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Monthly Archives: August, 2023

By: Tom Williams | April 29, 2024 Clarksdale, Mississippi - In a powerful display of solidarity and support, Inspirations LLC, a local organization dedicated to mental health advocacy, recently hosted a Sexual Assault Awareness Parade. The event...
BY ALEXUS HUNTER | APR 26, 2024 Clarksdale, Mississippi - As graduation day draws near, it's natural to feel a whirlwind of emotions—nervousness, excitement, relief, worry, eagerness, and, yes, stress. There's the stress of making it to...

Rare blue supermoon dazzles stargazers around the globe

A rare blue supermoon — the closest full moon of the year — dazzled stargazers Wednesday night. Saturn joined the celestial spectacle, visible alongside the moon, at...

Travelers hoping to enjoy one last summer fling over Labor Day weekend should expect lots of company

DALLAS (AP) — By some measures, air travelers have enjoyed a less stressful summer than last year, but canceled flights remain elevated as airlines...

A new Titanic expedition is planned. The US is fighting it, says wreck is a grave site

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is trying to stop a planned expedition to recover items of historical interest from the sunken Titanic,...

Liberal groups seek to use the Constitution’s insurrection clause to block Trump from 2024 ballots

As former President Donald Trump dominates the Republican presidential primary, some liberal groups and legal experts contend that a rarely used clause of the...

Hurricane Idalia makes landfall on Florida’s west coast as a dangerous Category 3 storm

CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s west coast as a dangerous Category 3 storm on Wednesday and was unleashing...

Millions more workers would be entitled to overtime pay under a proposed Biden administration rule

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration will propose a new rule Wednesday that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime...

As Trump and Republicans target Georgia’s Fani Willis for retribution, the state’s governor opts out

ATLANTA (AP) — Some Republicans in Washington and Georgia began attacking Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis immediately after she announced the Aug. 14 indictment of former President Donald...

Coley named Exchange Club Officer of the Year

By Josh Troy Clarksdale Advocate Sgt. Alvin Coley of the Clarksdale Police Department has been in the law enforcement profession for close to 20 years, with...

Neurosurgeon investigating patient’s mystery symptoms plucks a worm from woman’s brain in Australia

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s...

GOP silences ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat on House floor for day on ‘out of order’ rule; crowd erupts

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers voted Monday to temporarily silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during an already tense House...

New police chief for Mississippi’s capital city confirmed after serving as interim since June

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The man who's been serving as interim police chief in Mississippi's capital was chosen Tuesday to fill the seat on...

Longest alligator in Mississippi history captured by hunters

YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — A group of hunters have captured the longest alligator ever to be recorded in Mississippi, according to the state...

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