Much like a brand new used card driving off the lot, all was fine.

On a warm Michigan evening, just after the sky turns cobalt and before the mosquitoes lay their claim to the summer air, a familiar spark appears. Then another. Then a dozen. To children, fireflies are summer’s smallest fireworks bringing smiles and laughter and wonderment. To scientists, they are beetles in the family Lampyridae, insects with complicated courtship codes, surprisingly predatory young, and life cycles tied to soil moisture, wetland edges, dark nights, and the slow work of leaves…

Senatobia, Miss. – Mississippi Delta Community College ran into a tough road test Thursday night, falling 42-0 to Northwest Mississippi Community College in a North Division matchup at Bobby Franklin Field. The Trojans entered the night looking to…

It had all the look and feel of “The New Delta” but late turnovers and a bending defense that broke at times knocked the shine off the newness. The 41-24 road loss put the Mississippi Delta Community College Trojans at 1-2 on the young 2026 season and Southwest picked up their first win to match the Trojans at 1-2.

By Mark H. Stowers

By the time Mississippi Delta manufacturers, hospitals, schools and small businesses describe their hiring problems, the causes sound familiar – not enough people, not enough trained workers, wages that don’t always compete, limited housing, transportation gaps, childcare needs and the long-running difficulties of growing a rural economy.

Trojans Pick Off Nationally Ranked ##8 Co-Lin in Season Opener

I was feeling nostalgic while on Facebook and posted on the Delta Magazine page that I created years ago and posed the question, …August in the Delta…favorite memories? Immediately, folks started chiming in and liking a few things. The aroma of cotton defoliation right before dove season was first in, followed by “every Delta sunset.

After two big wins, the North Sunflower Lady Rebels dropped three games, a 12-5 loss to Lee Academy (Arkansas), a 10-0 defeat at the hands of Marvell Academy and then a 15-10 road loss to Humphreys Academy this past Tuesday.

He’s a new face on the Statesmen sidelines – but a familiar one in the Gulf South Conference. David Dean, the 20th head coach in program history, took over for Todd Cooley, who moved north to Oxford to complete the green-and-white transition at Ole Miss with head coach and former Statesmen player Pete Golding.

Most of the classrooms I’ve sat in were a minimum of 30 years old, some were close to 100 and others had more history than you can shake a stick at. Filled with desks and fluorescent lights and tile floors that had seen better days, there wasn’t much going on to inspire other than the teacher up front trying to drill something into us that would benefit us.

The festival runs Friday, Sept. 4, through Monday, Sept. 7, and will feature more than 200 performances across multiple stages, including more than 100 acts making their festival debut.

The festival runs Friday, Sept. 4, through Monday, Sept. 7, and will feature more than 200 performances across multiple stages, including more than 100 acts making their festival debut.

Bill Alford has retired from the Indianola Fire Department, but he is not sitting still or slowing down. After three decades of answering fire calls, teaching children about safety, helping install smoke alarms and serving as assistant fire chief, Alford describes this stage of life with a grin and a correction.

The fall of 2027 will bring volleyball action to the Mississippi Delta Community College main campus at Moorhead. Women’s volleyball action in the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference Athletics (MACCC) currently has 10 teams with Coahoma Community College joining this coming season.

The Lady Rebel softball team hits the diamond today when the team travels to Marvell Academy for a 4 p.m. first pitch. It will also be the first ever game as a head coach for NSA’s Kyleigh Wheaton, who was hired to replace Abbi Cataldo who has moved on to Winona.

They run toward danger. Into fires, to accidents, to situations that require quick thinking, life-saving skills along with muscles and stamina that are honed with hours and hours of training. They are volunteers with no paycheck for the danger other than the occasional thank you and the satisfaction of having done something to save a life, save a home, save a business or keep thousands safe.

Indianola Academy graduate and Deputy U.S. Marshal Michael Andrew “Drew” Hanson spent his life answering a call that those closest to him said began early: the call to serve, protect and stand between danger and the innocent. That calling carried him from local police work on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to federal law enforcement assignments in Arizona, Alabama, Louisiana and beyond.

Michigan lakes, streams, and rivers get their life from the watersheds that feed them, and the health of those watersheds is crucial to the life of those waterbodies. With 63 major watersheds in Michigan that break into another 267 sub-watersheds, these networks of lakes and streams eventually make their way to the Great Lakes. To dive deeper into efforts to maintain the health of watersheds, five Southeast Michigan Watersheds, including the Clinton River, Rouge River, Huron River, Detroit River