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Indian teachers adjusting to Delta
By JOHN MARTIN
Sat,08/30/03-11:00PM , 211 Reads
It's a long way from India to the Mississippi Delta, but three new Greenwood High School teachers from the south Asian country say they feel right at home here.
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2nd case of West Nile reported
By JOHN MARTIN
Thu,08/28/03-11:00PM , 204 Reads
State health officials have confirmed another human case of West Nile virus in Leflore County, this one from North Greenwood.
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March on Washington
By JOHN MARTIN
Wed,08/27/03-11:00PM , 219 Reads
It was a clear day when a teen-age Arance Williamson boarded an all-night bus in Greenwood the morning of Aug. 27, 1963.
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Celebrating a new school year
By JOHN MARTIN
Tue,08/26/03-11:00PM , 263 Reads
Kenneth Milton Jr., 6, holds up what he hopes is a winning raffle ticket Tuesday at the fourth annual Back to School Celebration at New Zion Missionary Baptist Church. With him are Javon Washington, 9, a fourth-grader at East Elementary School, and Jared Smith, 6, a first-grader at Claudine Brown Elementary.
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