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Jaycee Dixon, 8, is a third grader at Threadgill Elementary School. (By Johnny Jennings)

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Just Ask a Kid: Jaycee Dixon
By KATHERINE PARKER - Staff Writer
Tue,11/15/22-1:00PM , 2186 Reads
“I’ve been saying poems since I was four years old, and I’m really good at it,” eight-year-old Jaycee Dixon asserted, swinging her legs as she sat at a picnic table in Wagner Park.
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Supervisors: Closing GLH not an option
By KATHERINE PARKER - Staff Writer
Tue,11/15/22-2:00AM , 4107 Reads
The Leflore County Board of Supervisors wants the leadership at Greenwood Leflore Hospital to know that closure is not an option.
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Program to help third graders improve literacy
By KATHERINE PARKER - Staff Writer
Tue,11/15/22-2:00AM , 766 Reads
Third graders in the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District will have a new after-school program after Thanksgiving to help address literacy needs.
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From left, Racheael Pitts of Indianola, Donna Buford Bryant of Glendora, and Claudia Henson of Greenwood rehearse their performance at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in preparation for the free "Symphony of Psalms" to be held on Nov. 15. Bryant says she finds the performance of live music fulfilling as well as unpredictable.

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A symphony for all: Greenwood Chorale to perform selection of psalms Nov. 15
By KATHERINE PARKER - Staff Writer
Sun,11/13/22-12:13PM , 2362 Reads
Sounds of sacred songs will fill the sanctuary of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church Tuesday as the Greenwood Chorale performs a selection of psalms chosen by director Paul Brown.
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