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Food Pantry volunteers needed for Saturday’s Distribution Day

The Grenada Food Pantry’s monthly Distribution Day is this Saturday, June 26, and directors are welcoming all volunteers. Kim McRee . . .

Angela Renee Reeves

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada . . .

Robert Fields

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 25, 2021, in Bethel Cemetery at Oxberry for Robert . . .

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : June 24, 2021

Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi. New cases of COVID-19: 302 Positive test results . . .

How Black women and the church shaped Deesha Philyaw’s writings

Deesha Philyaw began writing in the early 2000s as a personal hobby. What started as respite from the duties of . . .

Angela Renee Reeves
By Staff Report, 2,744 Reads
Thu, 06/24/2021 - 01:30 PM
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada for Miss Angela Renee Reeves, 51, of Holcomb, who died on Wednesday, June 16, at her residence. Burial followed in the Holcomb Cemetery. The Rev. John Goldwater officiated. The family received friends from 10 a.m.
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Robert Fields
By Staff Report, 325 Reads
Thu, 06/24/2021 - 03:00 PM
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 25, 2021, in Bethel Cemetery at Oxberry for Robert Fields, 81, of Grenada, who died on Tuesday, June 22, in Grenada. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Friday, June 25, in Bethel Cemetery.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : June 24, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 788 Reads
Thu, 06/24/2021 - 09:51 AM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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How Black women and the church shaped Deesha Philyaw’s writings
By Brittany Brown - Mississippi Today, 201 Reads
Thu, 06/24/2021 - 09:45 AM
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BLS: Mississippi slightly decreases unemployment rate from 6.2% to 6.1% (as of May 2021)
By Press Release - US BLS, 3,863 Reads
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 01:59 PM
Below is a press release from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics:

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released their State Employment and Unemployment Summary for the past month.
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The Rusty Thoms Omaha story, a gift that keeps on giving for Bulldogs
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 462 Reads
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 01:21 PM

Twenty-four years ago, Mississippi State’s Rusty Thoms won the hearts of Omaha and fans of the College World Series.
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Federal government wants court-appointed monitor for state mental health system
By Steve Wilson, 581 Reads
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 11:45 AM
The federal government wants an independent monitor to ensure the Mississippi Department of Mental Health continues to transition to a community-based treatment program for the seriously mentally ill.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : June 23, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 525 Reads
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 10:17 AM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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SALTER: McCoy’s commitment to improving highways and education remembered, celebrated
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 433 Reads
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 09:17 AM
Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:
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