Clarksdale News

Those traditional yellow school buses might soon be decorated with advertising, if some Mississippi lawmakers get their way.

DeSoto County Schools, the state's largest public school district, is cutting salaries for district employees because of the continuing state budget crunch and its effect on local schools.

Clarksdale's own hometown blues superhero James 'Super Chikan' Johnson returns for a very special engagement... The Hometown CD Release Party for his brand-new album, Chikadelic! It's already garnered Super Chikan multiple Blues Music Award nominations and is topping the radio airplay charts.

Mississippi has one of the highest teenage birth rates in the nation, and its only sex education option in public schools is an abstinence-only curriculum that doesn't give information about contraception.

Mississippi has one of the highest teenage birth rates in the nation, and its only sex education option in public schools is an abstinence-only curriculum that doesn't give information about contraception.

The Association to prevent the cruelty to animals found deplorable conditions in a Clarksdale Mississippi shelter yesterday.

Terri Baker, from SAAP, Stray Animal Adoption Program, appears regularly on Channel 9 for "Pet Pals" Saturday mornings.

Mississippi Treasurer Tate Reeves has the biggest campaign fund of any current statewide elected official, but he said he hasn't decided what office he'll seek in 2011.

About 50 neglected dogs are hoping a move to the Bay area will the ticket to a happier and healthier life.

Clarksdale police will not charge a former animal shelter director accused of hoarding hundreds of dog and cats.

Clarksdale, MS - FAST FACTS: Shelter operators tried to run "no kill" shelter 400 animals found in shelter meant for 60 ASPCA, other groups clean up, remove animals dennis.turner@wreg.com The situation at a Mid-South animal shelter has become so bad, city leaders called in a national group to step in and take care of a growing problem.

Animal protective services raided a Mid-South animal shelter Sunday afternoon. A team with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals arrived overnight.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, under the authority and request of the city of Clarksdale, MS., has dispatched its field investigations and response team to assist in the removal of more than 400 dogs and cats from a local animal shelter.

After lengthy testimony in Batesville Municipal Court Wednesday, a Batesville man was found guilty of disorderly conduct after a witness and an audiotape revealed he had failed to take his hands out of his pockets when instructed to do so by a Batesville police officer.

10:07 p.m. -- Mike joins us from the 'Waffle House' outside of New Orleans. 8:50 p.m. -- Mike and John 'AirDive' Divall have run into some troubling weather in McComb, Mississippi.

"There's no way. I didn't know what I was going to do with my children. I cried all night." The thought is even harder for 2nd grader Lorena Lopez.

Big Star Media Group, Inc. a diversified entertainment and information distribution company, today announced an expanded corporate profile for investors.

A DELTA LAWMAKER has filed an interesting bill for the upcoming 2010 legislative session.

The 100th Mississippi Blues Trail marker will be dedicated today in honor of vocalist and Jackson native Cassandra Wilson near her childhood home.

Gov. Haley Barbour is asking lawmakers to pass a $35 million incentive package for a German pipe manufacturer that plans to locate in Tunica County and hire 500 workers at peak production.