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12:19 pm UTC Feb. 17, 2021 Muddy Waters Illustration: Brian Gray, USA TODAY Network As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive series, Hallowed Sound. CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Two men — one Black, one white — arrived at Stovall Plantation on the last day of August 1941.  John Work III, a professor from Nashville’s Fisk University, and musicologist Alan Lomax had set out to capture recordings of the music of the rural South ...

Mississippi may be the birthplace of the blues, but as it grows and evolves, its impact is becoming more global.

05:10 AM EST Share CBRE records more than $1.4 billion in transactions in 2020, with more than half of its volume coming in the fourth quarter. When commercial real estate investors start to look at Florida, Jacksonville is increasingly appearing at the top of their lists for multifamily investment, said CBRE Vice President Joe Ayers. “We’re just seeing very favorable fundamentals in Jacksonville and alongside several other Florida markets,” Ayers said.  “We weren’t heavily weighted going into COVID on any one industry that was severely impacted like some of our oth...

Williamston - Martin County Commissioners have named an interim county manager, and it is a familiar face to many. Cindy Ange, Martin County's Finance Director, will temporarily take on the role of Interim County Manager after the departure of David Bone. Bone, who has been in the position for nine years, will leave his post Dec. 18. The announcement came during a special called meeting of the Martin County Commissioners held Monday, Dec. 14. Following a brief closed session, Chairman Ronnie Smith, Vice-Chairman Dempsey Bond and Commissioner David Gurganus returned to the meeting room and res...

Atlanta-based Hathaway Development paid $2.8 million on Dec. 11 for a 16.95-acre site in West Jacksonville where it intends to develop a 312-unit multifamily project. The 4851 Collins Road site is less than a mile from Interstate 295 and Roosevelt Boulevard. It is 3 miles from a recently completed I-295 interchange, which provides access to the beltway while avoiding the Argyle Forest and North Orange Park roadways.  According to Hathaway’s website, the company has developed, acquired or built more than 12,000 multifamily units. Its strategy is to “locate assets in markets where there is...