Clarksdale lost its only grocery store, a Kroger, in 2017, and although residents wanted another big box store to take its place, Tyler Yarborough, the director of Mississippi Delta programs for ...

CLARKSDALE — Ryan Coogler's latest movie "Sinners" tells a powerful tale of love and hate, blending science fiction with poignant reflections of reality, all set against the backdrop of a 1930's ...

Clarksdale’s unexpected moment in the spotlight has galvanized a number of young Black residents, some of whom successfully lobbied the director, Ryan Coogler, to visit last week and screen ...

There’s no active movie theater in the small town. The Delta Cinema closed in 2003, one of a string of closures of downtown businesses that year, the Clarksdale Press Register reported ...

Clarksdale is about 155 miles northwest of Jackson, Mississippi and about 80 miles southwest of Memphis, Tennessee. USA TODAY reached out to Yarbrough and Coogler's team for comment.

Yarbrough, who has been organizing since high school, was born and raised in Clarksdale. It is about 155 miles northwest of Jackson, Mississippi and about 80 miles southwest of Memphis, Tennessee ...

Clarksdale, Mississippi, inspired Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," but has no way of watching the box office smash due to having no open theater. They're hoping a screening will change that.

CLARKSDALE, MISS. – Tyler Yarbrough makes it clear. In as little as three weeks, community members, more than a dozen sponsors, and partners planned and executed Clarksdale Culture Capital’s ...

A poster announces the dates for Clarksdale Culture Capital, a three-day event that includes special screenings of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” in Clarksdale, Mississippi — the setting of the ...

Clarksdale Police Chief Whit Reed said homicides decreased from 11 to 3 this past year. “If you start going back into the 2000s, (crime) was bad. Then we did a big federal project, and it decreased.

Clarksdale Commissioner “Bo” Plunk stressed that Clarksdale is not the only Mississippi community facing crime issues. “It’s a uptick in crime all over Mississippi,” Plunk said.