Kadarius Smith would have been an 18-year-old senior at Leland High School getting his diploma. Instead, Smith's mother ...

A 50-acre park complete with an amphitheater and surrounding retail space could be coming to the town of Leland.

Image courtesy of Leland Public School District In the fall of 1970, a new class of Leland, Mississippi children ... separate parks for years and Lions Park we always called it the white folks ...

Leland’s halcyon period of peaceful school integration in my years of residing and working in the picturesque Delta town was atypical of most places across Mississippi. The alliances formed and ...

Leland School District contains 4 schools and 700 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 100%. Also, 74.4% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools ...

Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland, Mississippi. After the 1954 Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional ...

Kadarius Smith, 17, was allegedly run down by a Leland Police cruiser on March 21. A glimpse into Kadarius Smith: Family of MS teen allegedly 'run over,' 'killed' by Leland police demands release ...

This story was updated for clarification. The completion date for construction at Founders Park is being revised, Leland communications manager Jessica Jewell said. The park, which has been closed ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Leland community packed a room at the Brunswick Beer and Cider on Friday evening to discuss a proposal for a Central Park that was created by other residents.

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Mississippi never has been thrilled over investigations into its vexatious ways of life, even when the interrogator is a hometown product. The Leland School District’s order to desegregate came ...