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TUPELO • Mary Evelyn Maynard admits she knew little about “The Wizard of Oz” until she and other Civic Ballet dancers were encouraged to watch it.

February is Black History Month, and I encourage you and your family to explore Tupelo’s role in this important part of our nation’s history. There are seven markers on the Civil Rights and African-American Heritage Trail throughout Tupelo which help tell the story. F.W. Woolworth | 131 West Main Street Located in Downtown Tupelo next to Reed’s GumTree Bookstore, the F.W. Woolworth Company was once a local lunch counter and protest commonplace. Once the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964, Tupelo’s Woolworth store announced its plan to “serve all its customers in all of i...

Shake Rag is one of Tupelo’s most popular, historical Black communities. Posted: Feb 4, 2021 10:40 AM Posted By: Sydney Darden TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Shake Rag was one of Tupelo’s most popular, historical Black communities. The community’s culture and music went on to inspire musical legends such as Elvis Presley. Shake Rag was an old Black community in Tupelo. It also contributed to an entire era of Black excellence still thriving to this day. Luevern Agnew grew up in Shake Rag in the 1960s and often looks back on that time in the neighborhood. "I look at this being called Shake Rag ...

After months of delays because of the coronavirus pandemic, a veteran craft beer brewer could soon be open in downtown Bowling Green. Isaiah King, who has won awards for his craft beers, has worked for more than a year to get his Gasper Brewing Co. established at 302 State St., and he is now aiming to open in January. “We’re looking at the first weekend in January,” King said. “We were making a push to open in November or December, and then the governor announced more restrictions (on restaurants and bars). “Now that we can operate at 50 percent of capacity, it’s...