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Greenwood firefighters battle a fire that was caused when a tree-trimming truck exploded Monday on Keesler Street. A contract worker was 50 feet above the ground in the truck’s bucket, trimming trees, when he was forced to jump after the flames started to reach him. (By Marcus Banks)

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Tree-trimming truck explodes
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Tue,04/23/24-2:00AM , 7333 Reads
A man trimming trees had to jump 50 feet to the ground after the engine to the truck from which he was working exploded Monday in North Greenwood.
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Yolande van Heerden is an art instructor for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Delta. On Wednesday afternoon she taught an art class for Greenwood club members, clockwise from left, Ayden Blissett, Daija Davis, Keriyana Fredrick and Kianna Federick. In back is Kentrell Clay. (By Jeff Byrd, Copyright 2024 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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Boys and Girls Club needs help to expand
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Sat,04/20/24-2:00AM , 5175 Reads
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Delta is seeking to expand the facility of its Greenwood club as well as its reach — but it needs more funds to do it.
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Frank Smith Sr.

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Frank Smith Sr.: 1932-2024: Florist loved to work where he grew up
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Sat,04/20/24-2:00AM , 5588 Reads
Longtime Greenwood florist Frank Smith Sr. loved serving the public, daughter Sherry Smith Leard said Friday.
Mr. Smith died Friday morning at the age of 91.
Beginning in 1956, he owned and operated Frank’s Flower Shop, and “it meant everything to him,” Leard said.
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Keldrick Jackson

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2nd man charged in fatal shooting
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Fri,04/19/24-2:00AM , 42707 Reads
The Greenwood Police Department has charged a second man with murder in the April 1 shooting death of Accardo Willis.
U.S. Marshals apprehended Keldrick Jackson, 19, 809 East McLaurin St., on Wednesday evening. Jackson was booked into the Leflore County Jail.
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