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'60 Minutes' examines Flowers case
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Tue,01/05/21-2:49AM , 319 Reads
The long-running story of Curtis Flowers, along with others involved in the investigation and trials concerning a 1996 quadruple homicide in Winona, was examined in a segment on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday night.
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Reginald Moore, left, shakes hands with Leflore County Chancery Clerk Johnny Gary Jr. on Monday as Moore takes his new seat at the center of the table after being voted the new president of the Leflore County Board of Supervisors.

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Moore chosen as president of supervisors
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Tue,01/05/21-2:48AM , 562 Reads
Reginald Moore is the new president of the Leflore County Board of Supervisors.

At Monday night’s board meeting — the first of 2021 — the District 2 supervisor, who was previously vice president, was voted in unanimously by his peers to hold the top chair.
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Two time capsules are buried near the Confederate monument at the Leflore County Courthouse. One of these capsules will be opened in April to celebrate the county’s 150th anniversary.

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Pieces of history
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Sat,01/02/21-3:16AM , 19565 Reads
Officials are saying that 150 years looks good on Leflore County as 2021 arrives — thus marking the county’s sesquicentennial year.
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Taylor Buchanan said he found this bullet after it struck his West Claiborne Avenue home on New Year’s Eve.

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Gunfire mars New Year's Eve
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Sat,01/02/21-1:00AM , 341 Reads
As many welcomed in 2021 with fireworks, others seemed to choose a deadlier method of celebration.

Many Greenwood residents took to social media to report instances of gunfire mixed in with the traditional illuminated displays.

Taylor Buchanan is among those who experienced the results of random fire firsthand.
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