KATHRYN EASTBURN | The Greenwood Commonwealth

Mission Mississippi volunteers delivering bags of gifts for The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree project are, from left, Johnnie Neal, LaShon Brooks, Meredith Allen, Lue Reeves, Dr. John Lucas Jr., Mary Dent Lucas, Riley Cole and Neva McNeal, with Salvation Army Lt. Jamaal Ellis behind Mrs. Lucas.

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Salvation Army aid
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Thu,12/14/17-4:54PM , 157 Reads
When Mission Mississippi had its regular early morning breakfast meeting last Thursday, its attendees didn’t know they were on the verge of a whirlwind gift-giving mission.
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Dr. Nancy New, a Greenwood native, is executive director of Mississippi Community Education Centers with locations around the state. New told public officials Wednesday that the umbrella organization, Families First for Mississippi, is expanding services and taking a “whole family” approach to meeting individual and family needs.

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Nonprofit aims to link families to key services
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Thu,12/14/17-1:00PM , 424 Reads
Connect the dots. Sounds simple enough.

But when you’re talking about connecting people with needed family and human services, it’s not quite so simple.
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Proposal: Give deputies radar
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Wed,12/13/17-1:00PM , 125 Reads
The Leflore County Board of Supervisors will ask the state Legislature to approve a local and private bill allowing sheriff’s deputies in the county to use radar to curb speeding.
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Board, hospital CEO talk finances
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Tue,12/12/17-1:00PM , 167 Reads
Leflore County supervisors on Monday heard from Greenwood Leflore Hospital CEO Jim Jackson on the financial condition of the hospital and interrogated Jackson on losses in revenues as well as cuts in costs at the publicly owned facility.
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