonight but only one has a home game. The Clarksdale Wildcats play Tunica’s Rosa Fort high school tonight at Crumpton Field; you’ll hear that game on WROX Radio beginning with our pre-kick show at 6:35. The Lee Colts visit Indianola Academy tonight and […]
From WROX: At yesterday’s meeting of the Clarksdale Public Utilities board, longtime resident Bubba O’Keefe expressed disappointment at the board’s decision to terminate General Manager Mark Johnson, CFO Steve Reed and communications director Chris Campos, citing positive momentum within CPU during their tenure. O’Keefe stated that the public is frustrated by not knowing why the […]
From 2018 EJI Calendar 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court hears argument in Ozawa v. United States where it unanimously upholds law banning Japanese immigrants from becoming American citizens. From EJI Timeline In Ozawa v. United States, U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning Japanese Immigrants from Becoming Citizens Beginning in 1790, the immigration laws of the […]
From WROX: Yesterday’s meeting of the Clarksdale’s Public Utilities board was the final one for Freddie Davis. On Monday the city board appointed Adrian Allen to replace Davis on the CPU commission, and James Hicks will succeed Davis as chairman effective October 1st. During the meeting commissioners approved a press release stating the board had […]
