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Enterprise-Tocsin
February 26, 2018
The remaining basketball teams still in contention for state titles are headed to Jackson, and Sunflower County has three teams in the hunt. Both Gentry teams earned a spot in the state finals this week, with the boys and girls knocking off Itawamba earlier in the week, followed by a pair of nail-biters onÃÂ ...
Starkville Daily News
February 24, 2018
Ruleville Central answered with four points of its own and the game was tied at the 5-minute mark. “This feeling is ... Ruleville Central went on a 4-3 run cutting the Choctaw County lead down to 58-53 and quickly escaped a trap to score again making it 58-55 with 1:20 left to play. Mitchell made two freeÃÂ ...
Mississippi Business Journal
February 19, 2018
A native of Ruleville, Hargett began his banking career with Planters as a management trainee in the Planters Indianola office in 1989 the same year he earned his Bachelor's degree from Mississippi State University. Subsequently, he became a commercial lender before being named President of PlantersÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
February 18, 2018
That includes the communities of Sunflower, Ruleville and Philipp. A long wire underneath the helicopter will carry a tube holding specialized instruments to do the high-resolution geophysical survey. It will be operated by a company called CGG Airborne. Scientists will use data to create high-resolutionÃÂ ...
Enterprise-Tocsin
February 16, 2018
The 2018 Great Ruleville Roast will be one of four Mississippi Delta barbecue competitions taking place within the Memphis Barbecue Network this year in the Delta. ---. The content you're trying to view is available for Premium Content Subscribers only. Online subscription options are available and areÃÂ ...
The Root
January 24, 2018
Born and raised on a cotton plantation in Ruleville, Miss., in 1917, Hamer began picking cotton at age 6. She dropped out of school at 13 years of age when the men on the sharecropping plantation on which she lived realized that she could pick 200-300 pounds of cotton per day. But Hamer continued toÃÂ ...
Enterprise-Tocsin
January 11, 2018
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 12:35pm. Community Conversation Meetings The Sunflower County United For Children and the Sunflower County Consolidated School District will be hosting a Community Conversation meeting at 6:00p.m. tonight at the Fannie Lou Hamer Complex Building, 902 Bryon Street, Ruleville. ---. The contentÃÂ ...
The Livingston County News
December 21, 2017
My favorite civil rights worker, Fannie Lou Hamer of Ruleville, MS has her oft-used phrase on her tombstone: “I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.” I had decided that if Moore won, this column would be entitled, “Alabama, find yourself another country to be part of.” The idea that such a racist andÃÂ ...
The New Yorker
December 11, 2017
Hamer's life was, in a way, an anthology of the various cruelties that the Magnolia State had on offer for its black residents: she grew up sharecropping, in Ruleville, and had been sterilized without her knowledge—a violation so common that it was known as the “Mississippi appendectomy.” In Winona, theÃÂ ...
Enterprise-Tocsin
November 6, 2017
Indianola Academy and Ruleville Central will both host playoff games in Sunflower County on Friday night. Indianola, which has not lost since the 2015 state title game, pulled out an expected win over Leake Academy on Friday night with 28-0 shutout. ---. The content you're trying to view is available forÃÂ ...
Seattle Times
October 6, 2017
A looming statue of Fannie Lou Hamer is displayed prominently in the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden in Ruleville, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, as a tribute honoring the civil rights activist. Hamer was a... (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) MoreÃÂ ...
Press of Atlantic City
October 6, 2017
... in Atlantic City, in efforts to win accreditation for the largely African American group as Mississippi's delegation to the convention, instead of the all-white state delegation. Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of her birth and a celebration is planned in her hometown of Ruleville, Miss., honoringÃÂ ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
September 29, 2017
This tasteful battle is comprised of three Memphis Barbeque Network sanctioned contests in the Delta. The first one begins today in Ruleville with the Great Ruleville Roast then there's the Delta State University Pig Pickin' on October 6-7 in Cleveland followed by the Cleveland Octoberfest/Mississippi DeltaÃÂ ...
