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Crime Report For 12/15-12/16

Sat,12/17/22-2:00AM, 7,356 Reads
GREENWOOD POLICE DEPT.
Jordan Parker Stubbs, 23, 9 Pecan Lane, public intoxication, public profanity, disorderly conduct, jailed.
Devin Mays, 19, 603 Hope St., disorderly conduct (failure to comply), released on own recognizance.
LEFLORE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT.
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Mr. and Mrs. Obadiah Herndon

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Herndons celebrate 50 years

Fri,04/19/19-7:33PM, 7,344 Reads
Obadiah and Susie Rebecca McDaniel Herndon will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, April 20.
A private party was held for Mr. and Mrs. Herndon in Byram with family and friends on April 13.
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Greenwood firefighters battle a fire that was caused when a tree-trimming truck exploded Monday on Keesler Street. A contract worker was 50 feet above the ground in the truck’s bucket, trimming trees, when he was forced to jump after the flames started to reach him. (By Marcus Banks)

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Tree-trimming truck explodes

By JEFF BYRD JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Tue,04/23/24-2:00AM, 7,341 Reads
A man trimming trees had to jump 50 feet to the ground after the engine to the truck from which he was working exploded Monday in North Greenwood.
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Photo by Ruthie Robison, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

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20 arrested in Mississippi Delta drug conspiracy takedown

Thu,10/30/25-6:16PM, 7,325 Reads
The FBI announced Thursday the indictment and arrest of 20 individuals — including two law enforcement officers from the Greenwood area — in a sweeping public corruption investigation centered on the Mississippi Delta region.
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