Mound Bayou News

The North Panola Lady Cougars remain undefeated at 6-0 after downing non-district foe John F. Kennedy of Mound Bayou 68-42 Saturday in the season home opener.

The long anticipated sale of Bruce Telephone Company became official on Oct. 30 with Charles F. Fail of Fail Telecommunications Corporation in Bay Springs, Miss.

Medgar Evers' daughter Reena Denise , brother Charles Evers and wife Myrlie Evers mourn the slain civil rights hero in 1963.

IMAGES Fannie Lou Hamer, 1964.[Credits : John Dominis - Time Life Pictures/Getty Images] Main American civil-rights activist ne Townsend born Oct.

T he soul of the Blues Highwaywhich follows the Mississippi River from Tennessee to the Gulf of Mexicolies along the blacktops that connect Memphis, Tunica, Clarksdale, Mound Bayou, and Merigold.

MOUND BAYOU a ' On Oct. 14, the Mississippi Development Authority will open the latest round of the Model Contractor Development Program workshop series in the Delta town of Mound Bayou.

Mound Bayou Police Chief Simon Bush says 30-year-old Rundell James of Merigold, who was initially charged with aggravated assault/domestic violence against a family member, will now be charged with murder.

MURDER CHARGES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED AGAINST A MOUND BAYOU MAN AFTER HIS GREAT AUNT DIES.

In the spring of 1954, more than 10,000 people gathered in Mound Bayou to eat barbecue and hear Thurgood Marshall speak.

A 30-year-old Merigold man who was held in the attack of an elderly Mound Bayou woman has been charged.

THERE WILL BE FUN FOR SOME YOUNG PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND AT THE ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI DELTA LITERACY FESTIVAL.

The Mound Bayou Volunteer Fire Department has worked three fires within the past week which has led officials to believe arson as the cause.

A MOUND BAYOU MAN BECOMES THE FIRST FATALITY OF THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. KEVIN JONES OF MOUND BAYOU WAS KILLED BEFORE 3 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING.

The segregated Mississippi Delta was no place for a black person to get sick in the 1940s.

By Air America Senator Kennedy has authored more than 2,500 bills throughout his career in the UnitedA States Senate.A Of those bills, several hundred have become Public Law.A Below is a sample of some of those laws, which have made a significant difference in the quality of life for the American people.

More than 40 years after his tragic, violent death, Sam Cooke is still known as the legendary soul and gospel singer who penned "A Change is Gonna Come," which found a new audience with the election of America's first black president.

More than 40 years after his tragic, violent death, Sam Cooke is still known as the legendary soul and gospel singer who penned "A Change is Gonna Come," which found a new audience with the election of America's first black president.

More than 40 years after his tragic, violent death, Sam Cooke is still known as the legendary soul and gospel singer who penned "A Change is Gonna Come," which found a new audience with the election of America's first black president.

Plans are in the works for rehabilitating Mound Bayou's Taborian Hospital. The hospital, which opened in 1942, was one of the first hospitals with an all-black staff in the nation.

A PUBLIC HEARING COULD HELP DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE FORMER TABORIAN HOSPITAL IN MOUND BAYOU.