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Copper thefts impairing pumping station
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Sat,12/23/23-2:00AM , 2707 Reads
Burglars stealing copper from wiring at a Leflore County stormwater pumping station on Viking Road are impairing the county’s ability to protect people and property from flooding.
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Reginald Moore

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Board president charged with DUI refusal again
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Fri,12/22/23-2:00AM , 4677 Reads
Reginald Moore, president of the Leflore County Board of Supervisors, has been charged for the second time in three years with DUI refusal in Leflore County.
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Henry Fant

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Fant: Let legal process work itself out on school chief’s reinstatement
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Thu,12/21/23-2:00AM , 2171 Reads
School board member Henry Fant says that when he voted for appealing a court decision to reinstate James Johnson-Waldington as superintendent of the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District, he didn’t change his mind.
He simply wants to see the process play out.
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Marcus Banks was removed from the Greenwood Leflore Hospital Board on Wednesday. Banks had served on the board since 2018, and his term expired in June. (By Susan Montgomery)

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Perkins: Remove Banks from hospital board
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Wed,12/20/23-7:37PM , 4960 Reads
Marcus Banks, the Greenwood Leflore Hospital Board member whose right to remain on the board has been in dispute, was removed from the post Wednesday by Leflore County Chancery Judge Willie J. Perkins Sr. during a hearing Wednesday at the courthouse.
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