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As with Leflore County and most of the Delta, Greenwood continued its slow decline in population during 2018, according to the latest federal estimates.
Harwell Paymon, one of the early arrivals at midday Friday for Saturday’s I’m So Greenwood family picnic in Whittington Park, sets up his canopy tent as the real star of the weekend waits to be unpacked from the trailer. Paymon said he expects about 25 people from the Paymon-Sanders-Pitts-Jo…
Two years after being forced to take his family and all their belongings and leave Greenwood for Mexico, the last remaining vestige of Martin Duron-Esparza’s 20 years in America will soon be erased.
Greenwood-area children will have an opportunity to earn cash by reading books this summer.
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Greenwood business leader Mike Upchurch’s efforts to encourage more young people to pursue craft careers led to his selection as a 2019 recipient of the President’s Hard Hat Award from the Mississippi Construction Education Foundation.
Jonathan Mills, vice president of sales and marketing for Heartland Catfish, has been named one of the Top 50 Under 40 in Mississippi by the Mississippi Business Journal (MBJ).
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The possibility that a considerable number of third-grade students at public schools in Leflore and Carroll counties may be held back has stirred commentary on Facebook about the necessity and meaning of the test that determines if third-graders can go into fourth grade.
The Mississippi Hospital Association (MHA) brought its plan for saving rural hospitals by reforming Medicaid to the Greenwood Voters League on Wednesday night.
If you’re looking to get your helping of fresh produce and other goodies, why not do it at the Downtown Greenwood Farmers Market?
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump rolled out another $16 billion in aid for farmers hurt by his trade policies, and financial markets shook Thursday on the growing realization that the U.S. and China are far from settling a bitter, year-long trade dispute.
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Saturday, May 25
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Half of third-grade students at the Greenwood and Carroll County school districts, along with more than 60% at the Leflore County Schools, failed their annual reading test. Hundreds of students face having to repeat the third grade.
The same wet spring weather that kept farmers out of their fields across the Delta has kept city workers from maintaining the Magnolia and Good Shepherd cemeteries across from each other along Avenue N on Greenwood’s southeast side.
People may already be staking out their favorite spots in Whittington Park for Saturday’s fifth annual I’m So Greenwood Family Picnic, a gathering of friends and family from around the county and the country.
Greenwood High School will graduate 139 members of the Class of 2019 at 6 p.m. Friday at the Leflore County Civic Center.
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Retired businessman Hank Hargrove has been chosen to replace Sammy Foster on the Greenwood Leflore Hospital Board.
Graham Boggan of Barrentine Pool works to clean Greenwood’s Eddie “Sonny” Brown Memorial Swimming Pool, at Avenue N and St. Charles Street, to get it ready for opening day. Fire Chief Marcus Banks, who oversees pool operations for the city, said he expects the pool to open within the next co…
The finances of Greenwood Leflore Hospital continued to improve in April, mostly due to holding the line on expenses as revenue increased only slightly from last year.
Leflore County’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3% in April, according to figures released Tuesday by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
Keith Faulkner, husband, son, father, grandfather, dedicated parishioner and auto parts salesman to thousands, died early Tuesday morning at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 72.
From left, Amanda Elzy High seniors L’Kaylah Johnson, Jeremiah McCall and Jamarkus Reed line up prior to their school’s graduation ceremony, held Tuesday night at the Leflore County Civic Center. They were three of 85 students to receive their diplomas.
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JACKSON — By the time she turned 6, Jessica Reese had been sexually abused repeatedly.
On Monday, Bankston Elementary School held a field day for its annual Sixth-Grade Promotion Week with outdoor activities, such as football and basketball. Brittaney Boyd, a sixth-grade teacher at Bankston, organized Monday’s event by inviting football players from the teams of Mississippi Va…
It’s impossible to interview one of the Morgan brothers without the other brother joining the conversation, finishing his brother’s sentence, reminding him of a story to illustrate a point or offering his own perspective.
Workers are putting the finishing touches on the Wendy’s restaurant at 816 W. Park Ave. in Greenwood in preparation for its reopening on May 29.
