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Jon Peede, a former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities who now lives in Greenwood, is sounding the alarm about historical and civic illiteracy in America. (By Tim Kalich)

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Scholar concerned about ignorance of US history, culture
By TIM KALICH - Editor
Wed,08/24/22-2:00AM , 1392 Reads
Jon Peede believes ignorance of American history and culture have reached a crisis point, and the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities has public opinion polls to back up his concern.
- Fifty-nine percent of college graduates think Thomas Jefferson, not James Madison, was the “father” of the Constitution.
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Hospital strains for finish line
By TIM KALICH - Editor
Sat,08/20/22-2:00AM , 2114 Reads
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
That’s the sense I get from Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s decision, at least for now, to only partially reopen after being cleared to return to business as normal by the Mississippi State Department of Health.
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Minnie Pearl Griffin waits outside Greenwood Leflore Hospital for transportation to take her back home to Batesville. She was among the patients who received outpatient care Thursday after the hospital reopened following a three-day major shutdown. (By Tim Kalich)

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Greenwood Leflore Hospital reopens except for inpatient services
By TIM KALICH - Editor
Thu,08/18/22-4:57PM , 3074 Reads 47,053 Statewide
Greenwood Leflore Hospital has resumed most of its services after being largely shuttered for three days due to a clogged sewer line and its aftermath.
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The Greenwood Leflore Hospital Board meets Tuesday in a board room at The Alluvian hotel because of a major plumbing problem this week at the hospital. At the head of the table is Harris Powers Jr., the board chairman. Clockwise from him are board members Emma Bell, Marcus Banks and Hank Hargrove; Dr. Roderick Givens, the physician liaison; Dr. Richard Goldberg, chief of staff; and Gary Marchand, the hospital’s interim CEO. (By Tim Kalich)

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Hospital has exhausted its normal reserves
By TIM KALICH - Editor
Wed,08/17/22-2:00AM , 3436 Reads
Greenwood Leflore Hospital is now living on borrowed money.
The financially troubled hospital has exhausted all of its normal reserves, according to its latest financial report. It is now hoping there is enough left from a federal government loan to carry it until a larger hospital can be lined up to take over the 208-bed operation.
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