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THE MECCA: Ground Zero Blues Club attracts national and international visitors

Becky Gillette — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 06:00:38 +0000

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 [...]

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Clarksdale’s Oxbow Restaurant and Catering proves you can revitalize without spending millions

Becky Gillette — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:01:17 +0000

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 [...]

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Standard Industrial faces worldwide undertaking

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:01:10 +0000

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 [...]

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Smith named president of Daniel Coker

Wally Northway — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:07:47 +0000

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 [...]

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New study touts Mississippi’s potential

Becky Gillette — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:00:14 +0000

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 [...]

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Riverside Hotel provides no-frills Mississippi blues experience

Associated Press — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:05:26 +0000

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 [...]

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Q&A: Bill Luckett, Democratic candidate for governor

Amy McCullough — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:00:24 +0000

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 [...]

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Chip Morgan on Delta Council

Stephen McDill — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:13:03 +0000

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.

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Education alumni receive awards

MBJ Staff — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:00:26 +0000

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 [...]

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DSU inducts three in Hall of Fame

MBJ Staff — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:36 +0000

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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