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County may open cooling shelters
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Tue,07/03/12-4:25PM , 125 Reads
Leflore County is considering opening daytime shelters for elderly residents blasted by the current heat wave.

County supervisors said Monday they may partner with area churches, paying the churches’ expenses for letting people stay in their fellowship halls during the day.
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Smith asks high court for bail
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Tue,07/03/12-1:00PM , 333 Reads
Dr. Arnold Smith is arguing his constitutional rights are being violated because he is jailed without bond.

His attorneys are asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to set bail.
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This photo, taken from a Facebook page, shows Allen Rassaan Vance, 39, with his daughter, Chasity Monique Dollison. The pair was shot and kiled June 13 in an unsolved homicide in San Francisco.

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Daughter, dad slain in Calif.
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Sun,06/24/12-5:12AM , 246 Reads
A funeral for a father and daughter with Greenwood connections who were shot and killed in San Francisco, Calif., will be Tuesday in Greenwood

Chasity Monique Dollison, 20, and her father, Allen Rassaan Vance, 39, both of San Francisco, were slain while sitting in a car on June 13.
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Smith: City destroying history
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Sun,06/24/12-1:00AM , 159 Reads
In his first public comments, Dr. Arnold Smith makes no mention of the murder-for-hire scheme of which he is accused.
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