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Clarksdale Advocate January 29, 2024

By Josh Troy Clarksdale Advocate "Taking it back to our roots" was the theme of this year's annual Friars Point Weekend from May 5 to...

Big A and the Allstars kick off Fridays at the Stage

Featured ArticlesMay 15, 2023

By Josh Troy Clarksdale Advocate Big A and the Allstars kicked things off for the 2023 Fridays at the Stage band performances on May 5. The...

Celebrating the Pillars of Love and Strength: Honoring Mothers on Mother’s Day

Featured StoriesMay 12, 2023

Mother's Day, an annual celebration dedicated to the remarkable women who have played an invaluable role in our lives, is just around the corner....

US Postal Service honors civil rights leader, Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, with stamp

Featured ArticlesMay 12, 2023

A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored Friday with...

Mississippi chief justice removed from lawsuit over courts and policing in Jackson

Featured ArticlesMay 12, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice is no longer a defendant in a lawsuit that challenges a state law dealing with courts...

LOCALIZE IT: Federal funding at risk for health care worker recruitment program

Featured ArticlesMay 12, 2023

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Millions of dollars in funding for a federal program to recruit thousands of doctors, nurses and dentists in the country's most desperate regions...

The US has approved $42 billion in loan forgiveness for public service workers. Here’s what to know

Featured ArticlesMay 11, 2023

The U.S. has approved more than $42 billion in federal student loan debt forgiveness for more than 615,000 borrowers in the past 18 months...

Jackson’s federally appointed water manager may also take over the city’s sewer system

Featured ArticlesMay 11, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appointee is managing the water system in Mississippi’s capital city, and the same might soon be true for...

Affront to democracy’: Concern about appointing Mississippi judges where most are elected

May 11, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three residents of Mississippi's capital city testified Wednesday that their rights as citizens are undermined by a new state law...