Elmus Stockstill Jr., left, and Kevon Birdlong are Leflore County High School’s Class of 2019 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. “We’ve been competing since ninth grade,” Stockstill said. “We’ve been smart since the elementary days,” Birdlong said. They were two of 45 seniors rece…
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Greenwood Leflore Hospital administrators say a plan currently under consideration by Gov. Phil Bryant could mean the difference in the hospital’s continual financial struggle.
It’s easy to step in something unpleasant when you’re working in the garden. But maybe Debby Cooper and Cyndi Long of the Greenwood Garden Club should have worn boots when they recommended to the Leflore County supervisors that a magnolia tree in front of the county courthouse should be cut down.
The American Civil Liberties Union is continuing its demand that the city of Greenwood repeal an ordinance that outlaws panhandling.
Pillow Academy seniors Robert Nored Hardin, left, and Porter Buford Spell goof around prior to graduation ceremonies Friday night at the Leflore County Civic Center. Hardin and Spell were two of 43 students in the class.
J.Z. George High School seniors Carlos Martinez, Peyton Jenkins and Marqunn Watt wait for graduation ceremonies to begin Friday at the North Carrollton school.
Leflore County High School will hold its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2019 on Monday.
Eighty-five Amanda Elzy High School seniors will receive their diplomas during the school’s graduation ceremony to be held Tuesday at the Leflore County Civic Center, beginning at 7 p.m.
Organ recitalist Matthew McMahan will perform Tuesday as part of First Presbyterian Church’s Classics at First concert series.
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A nonprofit watchdog group that analyzes hospital reporting data has given Greenwood Leflore Hospital a D with regards to hospital safety, but the hospital’s administration says the report is based on old data and doesn’t reflect where the hospital is today.
February, March, April and May showers bring May flowers to this garden along Bell Avenue. Flowers like these asiatic lilies popped with Thursday’s summerlike temperatures and humidity to the delight of gardeners across the Delta. Friday’s high temperature was expected to break 90 for the fi…
At a called meeting Thursday, the Greenwood Leflore Hospital Board tried to clean up a vote at last week’s meeting to hire a design firm out of Memphis to survey employees as the first step in developing a brand for the hospital.
A Greenwood pastor is still trying to launch a family entertainment center after a previous attempt came to a halt.
North New Summit School senior Kurt Franklin hugs friend Mark Shiers on Thursday during the school’s graduation ceremony. Franklin plans to attend Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tennessee, and study to become a nurse anesthetist.
Friday, May 17
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A family of four was burned out of its home in Leflore County on Tuesday morning in a situation made worse by problems with calling 911 from a cellphone.
The education services provided at the Leflore County Juvenile Detention Center are on the right track, according to an official from the Mississippi Department of Education.
A Greenwood man was in the Leflore County Jail on a charge of manslaughter Wednesday after his indictment by a Leflore County grand jury in the death of another man in August 2017.
Forty-three seniors from Pillow Academy’s Class of 2019 are set to graduate Friday during the school’s commencement ceremony.
Fifty-four seniors will graduate from J.Z. George High School on Friday.
Greenwood police responded around midnight Tuesday to reports of several men fighting in the street near the intersection of Ash Street and Avenue I. Police said a small crowd of people had gathered at the scene, and most of them were intoxicated. A 49-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound t…
Mississippi Valley State University’s next band director has shattered the glass ceiling.
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A man and his son say they owe their lives to their pit bull after the dog alerted them Monday night that their home was on fire.
Those involved in a reconstruction project at a downtown Greenwood business also are focused on protecting the historical significance of its building.
The head of Delta Streets Academy has dropped his quest to win a seat in the Mississippi Legislature, deciding that the time he would have to be away from his young family was not “doable.”
Nineteen seniors at North New Summit School will receive their diplomas at Thursday’s graduation service.
After 32 years in (nearly) the same location along Park Avenue, The Purple Shack is headed for greener pastures.
Alexis Hall, left, and Helen Roy were among the happy seniors Monday night as Carroll Academy held its graduation ceremony at the school.
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The assistant principal of Holmes County Central High School was arrested Friday and charged with statutory rape of a student at his home in Greenwood.
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With members of the Greenwood City Council in the audience voicing their approval, the Leflore County Board of Supervisors on Monday selected a consulting firm to perform the initial steps that could result in the sale of Greenwood Leflore Hospital.
The Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School Board is beginning efforts to draft the merged district’s first budget.
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