U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, center, visits with Paul Hollis, right, the outgoing president of Delta Council, prior to her keynote address Friday at the regional development organization’s 86th annual meeting. Joining in the conversation at left is Hyde-Smith’s husband, Mike Smith. (By Tim Kalich)
La Shon Brooks, left, chief of staff at Mississippi Valley State University and a new Delta Council vice president, smiles at being selected as one of the five female Wear Cotton finalists. From right are Carol Cashion Doolittle of Greenville and Ansley Vanlandingham of Leland, the two who made the selection, and Danielle Morgan, executive director of the Greenwood Convention and Visitors Bureau. (By Tim Kalich)
CLEVELAND — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is optimistic that the momentum behind a massive pumping station to relieve chronic flooding in the South Delta is unstoppable.
