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General to return to Leflore Co. High
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Thu,04/12/12-5:57PM , 103 Reads
A two-star Air Force general is returning to Leflore County High School Friday to speak to students at his alma mater.

Maj. Gen. Everett Thomas, a 1976 Leflore County graduate, volunteered to make the visit while talking to an old classmate, Estelle H. Simms, president of the school’s Parent, Teacher, Student Association.
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Teacher attacked outside home
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Thu,04/12/12-1:00PM , 169 Reads
A robber threw a 77-year-old North Greenwood teacher off her porch Wednesday as she was returning home from Walmart and snatched her purse, police say.

Rochie Lawes suffered a broken hip and broken shoulder in the attack in the 600-block of Bell Avenue, and she’s hospitalized at Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville.
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Court: Mayor doesn’t have to pay
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Wed,04/11/12-6:06PM , 312 Reads
The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a chancellor’s decisions not to sanction Greenwood Mayor Carolyn McAdams for including the City Council’s five Democratic members in a lawsuit against a former city attorney.
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Greenwood Assistant Superintendent Jennifer Wilson, left, talks to the School Board Tuesday. Wilson explained the abstinence-plus sex education program, which the board unanimously approved without discussion. At right is Special Education Director Charles Brooks.

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City schools to teach abstinence-plus sex ed
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Wed,04/11/12-1:00PM , 211 Reads
The Greenwood School Board unanimously approved teaching an abstinence-plus sex education program Tuesday without discussion.

School nurses will be in charge of implementing the curriculum, Assistant Superintendent Jennifer Wilson said.
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