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Leflore County declares emergency in advance of expected hurricane slamming Gulf Coast
By GERARD EDIC - Staff Writer
Sat,08/28/21-6:42PM , 5861 Reads
The Leflore County Board of Supervisors issued an emergency proclamation Saturday afternoon in anticipation of Hurricane Ida, the approaching storm that is expected to hit the Gulf Coast late Sunday.
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Leflore County District 3 Supervisor Anjuan Brown, left, and Minerva Clemon, right, a resident of a community located off County Road 106, listen to Tina Ruffin, director of community services with the Mississippi Department of Human Services. A ceremony was held Friday morning for the one-year anniversary of the groundbreaking for a water well, which has been up and running since November. (By Gerard Edic)

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Well has been welcome addition to community
By GERARD EDIC - Staff Writer
Sat,08/28/21-2:00AM , 1779 Reads
A group of Leflore County, state and nonprofit officials convened Friday morning to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the groundbreaking for a water well located between Itta Bena and Schlater.
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4 private schools’ virus totals not in report; administrators say they have given numbers to their governing body
By GERARD EDIC - Staff Writer
Fri,08/27/21-2:00AM , 1448 Reads
Four area private schools have not had their COVID-19 data appear in the Mississippi State Department of Health’s past three aggregate COVID-19 reports for schools.
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Schools having trouble cooling off
By GERARD EDIC - Staff Writer
Thu,08/26/21-2:00AM , 1340 Reads
A number of schools within the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District are dealing with problems with their air conditioning units, school board members learned Wednesday during a work session.
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