Coahoma News

State rep reports progress made on Highway 6 plan Mississippi Department of Transportation has recently finished negotiations with two consulting engineering firms who will be responsible for the proposed Highway 6 Bypass project in Batesville according to the office of Mississippi Representative Warner McBride who serves as chairman on the House ...

Fifth-ranked Gulf Coast routs Coahoma 58-21 in the MACJC State Football Semifinals as running back Vick Ballard became the school's career leader in rushing yards and touchdowns.

A Nov. 9 trial date is set in Coahoma County Circuit Court for a man charged with capital murder in the death of his former girlfriend and with kidnapping and child abuse of the couple's then 3-year-old son.

Fans of the playwright Tennessee Williams will be shouting for Stella this weekend in Clarksdale, Miss.

Federal prosecutors want four defense lawyers kicked off the case of a Coahoma County supervisor charged with soliciting prostitution on the Web site SugarDaddyforMe.com. Dr.

The Holmes Community College Bulldogs picked up their first win of the season here Thursday night over the Coahoma Community College Tigers, 30-14. With the win, the Bulldogs went to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in the North Division.

An Asian soybean rust scout team has found the disease in four more Mississippi counties: Calhoun, Coahoma, Quitman and Tallahatchie.

The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the convictions of five men each sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the 2006 beating death of Herman Fair of Friars Point.

As Asian soybean rust finds in Mississippi continue at a brisk pace, plant pathologists in the state are fielding many questions about fungicide treatments.

Thousands of Mississippi's college students will be heading back to school this week to start the fall semester.

Five Coahoma County men are in police custody and charged with exploitation of a vulnerable adult for allegedly threatening a 99-year-old woman into paying for an incomplete home repair project.

Five Coahoma County men are in police custody and charged with exploitation of a vulnerable adult for allegedly threatening a 99-year-old woman into paying for an incomplete home repair project.

Five Coahoma County men are in police custody and charged with exploitation of a vulnerable adult for allegedly threatening a 99-year-old woman into paying for an incomplete home repair project.

Three men have been arrested in Tallahatchie County in connection with the exploitation of a vulnerable adult and law enforcement is seeking two others, according to a news release from Attorney General Jim Hood's office.

There have been 26 new cases of swine flu over the past week, the state Department of Health reported today.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reports 22 new cases of H1N1 swine flu for last week, bringing the state's total number of cases to 234.

Dr. Roger Weiner, a Coahoma County supervisor accused of soliciting prostitutes on SugarDaddyforMe.com, has been denied access to records from a cellular telephone apparently used by an undercover agent involved in a sting operation that led to his arrest.

The state Department of Human Services Office of Fraud Investigations has teamed over the past few weeks with sheriff's departments in the state to crack down on fraud in federal public assistance programs.

Vanessa Long, director of the Coahoma County branch of the Mississippi Department of Human Services says something must be done, in regards to the poor conditions of the buildings housing the DHS offices in Clarksdale.

Clarksdale cardiologist and Coahoma County Supervisor Dr. Roger Weiner has been arrested as part of a federal investigation alleging he used an online chat room to hire out-of-state prostitutes.