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Police investigate the scene of a shooting Thursday morning on Hope Street in Greenwood. (By Andy Lo)

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Another man killed by gunshot

By KEVIN EDWARDS KEVIN EDWARDS - Staff Writer
Thu,10/27/22-12:10PM, 22,860 Reads
Greenwood has lost another man to gun violence, bringing the total number of gun-related homicides in the county to five in less than a week.
Leflore County Deputy Coroner Will Gnemi confirmed the death of Darnaz Jones, 41.
He did not know where Jones was killed but said he was killed by gunshot.
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Mr. Desi Jackson and Miss LaTonya Shontae Benion

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Benion, Jackson to wed June 26

Sat,05/15/21-2:00AM, 22,530 Reads
Shirley Benion of Olive Branch and Donald Brinkley of Little Rock, Arkansas, announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, LaTonya Shontae Benion, to Desi Jackson of Memphis.
Miss Benion is a 2001 graduate of Amanda Elzy High School and a graduate of Rust College, majoring in English.
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Herman Perkins Jr. is known for kindness

Tue,03/09/21-1:11AM, 22,501 Reads
Editor, Commonwealth:
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Life is sweet with daddy's little girl

By WYATT EMMERICH WYATT EMMERICH
Sat,09/30/06-11:00PM, 22,340 Reads
JACKSON - We had taken the boys to school, and Ginny had gone to tennis. I was shaving when I heard a shy knock on my bathroom door. I glanced toward the door and saw a slight crack in it with a little 4-year-old girl peeking through with a big smile on her face.
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Max Temp: 72°F
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