Belzoni News

It's easy to love Shasta daisies, but when they look like shredded coconut on top of round cupcakes, they seem good enough to eat.

Services for the Inverness family killed in a wreck this week in Magee have been scheduled for Sunday.

Most Christians know hundreds, maybe thousands of scriptures, and yet, they have problems recalling or locating them.

In Vietnam there's a kind of fish that's white-fleshed and whiskered and otherwise pretty darn catfish-like. But in the eyes of the U.S. government, the creatures aren't catfish.

It's easy to love Shasta daisies, but when they look like shredded coconut on top of round cupcakes, they seem good enough to eat.

IN BELZONI, THE YOUTH VISION CHOIR IS HEADING TO NEWARK, NEW JERSEY FOR A NATIONAL CHOIR COMPETITION.

Thousands of unemployed Mississippians in danger of losing benefits could qualify for an extension with federal stimulus help, advocates say.

Mr. and Mrs. George Truett Roberts, Jr., of Hattiesburg joyfully announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Deles Roberts, to Staff Sergeant Joseph Rupert Lee, III, of Sumrall.

Country music artists Charley Pride and Marty Stuart and bluesman Pinetop Perkins will headline the third annual Mississippi Grammy gala.

Filmmaker Keith Beauchamp will be in three Mississippi cities this week to screen episodes of his television documentaries about three unsolved killings from the civil rights era.

A TRAGIC ACCIDENT IN BELZONI KILLS ONE YOUNG PERSON. BUT THAT DEATH MAY LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVEN OTHER LIVES BEING SAVED.

Thunderstorms served as alarm clocks to many Mississippians Sunday morning. Heavy wind and strong rain pounded much of the state.

Saturday's early evening storm took down trees and power lines in Belzoni. Minor damage was reported in Humphreys County-- like knocked over or broken street signs.

Actress, author and R&B star Queen Latifah ascends the stage at the Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi in a return to her musical roots.

A revamped World Catfish Festival will hit the streets of Belzoni Saturday. Steve Anderson, executive director of the Belzoni-Humphreys Development Foundation, says this year's event is going to be bigger and better than it has been before.

The open-air festival season kicks off this weekend with events offering the best in regional cuisine and music.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Douglas Miller of Ridgeland announce the engagement of their daughter, Laurel Diana Miller, to Price Wilson Donahoo, son of Mr.

Authorities have arrested a suspect wanted in a rolling meth lab investigation that fled from authorities.

Pond scum was once an aquatic nuisance that Hall Barret III hated to see in his catfish ponds.

Today, BankPlus begins celebrating its 100th Anniversary. BankPlus was founded in 1909 as Citizens Bank & Trust Company , in Belzoni, Miss.