Hopson News

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer Incumbent Chuck Hopson will face Nacogdoches attorney Travis Clardy in a runoff election after Tuesday's tight race for District 11 state representative.

Residents and friends of the greater Cazenovia area are invited to an old-fashioned hymn sing at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia Sunday Oct.

"Alzheimer's is a national catastrophe," said Mary Nell Dorris, executive director of First Friends, which is planning its major fundraiser of the year this Saturday in Frisco Park.

Clarksdale will host memorial services on Saturday for legendary blues pianist Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins, who died on March 21 at 97.

A A One of the best days of my life was spent in North Mississippi. On my way to New Orleans from Nashville in the summer of 2009, I decided to stop in Clarksdale, Miss.