Clarksdale News

On Friday the Bolivar County Second Judicial Circuit Court completed its second week of criminal trials.

Formed by the Legislature in 1884, the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board is a constitutional body of the State of Mississippi headquartered in Clarksdale, comprised of all or portions of 10 Delta counties, including DeSoto, Tunica, Coahoma, Sunflower, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Leflore, Humphreys, Holmes and Yazoo.

A Bolivar County man pled guilty on Tuesday to charges of vehicular homicide for his role in a March 2011 automobile accident that took the lives of two Delta teenagers.

In what has already been a banner year, Ross Neilsen has been busy. Semi-finalist in The International Blues Challenge, recorded a solo album, performances in Mexico and a solo tour are just a few things Neilsen has been up to.

Iconic rocker Robert Plant will unveil his latest project, The Sensational Space Shifters, later this week, followed by a handful of U.K. shows and a U.S. festival performance.

The changes were necessary after Justice Jon Sigurdson ruled in December parts of the law violate drivers rights by imposing roadside penalties without providing an adequate process for appeal.

To conserve and protect his water resources, Clarksdale, Miss., producer Pete Hunter built an extensive tail water recovery system, installed weirs and overfall pipes, dug a 20-acre reservoir for irrigation and implemented variable-rate fertilizer applications.

The deep, reassuring timbre of the Oscar winner's voice has guided audiences through Million Dollar Baby, Shawshank Redemption and March of the Penguins.