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CARROLLTON — Relatives of those killed in a Carroll County triple slaying in March sounded satisfied that the murderer’s guilty pleas Monday will keep him behind bars for life.
Four black voters and a branch of the NAACP sued a Mississippi prosecutor on Monday, asking a federal judge to order him to stop excluding African Americans from juries.
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A Winona man accused of killing his wife and two of their friends in Carroll County is expected back in court Monday.
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The following cases were disposed in the Oct. 23, 2019, session of the Greenwood Municipal Court:
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Two Jackson State University football players who previously played for Greenwood High School have been charged with robbery and suspended from their team.
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A Greenwood woman was killed Monday afternoon in the second area fatal head-on collision on U.S. 49 that day.
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The following cases were disposed in the Oct. 2, 2019, session of the Greenwood Municipal Court:
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An oral surgeon with Greenwood ties who participated in a compounding pharmacy scheme that federal prosecutors say bilked insurers out of more than $400 million has had his sentencing delayed for the third time.
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When Brandon Lancaster was released from the Leflore County Jail after charges against him related to a 2018 bank robbery were dismissed, the first thing he did was walk 3 miles to the Commonwealth’s office to tell his story.
A man shot Tuesday night at the Greenwood Gin has been released from Greenwood Leflore Hospital.
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A gunshot victim was taken to Greenwood Leflore Hospital on Tuesday night.
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The mother of a Greenwood murder victim is angry after learning a police officer who was blamed for the 2017 mistrial of her daughter’s alleged killer may be promoted back to a detective’s role.
The following cases were disposed in the Sept. 25, 2019, session of the Greenwood Municipal Court:
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Two Greenwood brothers, Vernon Morris and Alvin Beck, have died in a multi-vehicle pileup on an interstate highway in Orange County, Texas.
Rain or shine, trick or treat will go on as usual Thursday night, Greenwood Mayor Carolyn McAdams said.
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CARROLLTON — A Winona man accused in a triple homicide in Carroll County earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to charges of capital murder and aggravated assault.
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An early morning shooting Sunday took the life of a 35-year-old Greenwood man, and police are investigating the death as a homicide.
Greenwood police have charged one man in connection with a string of concession-stand and storage-shed burglaries at Stribling Park.
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Everett Curry Jr. was 9 years old when the father for whom he is named was gunned down while begging for his life.
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A Leflore County Jail inmate has added an extra felony charge, possession of contraband, to his record after meeting with a visitor at the jail.
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Paul Murrell Stewart, formerly of Greenwood, was 17 when he pleaded guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole in connection with a grisly shooting spree that left two men, Eddie Brooks and Everett Curry, dead at convenience stores on U.S. 82 east of Greenwood.
A Winona man who is accused of fatally shooting three people earlier this year in Carroll County has been indicted on charges of capital murder and aggravated assault.
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A 71-year-old man threatened a demolition crew clearing vacant, dilapidated houses for the city of Greenwood by waving a rifle at the workers on Ash Street around 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
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A Greenwood resident who was shot multiple times inside a Winona restaurant Sunday remains hospitalized in Jackson.
A series of concession-stand and storage-shed burglaries at Stribling Park has frustrated youth sports organizers.
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A Greenwood resident was shot at a Waffle House in Winona early Sunday morning, according to a Facebook post by the Winona Police Department.
An Itta Bena resident suspected of shooting into an occupied dwelling last week remained in the Leflore County Jail on Monday.
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Louisiana authorities aren’t saying much about the weekend death of a Mississippi Delta Community College baseball player from Greenwood, other than that there is no sign of foul play.
A two-vehicle accident in Greenwood early Sunday morning led to four people being hospitalized.
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The following cases were disposed of in the Sept. 11, 2019, session of the Greenwood Municipal Court:
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