A few years ago from around 1994 to 1997, Delta cotton planters enjoyed perhaps the best of all worlds: Good yields, record demand, and the best prices since the Cicil War. Profits soared, real estate values hit all-time records, and farm debt dropped to a decade low level.

Students embarking on their college careers at Delta State this fall will be following a tradition that is three quarters of a century old.  According to Dr. Wayne Blansett, Vice President of Student Affairs, who is heading the 75th Anniversary Committee, September 27, 2000 mark the beginning of a year-long celebration filled with a myriad of activities designed to focus campus and community attention on this very special birthday.

The residents of Batesville know they have something special going on. It's a town with a quaint, laid-back approach, where folks all know each other and share a hardy "Hello" when they pass in the street. It's also a town with some of the most innovative, and unusual, businesses in the region.

Ideally located, the town of Grenada, Mississippi is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing and most progressive towns in the state. Exactly 90 miles from Memphis and 100 miles from Jackson off of Interstate 55, Grenada boasts an industrial infrastructure and a political unity rarely seen in the country, much less in Mississippi.