Most Read | The Greenwood Commonwealth

premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Man injured in shooting

Fri,05/30/25-2:00AM, 4,600 Reads
Deputies are investigating a Thursday evening shooting on Browning Road that left one man injured.
According to a Leflore County Sheriff’s Department incident report, deputies received a call of shots fired on the 2000 block of Browning Road at 6:55 p.m.
- Read more about Man injured in shooting
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Man charged in shooting at gas station

Sat,07/26/25-2:00AM, 4,591 Reads
A 22-year-old Greenwood man arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service last week was charged earlier this week with murder in connection with a fatal shooting at a gas station outside Greenwood last month.
- Read more about Man charged in shooting at gas station
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Anita Yvonne Blake

Tue,12/23/25-10:00PM, 4,588 Reads
Services for Anita Yvonne Blake of Greenwood will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Ms. Blake, 64, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson.
She was a phlebotomist.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Century Funeral Home.
- Read more about Anita Yvonne Blake
Photo by Calvin Stevens, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

Greenwood High’s Tavares Osborne, left, and Amanda Elzy’s Demarcus Brown will play for Team Mississippi in the Mississippi vs. Louisiana All-Star game to be held on Jan. 18 at Rice-Totten Stadium at Mississippi Valley State University.

premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Brown, Osborne two of many playing in inaugural contest

By CALVIN STEVENS CALVIN STEVENS - Sports Editor
Sat,01/10/26-2:00AM, 4,577 Reads
Two young and talented players from Amanda Elzy and Greenwood High School are slated to play in the Mississippi Association of Players All-Star football game on Jan. 18 at Mississippi Valley State University.
- Read more about Brown, Osborne two of many playing in inaugural contest

The E-Edition

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Join Those Who Support Local News

Local news matters to Greenwood. It keeps the people informed and connected. It asks the questions they want answered. It elevates what’s good, and it exposes what’s not.

To do that work well takes skilled reporters and editors, as many as a community can support through advertising, subscriptions and philanthropy.

The Greenwood Commonwealth expanded its newsroom in 2025 by adding Gerard Edic as a reporter covering public safety and other stories of interest to the community.

His position is partially funded by a two-year grant from Report for America, a national nonprofit. Generous supporters in the community donated the matching funds in the first year. We are now raising funds for Year 2.

Will you join this effort with a tax-deductible contribution?

Donate