by Becky Gillette Published: June 17,2012
Tags: Bill Luckett, blues lovers, Clarksdale, Clarksdale Mississippi, Delta, Ground Zero Blues Club, Howard Stovall, Leland, Morgan Freeman, the Blue Trail, “juke joints”
On a recent Wednesday night, there was something of the atmosphere of the United Nations at the Ground Zero Blues Club. There were visitors from 11 foreign countries and 15 U.S. states enjoying a club that has become a magnet for blues music lovers across the world. “We have a high level of international branding [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: June 3,2012
Tags: Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods, Clarksdale, Oxbow Restaurant and Catering, Small Biz Spotlight, The Source, Travel Channel, tuna tacos, Tyler Rayburn, Wolfgang Puck
Hayden and Erica Hall were born and raised in Clarksdale, and went off to get experience in different tastes and styles before coming back home to open Oxbow Restaurant and Catering. After college Hayden worked at chef Wolfgang Puck’s Asian fusion restaurant The Source in Washington, D.C., and Erica worked on Capitol Hill before they [...] [...]
Standard Industrial Corporation of Clarksdale has been an integral part of the city and Coahoma County’s economy for 25 years. That standing has continued even during the recession. Manufacturers of precision industrial equipment, the company currently has 41 employees. That’s a smaller number than the 70 during headier times but up significantly from the 25 [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: January 24,2012
Tags: .S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, ALFA International, American Bar Association, Amy Smith, Association of Transport Law, Bar Association of the Fifth Federal District, Christ United Methodist Church, Claims & Litigation Management Alliance, Clarksdale, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, Martindale-Hubbell, Mississippi Bar Association, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Ole Miss, Roy A. Smith Jr, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, University of Mississippi
Roy A. Smith Jr. still remembers vividly when he first walked into the law firm of Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A. as a prospective new-hire in 1982. He was fresh out of law school, where he served as student body president. With that on his résumé, it should come as little surprise that other [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: November 27,2011
Tags: Christy Knapp, Clarksdale, Malcolm White, Mississippi Arts Commission, Mississippi Creative Economy, Mississippi Creative Economy study, Mississippi Development Authority, Ocean Springs, Oxford, Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation, Peavey Electronics, The Elvis Presley Birthplace, Viking Range Corp., “creative economy”
The “creative economy” includes individuals such as artists, architects, chefs and professors, creative industries such as Peavey Electronics, Viking Range Corp., The Elvis Presley Birthplace and Ramey Agency and creative communities including Oxford, Clarksdale, Ocean Springs and Rolling Fork. The recent Mississippi Creative Economy study concludes that this segment represents approximately 61,000 jobs and just [...] [...]
CLARKSDALE — It’s not the Heartbreak Hotel or the Ritz, and George Washington didn’t sleep there. But the Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale is regarded as a history exhibit of blues music. And, oh yes. Muddy Waters did sleep there and Bessie Smith died there. Blues icons roomed at the Riverside from the 1940s to early [...] [...]
Trying to make a difference Clarksdale lawyer has already done it in his hometown Bill Luckett is an attorney who splits his time between Clarksdale and Jackson. With business partner, Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, Luckett owns Ground Zero Blues Club and Madidi restaurant. He attended the University of Virginia before earning a law degree from [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: May 10,2010
Tags: catfish, Chip Morgan, Clarksdale, cotton, Delta Council, farming, Leland, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi State University, regionalism, Stoneville, Thad Cochran, Travis Satterfield
STONEVILLE- MBJ-TV photojournalist Stephen McDill visits with Delta Council vice-president Chip Morgan to discuss the economic development organization’s work in the Mississippi Delta regional. [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 30,2009
Tags: Clarksdale, CLEVELAND, Delta State University, Dorothy Lynn Prestwich, DSU, Jacquelyn C. Thigpen, Kimberly Kilpatrick, Memphis, Murfreesboro, Natchez, Robert M. Dearing, Robin Wilbourn Lee
The Delta State University College of Education recently held an awards luncheon to recognize five outstanding education alumni. They are: (seated from left), Sen. Robert M. Dearing from Natchez; Kimberly Kilpatrick from Memphis, Tenn.; Dr. Robin Wilbourn Lee from Murfreesboro, Tenn.; (standing from left) Dr. Dorothy Lynn Prestwich from Clarksdale; and, Dr. Jacquelyn C. Thigpen [...] [...]
The 2009 Delta State University Alumni Hall of Fame inductees are (from left), Billy B. Nowell of Cleveland, Donald L. Green of Clarksdale and Karen Sullivan of Brookhaven, accepting the award presented posthumously to Doug Sullivan. The three Delta State alumni were inducted Nov. 6 at the annual Delta State Alumni Service Awards Luncheon held [...] [...]
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