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This family photo includes, from left, Sara Mixon, Oliver Mixon, Max Mixon, Melissa Stainback and Beau Mixon. The family had to evacuate Lake Charles, Louisiana, before Hurricane Laura hit last month.

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Finding shelter
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Wed,09/02/20-2:32AM , 657 Reads
Right before Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast, Melissa Stainback and her family evacuated to Greenwood from Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Now, she does not know when she will be able to return home.
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Schools to continue all-virtual classes
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Wed,09/02/20-2:32AM , 275 Reads
The Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District will continue entirely virtual instruction rather than switch to a hybrid schedule that includes some in-person classes.
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Dr. Gayla Conner, a veterinarian at the Greenwood Animal Hospital, examines Moxie Jayne Raby, a black Labrador retriever. Conner has practiced on many types of animals, including dogs, cats, turtles, guinea pigs, rabbits, horses, goats, pigs and gerbils.

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Veterinarian says pets become ‘family’
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Tue,09/01/20-2:12AM , 1055 Reads
For Dr. Gayla Conner, a veterinarian at Greenwood Animal Hospital, going to work every day is like waking up on Christmas morning.
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Greenwood Mayor Carolyn McAdams says the reason for the pink ribbons on the trees lining Grand Boulevard will remain a mystery until later in the year.

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‘Mystery’ ribbons adorn trees on Grand
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Sat,08/29/20-1:00AM , 332 Reads
The trees along Grand Boulevard have certainly begun to look pretty in pink.

The large oaks that line the Greenwood street have been donned with bright pink ribbons, but if you want to know what that means, you will have to wait.
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