A coalition of Carroll County deputies and officers of the state Highway Patrol and state Bureau of Narcotics arrested a 55-year-old Coila man Monday for growing 30 marijuana plants.
Greenwood Leflore Hospital almost broke even in August.
Greenwood city officials are continuing to pursue ways to collect the more than $2 million in back fines that are owed to the city.
The vibrancy of a downtown is important to a community’s well-being, says Thomas Gregory, state coordinator for Mississippi Main Street Association.
A tour group with members from across the United States stopped in Greenwood on Tuesday. The stop was part of the “On the Road to Freedom” civil rights tour, which is held by the New York City-based magazine The Nation. While in Greenwood, group members were led by Sylvester Hoover on one of…
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A 55-year-old Greenville attorney died from massive trauma caused by an all-terrain vehicle accident in Carroll County on Sunday.
The Greenwood legislator who spearheaded the creation of the Mississippi Blues Commission is unhappy about how the commission selected its vendors.
Acclaimed celebrity chef Jernard Wells will not only make an appearance on Mississippi Valley State University’s campus next week but also participate in a cook-off.
Pam Tribble is literally the face of Pillow Academy.
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The chairman of the Mississippi Blues Commission agrees with the state auditor that it may be time to dissolve the public entity and turn its mission of promoting the state’s blues musical heritage over to a private, nonprofit organization.
Lts. Jason and Keisha McMullin, Greenwood’s new Salvation Army officers, have been in their post for about three months and are hoping they’ll be in the Delta for the long run.
Carroll County deputies have arrested a Grenada man suspected of impersonating a Vaiden police officer.
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Department has had a busy week.
Pillow Academy kindergartner Iva Beth Lindsey will be on the field with the Ole Miss Rebels during their football game Saturday in Oxford.
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The following cases were disposed of in the Sept. 4, 2019, session of the Greenwood Municipal Court:
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Mississippi’s state auditor is heavily criticizing the spending practices of the state’s 13-year-old Blues Commission, including its arrangement with Greenwood advertising agency Hammons & Associates.
Canvas & Clay was held Thursday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Ward Stuckey. The event featured six stations of food, each paired with a different wine by a sommelier, and a silent auction featuring art, pottery and other handcrafted items. From left are sommelier Dana Guest, who is…
The Big Star grocery store in Greenwood’s Eastgate Shopping Center is not closing.
The Leflore County Board of Supervisors has formally adopted a $27.3 million budget for the year beginning Oct. 1 following a brief public hearing Thursday that drew no public comment.
A mental health official in Greenwood said she’s optimistic following a federal judge’s decision to appoint an expert to oversee changes in Mississippi’s mental health system.
Jackie Cooper-Lewis has a robust array of work experience.
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Students of the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District will now need either a student ID or an adult supervisor to attend sporting or ceremonial events of the district.
Middle and high school students in Leflore County have had a chance to develop their green thumbs by participating in a community garden project.
At the age of 4, Brandon Cash sang with the choir at Brown Grove Baptist Church in Ashland, Virginia. It was his first public performance.
JACKSON — A transformation of pediatric care is under construction, benefiting children in the Leflore County area as well as the rest of the state.
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Dr. Mary Brown, dealing with incidents in which one student brought a gun on campus and another to a football stadium, is emphasizing that both cases were dealt with quickly and resulted in no injuries.
Runners for this year’s 300 Oaks Road Race are in for some different scenery.
Some workers from Express Grain aren’t thin-skinned when people complain about the strong odors that cling to their clothes.
A pastor in Greenwood is on a mission to promote the principles of the Ten Commandments in an effort to address problems among youth.
Greenwood Leflore Hospital is getting a new mammography machine.
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A Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District student was arrested after bringing a firearm to last Friday’s Greenwood High-Cleveland Central football game at Bulldog Stadium.
Franklin Riley sings during “For the Culture,” a black arts festival held Saturday night at Turnrow Books. About 40 people swung by to hear black artists perform music and recite poems.
A Mississippi board has cleared the way for a charter school to open next year in Greenwood.
The Leflore County Board of Supervisors has approved proceeding with the construction of a road to connect Viking Road to Mississippi 7.
Earnest Adams has fond memories of spending time at the St. Francis Center on Avenue I as a child, and now he wants to make it a gathering place again as the Greenwood Community Center.
A Carrollton man was in the Carroll County Jail on Monday after being arrested on drug charges.
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A Greenwood dance team got only 10 miles down the road Friday before its trip to Houston, Texas, was cut short when the small bus in which it was riding caught fire.
The Greenwood Police Department has arrested a man believed to be responsible for last month’s Baptist Town shooting that resulted in four men being hospitalized.
CARROLLTON — The Carroll County School Board has named its new superintendent of education.
Nathaniel Rosebur Jr. of Greenwood was known by many as a talented multi-instrumentalist.
A total of six candidates have filed qualifying papers to run for two seats on the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School Board.
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The Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School Board is poised to either sell or lease the long-unoccupied former site of a school in Money to a Leflore County business owner.
The Museum of the Mississippi Delta held its sixth annual Arts, Leadership and Philanthropy Gala on Thursday evening at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity. This event is the museum’s main fundraiser of the year. At the gala, the museum also honors people and institutions for their time and…
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Department has charged an 18-year-old man with a string of recent burglaries in Carrollton and North Carrollton.
Dr. Ro’Shaun Bailey says his life has been influenced by the education he received as a child.
The Greenwood Police Department is warning residents not to give their credit card information to a caller impersonating a police officer.
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The Mississippi Department of Education is recommending that the Carroll County School District be put on probation for violating a dozen state regulations, including reporting inaccurate payroll information to the state and board interference in the district’s day-to-day operations.
Mississippi Valley State University can now boast that it is the only university in the nation with a FedEx Logistics office on campus.
Greenwood High School football coach Clinton Gatewood will be getting a $4,500 increase in pay under a new coaching supplement scale adopted by the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School Board.
Alumni of Mississippi Valley State University are rallying the community to raise money for the school.
JACKSON — A federal judge will appoint an expert to oversee changes to Mississippi’s mental health system, saying that attorneys for the federal government have proved the state is doing too little to serve people outside the confinement of mental hospitals.
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Officials with the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District are being pressured to take action against a resource officer following his altercation with a female student at a high school football game.
Doris Ola could be both a loving, devoted mother and a determined businesswoman.
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