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2025 homicide total exceeds ’24 by 1

By GERARD EDIC GERARD EDIC - Staff Writer
Sat,01/03/26-2:00AM, 3,936 Reads
Leflore County’s 19 reported homicides that occurred in 2025 eclipsed 2024’s count by one death.
And just as in 2024, all of the homicides that took place in 2025 involved firearms.
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Edmond “Buddy” Hawkins

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Edmond ‘Buddy’ Hawkins

Mon,09/15/25-4:42PM, 3,927 Reads
Services for Edmond “Buddy” Hawkins of Cruger will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Meeks First Baptist Church in Cruger.
Mr. Hawkins, 87, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Southaven.
He was a farmer.
Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday at Sanders & Sanders Funeral Home in Greenwood.
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Man saves woman, child from train

By KEVIN EDWARDS KEVIN EDWARDS - Staff Writer
Tue,03/11/25-2:00AM, 3,927 Reads
Just a couple of hours into Sunday morning, Marvin McCain saved a woman and her child from an oncoming train.
McCain’s fast thinking and a quick reaction from Greenwood police saved the pair from the woman’s apparent suicide attempt, Police Chief Terrence Craft said Monday.
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Tim Kalich

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Not easy to say goodbye

By TIM KALICH TIM KALICH - Editor
Sat,03/29/25-2:00AM, 3,929 Reads 26,736 Statewide
When I moved to Greenwood in 1982, I expected it would be for two years. It turned into more than 42.
There are a lot of reasons why.
I liked the community, and I liked the job. I had a great boss, and I met the Mississippi woman who would become my wife.
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