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Judge stands by Broom decision
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Wed,03/21/18-6:04PM , 265 Reads
Circuit Judge Carol White-Richard is standing by her decision to throw out the indictment of accused murderer Edward Broom.

In an order filed last Friday, White-Richard denied Assistant District Attorney Tim Jones’ motion for reconsideration in the case.
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Leflore County Emergency Management Director Fred Randle implores the Itta Bena Board of Aldermen on Tuesday to come up with an emergency plan for the city in case there is a natural or manmade disaster.

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Disaster plan needed
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer

Wed,03/21/18-5:59PM , 235 Reads
Itta Bena’s Board of Aldermen is being urged to come up with a plan in case of natural disaster or manmade emergency.
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Radio station battle brewing
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Tue,03/20/18-4:23PM , 225 Reads
A battle is brewing out at WABG-AM radio, the tiny station out on Money Road, between the station’s general manager, a Louisiana engineering firm and a competing radio network.
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Dorothy Huffman — civil rights activist, retired office professional, former election commissioner and gardener —resides on Avenue H in South Greenwood, just a block away from where she grew up.

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Civil rights activist opted to stay in Greenwood
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Tue,03/20/18-4:19PM , 251 Reads
Spring officially begins today. For Dorothy Huffman, that means relocating her daily life outside to the front porch and to the flower beds surrounding her tidy white house on Avenue H in the heart of South Greenwood.
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