A German Luftwaffe pilot and a Mississippi Delta farmer’s wife made a run for it in January 1946, eight months after World War II ended in Europe. Their brief escape captured headlines across the ...

Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum, center, joins Delta Council members and dignitaries after speaking today [Dec. 4] at the group's mid-year meeting at MSU's Delta Research and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SIDON, Mississippi — Malissa Whitehead is known for making tea cakes and blueberry pies during the holidays — but as Christmas ...

Ralph Eubanks' book "When It’s Darkness on the Delta" is a personal meditation on the region's complex issues. The book questions whether blues tourism is a new economic foundation or a form of ...

“When It’s Darkness on the Delta,” by W. Ralph Eubanks, Beacon Press, 264 pages. The Mississippi Delta has long haunted Ralph Eubanks, a professor and writer in residence at the University of ...