From drag racing and classic cars to newer, computer-based vehicles, Bobby Gentry has seen an evolution in the automotive ...

In this anniversary essay, author Michael Ferguson looks back at the 1976 film adaptation of Bobbie Gentry’s mysterious hit ...

The Brookings-AEI Commission on U.S. Rural Prosperity will hold a field hearing in the Mississippi Delta. The Delta region reflects national trends in demographics, income volatility, and healthcare ...

WASHINGTON, DC- A high-resolution radar image from the US–India NISAR Earth-observing satellite has captured the Mississippi River Delta region in southeastern Louisiana, revealing fine-scale details ...

Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North. Sheer joy of ...

Legislation introduced by Mississippi representative Trey Lamar, chairman of the state’s House Ways and Means Committee, proposes consolidating six Mississippi community colleges, Magnolia Tribune ...

Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt. “What am I supposed to do with ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - A recently introduced house bill would bring major changes to junior college districts across Mississippi if approved. Drafted by Rep. Trey Lamar of District 8 and Rep. Josh ...

“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 ...

The meaning of Bobbie Gentry’s 1967 hit “Ode to Billie Joe” has long been a topic of musical debate. To some listeners, the song refers to a secret teenage pregnancy in the conservative Deep South. To ...

The coaching staff change every Mississippi State fan had wanted has happened. On3’s Robbie Faulk is reporting that Mississippi State defensive coordinator Coleman Hutzler “has been relieved of his ...