CHARLIE SMITH | The Greenwood Commonwealth

From left, Emmitt Riley, Elmus Stockstill and J.D. Brasel examine election returns Tuesday night at the Itta Bena fire station. Riley and Brasel, along with Byron Williams, are running to replace Stockstill as at-large alderman. The election could hinge on 38 paper ballots left to be counted today.

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Too close to call
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor
Wed,03/07/12-1:00PM , 194 Reads
Update:

The race for an open seat on the Itta Bena Board of Aldermen is headed to a runoff because no candidate got a majority of the vote.

J.D. Brasel Jr. and Emmitt Riley III will meet again next Tuesday.
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County sells land for peanut facility
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Tue,03/06/12-5:37PM , 159 Reads
A gas line is being extended into the Greenwood-Leflore Industrial Park as part of a new peanut buying point.
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3 seek to replace Stockstill
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Fri,03/02/12-1:00PM , 176 Reads
Three candidates are vying Tuesday for an empty at-large seat on the Itta Bena Board of Aldermen.
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PA letter: Bullying not to blame
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Fri,03/02/12-1:00PM , 143 Reads
Bullying didn’t prompt a Pillow Academy eighth-grader to bring a gun to school, according to a letter that the private school’s board of directors sent parents.

However, the board didn’t say what motivated the student to carry the automatic handgun onto campus on Feb. 17.
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