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Hill View Baptist Church, located along Mississippi 430, was established in 1997 with 18 members. The church has grown over the years and now has an average of 130 to 140 people attending worship service every Sunday. (By Johnny Jennings, Copyright 2024 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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Hill View Baptist Church: Planted in faith
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Sun,08/25/24-6:00AM , 1552 Reads
A vibrant church that has found a home among the corn and soybean farmland just inside the Carroll County line, Hill View Baptist Church continues to grow its reach within the Delta.
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The Urban Youth Corps of Greenwood spent Tuesday morning putting down new grass sod in between the crape myrtle trees on Fulton Street. The group consisted of, from left, Devontae Brunson, Jarkavion Floyd, Lloyd Stevenson, Erran Palmer, Raymond Gary, supervisor Cherrie Criss and Reilly Davenport. (By Jeff Byrd, Copyright 2024, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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Urban Youth Corps members lay sod along Fulton Street
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Wed,06/26/24-2:00AM , 1969 Reads
A work crew from the Urban Youth Corps of Greenwood spent a hot Tuesday morning putting down new grass sodding.
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Actress Bryce Dallas Howard screams while portraying the character Hilly Holbrook during rehearsal for a scene from “The Help” being shot in 2010 at a house on Grand Boulevard. At this coming week’s Mississippi Municipal League annual conference, Greenwood Mayor Carolyn McAdams will speak about the movie and the impact it has had on the city. (By Andy Lo, Copyright 2024, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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Mayor to speak on impact of ‘The Help’
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Sat,06/22/24-2:00AM , 1439 Reads
Greenwood Mayor Carolyn McAdams will give one of the keynote messages at the Mississippi Municipal League’s annual conference that starts Monday in Biloxi.
McAdams, an executive committee member of the Mississippi Municipal League, will speak about the 2011 movie “The Help” and the impact it had on Greenwood.
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9 detained after fight at city pool
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Fri,06/21/24-2:10AM , 4892 Reads
Greenwood police had to be called Wednesday to the Eddie “Sonny” Brown Memorial Pool to break up a fight involving several youths.
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