With spring comes April showers, blooming flowers and the new edition of Leflore Illustrated magazine.
The quarterly magazine will be included with the weekend edition of the Commonwealth for home-delivery subscribers.
Featured on the cover is watercolor artist Darryl Anderson. Anderson, an engineer’s technician with the Mississippi Department of Transportation, has one of his artistic homes in Greenwood.
Other stories in the 40-page magazine include:
- A feature on Dwight Harris, the owner of D&T Designs, who creates and rehabs intricately designed lamps and chandeliers.
- An interview with Hugh Warren IV, president of Trustmark National Bank and the president of the Greenwood-Leflore County Chamber of Commerce for 2023. Warren is the fourth of five men in his family to be named “Hugh,” and though there is not yet a sixth, he does have a grandson named Henry.
- The story of Hushpuppy Music Co-op, founded by Dan Splaingard and Scott Barretta, with the goal of bringing live concerts to Greenwood.
- A feature on La Terraza, a Mexican-themed restaurant on Park Avenue that is among Greenwood’s more popular dining options.
- An article on Willie Young Jr.’s love of baseball, his recovery from a double transplant procedure and his efforts launching a new youth baseball league.
- A feature on Molley Blackstone’s modeling work and visits to New York City for New York Fashion Week.
- Just Ask a Kid with D’Zavian Bell, a fifth-grader at Leflore County Elementary School.
- A look at the Tallahatchie River property owned by Ganes Clements.
- A column by Commonwealth Editor and Publisher Tim Kalich on the true spelling of “y’all.”
- A column by Thomas Gregory, executive director of the Mississippi Main Street Association.
- A roasted asparagus recipe by Lee Ann Fleming.
- Photos from four recent community events.
- Contact Kevin Edwards at 662-581-7233 or kedwards@gwcommonwealth.com.
