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Cordarro Woods, a service technician at Southern Tire Mart in Greenwood, inspects tires he removed. They exhibited significant wear after not being rotated properly.

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Spring Car Care 2021: Get the most out of tires
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Wed,03/10/21-1:08AM , 560 Reads
Well-kept tires make for a smooth and easy ride for your vehicle, and one of the ways to get the most out of your tires is to make sure they are properly rotated.

Tire rotation is the changing of the position of each of the tires on your vehicle so that each receives equal wear.
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Robert Collins, vice president of the Leflore County Board of Supervisors, introduced the motion Monday to continue indefinitely the county’s mask mandate. It passed 3-1

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County keeps mask mandate
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Tue,03/09/21-2:21AM , 933 Reads
The mask mandate for Leflore County remains in place until further notice.
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CyZariah Jones, a Greenwood Middle School student, holds up a copy of “Kids Journal Through COVID-19,” which features her essay about living through a pandemic. She represents Mississippi in the book, which features written reflections by students from all 50 states.

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Student’s insights on pandemic are featured in book
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Sat,03/06/21-2:57AM , 754 Reads
A Greenwood student has had her thoughts and feelings about the COVID-19 pandemic featured in a recently released book.

“Kids Journal Through COVID-19” by Laval W. Belle is a collection of essays from kids ages 7-13 from all 50 states.
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Chamber events moving forward
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Sat,03/06/21-2:48AM , 700 Reads
The Greenwood-Leflore County Chamber of Commerce is moving forward in organizing major events for this year, and two of them are coming up soon.
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