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Mary Johnson, a student in Mississippi Delta Community College's culinary program, will be cooking for 300 Friday at an event hosted by the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience in Meridian.

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MDCC culinary student to show skills in Meridian
By KATHERINE PARKER - Staff Writer
Fri,09/09/22-2:00AM , 858 Reads
Mary Johnson, an Indianola native and student in Mississippi Delta Community College’s culinary program, will showcase her skills at Friday’s Fork & Fête in Meridian.
The event, hosted by the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m.
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School board takes steps toward adding early college options
By KATHERINE PARKER - Staff Writer
Thu,09/08/22-2:00AM , 979 Reads
The Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School Board has approved taking steps toward expanding the opportunities for middle school and high school students to earn college credit.
The board voted Tuesday in favor of implementing an early college program.
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Ashley and Tyler Johnson show off the 9-foot long alligator they harvested on the first weekend of the alligator hunting season. They caught the gator on the Tallahatchie River.

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Locals harvest alligators to start season
By KATHERINE PARKER - Staff Writer
Sat,09/03/22-2:00AM , 3776 Reads
Two local couples have filled one of two gator tags they were issued for the 2022 Mississippi alligator harvesting season, which closes at noon Sept. 5.
Kris and Jacob Bowlin of Greenwood filled their small gator tag, harvesting a 6-foot-3 adult female last Saturday night around 11 p.m., Kris said.
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Smoke lingers from Hannah Foster’s blown-out candles on her specially-requested coconut birthday cake. She celebrated her 102nd birthday Thursday.

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For 102-year-old Foster, life is cake
By KATHERINE PARKER - Staff Writer
Fri,09/02/22-2:00AM , 1626 Reads
“Don’t have these boys running around looking at my age!” 102-year-old Hannah Foster said Thursday, covering the candles on her cake at the birthday party held in her honor at Riverview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
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