Crossroads banquet
Crossroads banquet

The Crossroads Coalition held its seventh annual banquet and awards presentation Thursday in Wynne. The keynote speaker for the event was Gen. Wesley Clark, standing. Sitting, from left, are: Crossroads Executive Director Heather Maxwell, her husband Donnie Maxwell and Chris Masingill, Federal Co-Chairman of the Delta Regional Authority. The coalition includes St. Francis, Crittenden, Cross, Jackson, Lee, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips, Poinsett and Woodruff counties. Photo by Kendall Owens.

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The importance of the partnership of the members of the Crossroads Coalition for the region was highlighted Thursday during the 10-county coalition’s seventh annual dinner and awards presentatio

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