TIM KALICH | The Greenwood Commonwealth

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Will Perkins, facing at left, makes a purchase from the Jaketown Bakery table at last year’s opening day of the Downtown Greenwood Farmers Market while Karlis Badger looks on. Serving Perkins is Sam Ellzey and Justin Parks, who had muffins and cookies for sale. The market, located in the Rail Spike Park Pavilion, begins its 2024 season this Saturday. (By Tim Kalich, Copyright Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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Farmers Market to open Saturday
By TIM KALICH - Editor
Tue,05/21/24-2:00AM , 997 Reads
Don’t expect to find any juicy red tomatoes at the Downtown Greenwood Farmers Market when it opens Saturday. It’s too early in the growing season for that.
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Former Leflore County Chancery Clerk Johnny Gary Jr., now relocated to a small office at the courthouse, says he has a good reason for missing the deadline to file an annual financial report and turn over to the county whatever he earned in 2023 above his salary cap. (By Tim Kalich, Copyright 2024 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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Gary left job owing unknown amount
By TIM KALICH - Editor
Sat,05/18/24-2:00AM , 4938 Reads
When Johnny Gary Jr. left office late last month as Leflore County’s chancery clerk, he departed owing the county treasury possibly tens of thousands of dollars.
How much is presently uncertain, since Gary has failed to file a mandatory annual financial report with the State Auditor’s Office.
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Feds fueled resegregation
By TIM KALICH - Editor
Sat,05/18/24-2:00AM , 1426 Reads 16,048 Statewide
With the 70th anniversary Friday of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, some of those reflecting on the occasion have been pondering why the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling didn’t work in desegregating public schools — or at least didn’t work for long.
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Losing more than temper
By TIM KALICH - Editor
Sat,05/11/24-2:00AM , 1437 Reads 14,054 Statewide
Jaylin Smith and Mike Ezell don’t have much in common.
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