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Officials debate youth violence
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Tue,05/15/18-6:03PM , 219 Reads
The problem of youth violence in the county became a political football on Monday in the hands of the Leflore County Board of Supervisors.
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HOPE wins Wall St. Journal challenge
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Tue,05/15/18-1:00PM , 172 Reads
HOPE, the Jackson-based financial services and community development organization serving several Delta communities, including Itta Bena and Moorhead, has been named the winner of The Wall Street Journal Financial Institution Challenge.
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Sisters Debbie Clark, left, and Sharon Stone are the operations director and operations manager at Hope Animal Sanctuary. Here they hold two of four Pekingese dogs brought to the center after their owner died.

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New home, new Hope
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Sun,05/13/18-6:01AM , 255 Reads
Hidden among the trees, along a quiet bend on County Road 241 in eastern Carroll County, Hope Animal Sanctuary has been providing homes to abused, abandoned, neglected and relinquished animals for 25 years.
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Forum on violence set Wednesday
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Sun,05/13/18-6:01AM , 945 Reads
The ripple effects of sudden, violent death can be felt deep and wide, across a community.

Jakarrius Thomas, 19, shot to death in his bed on May 19.

Timmy Jerome James, 19, shot to death on Hope St., March 31.

Demetrics Townsend, 34, gunned down at Bishop Apartments, March 11.
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