FOX13 Memphis
July 7, 2017
42-year-old Travis Williams of Ruleville, Mississippi was killed in the accident. A child was also seriously injured. Neither Williams nor the child were wearing their seatbelt. The officer was injured in the accident as well and has been placed on administrative leave by the department. The accident is beingÃÂ ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
March 20, 2017
The plea came after the state agreed to drop a murder charge, according to The Florida Times-Union's Garrett Pelican. Yolinda Doss was indicted on charges of murder and burglary in 2014, but the burglary charges were dropped last month. Alphonso Doss, originally from Ruleville, was found dead in aÃÂ ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
March 20, 2017
The plea came after the state agreed to drop a murder charge, according to The Florida Times-Union's Garrett Pelican. Yolinda Doss was indicted on charges of murder and burglary in 2014, but the burglary charges were dropped last month. Alphonso Doss, originally from Ruleville, was found dead in aÃÂ ...
My Jewish Learning
October 23, 2015
Ruleville is a small town in the Mississippi Delta. Most famously known as the birthplace of legendary organizer of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Fannie Lou Hamer, or more recently as the home to the new Bayless' Hollywood Movie Costume Museum, I usually don't associate it with its JewishÃÂ ...
HottyToddy.com
March 12, 2015
Economically growing by leaps and bounds — that would be the most accurate description of the city of Ruleville today, especially the downtown area. Optimism, jobs and a community that's coming together for the greater good of all of its citizens, Ruleville is definitely “ruling” its present and its future in theÃÂ ...
Starkville Daily News
November 4, 2017
“I don't know anything at all about Ruleville Central, but as soon as we get film, we'll start working for next week," Ashley said.
Enterprise-Tocsin
October 26, 2017
Ruleville Central celebrated Homecoming against Amanda Elzy this week. Pictured from left are the members of the 2017 Homecoming Court.
Philadelphia Sunday Sun
October 12, 2017
ABOVE PHOTO: A looming statue of Fannie Lou Hamer is displayed prominently in the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden in Ruleville, Miss., ...
Afro American
October 12, 2017
Ruleville, Miss.—Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, whose “tiredness” of racism spurred her to become one of the nation's foremost freedom fighters, ...
Jackson Free Press
October 6, 2017
#Community gatherings are being held in her hometown of Ruleville, where a larger-than-life statue of her was dedicated in a memorial garden ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
September 29, 2017
The first one begins today in Ruleville with the Great Ruleville Roast then there's the Delta State University Pig Pickin' on October 6-7 in ...
Mississippi News Now
October 3, 2017
Pearl, Jackson Prep, Parklane, and Scott Central are just some of the undefeated teams in the area. There's a squad up 49 that has a 0 in the LÃÂ ...
The Lily
October 2, 2017
GirlTrek's national staff — including cofounders T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison — will walk with local trekkers in Ruleville, Miss.,ÃÂ ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
September 30, 2017
The first one begins today in Ruleville with the Great Ruleville Roast then there's the Delta State University Pig Pickin' on October 6-7 inÃÂ ...
Afro American Point of View
September 4, 2017
The Ruleville, Miss., resident joined a contingent of other black Mississippians who travelled to the county seat to register. They were turnedÃÂ ...
Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat
August 23, 2017
At the start of the practice earlier this month, Dyess was most concerned about the passing game. But against Ruleville, Philadelphia completedÃÂ ...
Mysanfordherald
August 22, 2017
Ruleville, Mississippi; two Grandchildren. Viewing for Frank brooks will be held on Friday, August 25, 2017 from 5-7 PM at Mount Moriah BaptistÃÂ ...
Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat
August 16, 2017
The Tornadoes found Ruleville Central to be a capable opponent last season in the Tornadoes' 16-8 victory. Ruleville finished 5-7 in 2016 andÃÂ ...
