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Cop's texting causes murder mistrial
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Fri,11/03/17-6:01PM , 297 Reads
The mistrial in the first-degree murder case of Edward Broom resulted from a Greenwood police officer texting to the District Attorney’s Office during her testimony for the prosecution.
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Amanda Elzy High School math teacher Rashaad Williamson, left, assists St. Francis Elementary School fifth-grader Jordan Barkus in solving a math problem at Test Prep Live Math Camp at the Baptist Town Community Center. The program will continue three afternoons a week through Nov. 29.

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Students sharpen their math skills in after-school program
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Fri,11/03/17-4:20PM , 228 Reads
Preparing kids to feel confident facing state tests is the primary purpose of a new after-school program at the Baptist Town Community Center organized by Greenwood youth activist Shun Pearson.
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Jean Cadney, a former president of the Greenwood-Leflore County Chamber of Commerce, listens intently to the presentation during the organization’s 100th Anniversary Gala Thursday night at the Leflore County Civic Center. Behind Cadney, who also chaired the anniversary’s planning committee, are other past presidents.

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Saluting history
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Fri,11/03/17-4:17PM , 297 Reads
The Leflore County Civic Center took on the aura of a big-city nightclub ballroom on Thursday night as the Greenwood-Leflore County Chamber of Commerce pulled out all the stops for its 100th birthday celebration.
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From left, Britton Webb, Matt Story and Matthew Horton are seen during the filming of “Blood Country,” a Mississippi frontier justice tale filmed in part at Florewood Park. Horton is a Pillow Academy graduate and also served as the film’s co-producer.

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‘Blood’ will show
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer

Thu,11/02/17-6:01PM , 159 Reads
There will be blood.

“Blood Country,” that is, a local premiere screening of the independent film that was shot in part at Florewood last winter — a “Southern” as opposed to a Western, according to the filmmakers who made it.
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