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Snow holds up release of some schools' virus numbers
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Thu,01/14/21-3:29AM , 257 Reads
Snowfall earlier this week has thrown a wrench into the latest local COVID-19 school data reporting from the Mississippi State Department of Health.

Multiple schools in the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District were absent from the reporting released Wednesday.
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Dr. John F. Lucas III, right, and certified surgical technologist Briana Reed operate on a patient using a new medical device to help those with kidney failure at Greenwood Leflore Hospital on Friday.

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Surgeon Lucas performs innovative procedure
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Thu,01/14/21-1:00AM , 400 Reads
A surgeon at Greenwood Leflore Hospital recently performed the very first procedure with a new innovative technique to help patients with kidney failure.

On Friday, Dr. John F. Lucas III operated on a patient using an InnAVasc Arteriovenous Graft implant, a newly developed looped plastic tube that connects an artery to a vein.
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Samantha Milton was unanimously reelected president of the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District Board Tuesday night.

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Virus leave policy extended
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Wed,01/13/21-1:00AM , 289 Reads
The Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School Board has extended the district’s COVID-19 sick leave policy until the end of March.

The policy, which grants 14 days of paid sick leave for those who have contracted the virus themselves or come in close contact with someone who did, was approved unanimously.
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School district pursuing grant to boost literacy
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Tue,01/12/21-2:58AM , 263 Reads
The Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District is pursuing a grant to help improve student literacy.
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