Delta Business Journal
August 10, 2017
... Ark. Then they purchased Delta Southern Bank, which put them deep into Mississippi in locations like Drew, Ruleville and Clarksdale. TodayÃÂ ...
DeSoto Times-Tribune
August 7, 2017
Founded in 1920 in Ruleville, Planters Bank has grown to a region-wide banking system, with assets in excess of one billion dollars, serving 13ÃÂ ...
AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
August 4, 2017
RULEVILLE, Miss. -(Ammoland.com)- Precision Delta, one of the nation's largest manufacturers of handgun reloading components and matchÃÂ ...
My Jewish Learning
October 23, 2015
Ruleville is a small town in the Mississippi Delta. Most famously known as the birthplace of legendary organizer of the Mississippi FreedomÃÂ ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 31, 1999
At his family farm in Ruleville, Mississippi, David Arant Jr., of Delta Blues Rice (deltabluesrice.com), grows rice, about 1,000 acres of it. They'veÃÂ ...
Enterprise-Tocsin
December 31, 1999
Scholars at the Ruleville Central High School hosted a 9/11 Day of Service event this year in partnership with St. John's Hospice and with aÃÂ ...
AgWeb
December 31, 1999
In October 2013, 36-year-old Delta producer Garrett Carver, Ruleville, Miss., had finished cutting soybeans and should have been preparingÃÂ ...
Enterprise-Tocsin
December 31, 1999
One Delta citizen, who has dedicated her life to helping bring better patient outcomes when it comes to cancer, has been named to aÃÂ ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
March 21, 2017
Alphonso Doss, originally from Ruleville, was found dead in a Jacksonville, Florida, hotel room in February 2014. Authorities believe Doss, who was undergoing counseling for job-related depression and alcoholism, was killed for his life insurance.
Murfreesboro Post
March 15, 2017
Frances Mae Odom, age 94 of Smyrna, TN, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 11, 2017. A native of Ruleville, MS, she was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett George and Royce Christine Gibson Davis.
Lufkin Daily News
March 13, 2017
A duck hunter near Ruleville, Mississippi, shot a male Northern Pintail, a species that winters in East Texas that was banded eight years previously at Hyoko Lake, Japan.
Jackson Clarion Ledger
February 24, 2017
You pass through Ruleville (where the wonderful Mecca Drive Inn used to preside over hunger in the Delta) and head north a bit.
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
February 19, 2017
She was born April 28, 1922, in Ruleville, Miss., daughter of John Stewart and Anna Harmon. She married Nathan "Nate" Sallis on Oct. 9, 1949.
Oxford Eagle
February 17, 2017
Sammy Britt, a native of Ruleville and longtime resident of Cleveland, taught painting and drawing at Delta State University for more than 35 years.
Hattiesburg American
February 15, 2017
The Ruleville native was inspired to teach by an art teacher he had in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Blues musician Vasti Jackson was selected for the arts ambassador honor.
Enterprise-Tocsin
February 15, 2017
Ruleville gears up for Hamer centennial celebration. Wed, 02/15/2017 - 4:32pm by By DIANA J. WASHINGTON For the E-T. Ruleville is making preparations to celebrate the late Fannie Lou Hamer's 100th birthday. Centennial activities are slated to kick off ...
Quad City Times
February 14, 2017
ROCK ISLAND - Marvin "Big Chubb" McGowan, 50, passed away Sunday evening, Jan. 25, 2017, at his home in Rock Island. He was born Aug. 16, 1966, in Ruleville, Mississippi, to Willie Earl Harrington and Rosetta McGowan. Funeral arrangements willÃÂ ...
Enterprise-Tocsin
February 8, 2017
A Sunflower County Consolidated School District bus caught fire on U.S. 49 Wednesday morning while being brought from Ruleville to Indianola to go in the shop. No children were on the bus at the time. ---. The content you're trying to view is available ...
Greensboro News & Record (blog)
February 2, 2017
Fannie Lou Hamer of Ruleville, Miss., speaks to Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sympathizers outside the Capitol in Washington in this Sept.
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