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Gunfire alert system: No consensus
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Sun,11/13/16-7:00AM , 137 Reads
On Tuesday, a representative from SST Inc. of Newark, California, will make a presentation to the Greenwood City Council about ShotSpotter, a gunfire location technology system the city is considering purchasing.
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Ben and Caleb Cox say their parents encouraged them to follow their dreams. “We work hard and were raised to work hard,” Ben says.

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Entrepreneurial brothers open new restaurant
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Sun,11/13/16-3:36AM , 193 Reads
Brothers Ben and Caleb Cox started small, but they have big ideas.

Co-owners of Delta Snow, the little yellow snow-cone and barbecue shack on West Claiborne Avenue, the brothers have expanded into a nearby building to open their first restaurant, By the Bridge Bistro.
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Mississippi Valley State University recently won the Soul Bowl, a competition with Jackson State and Alcorn State universities to see who can recruit the most blood donors. From left are Dr. William Bynum, president of MVSU; Dawn Woods, Mississippi Blood Service Delta marketing representative; Deborah Bynum, wife of William Bynum; Marques McNeal, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity member, Zeta Phi chapter; Dominique R. Burks, scholarship recipient; Kendietrich Tucker, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity president; and Marion Boyd, senior vice president, Regions Bank.

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MVSU wins blood donor contest
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Fri,11/11/16-5:54PM , 86 Reads
Mississippi Valley State University students are the 2016 Soul Bowl champions at giving blood.
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District receives $750K for pre-K
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer

Fri,11/11/16-5:53PM , 87 Reads
The Greenwood Public School District has received a three-year, $250,000-per-year grant from the Mississippi State Board of Education to create a pre-kindergarten Early Learning Collaborative.

The grant will support joint efforts by the school district, Head Start and Judy’s Kids pre-school to advance pre-K programs in Greenwood.
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