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Man convicted in fatal 2021 shooting
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Fri,05/10/24-2:00AM , 5873 Reads
After deliberating for more than two hours and 45 minutes Thursday, a Leflore County jury convicted a Greenwood man of second-degree murder Thursday in a 2020 fatal shooting.
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Council votes to raze 6 houses deemed hazards
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Thu,05/09/24-2:00AM , 1619 Reads
The Greenwood City Council voted Tuesday to demolish six houses after their property owners did not comply with requests to clean them.
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Gunshot victim dies en route to Jackson hospital
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Tue,05/07/24-10:23AM , 20955 Reads
A Greenwood man died of gunshot wounds early Tuesday while en route to a Jackson hospital, according to authorities.
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Areyana Williams, second from right, was one of 176 people to receive degrees from Mississippi Valley State University at Saturday’s graduation ceremony. With Williams are, from left, her mother, Tonya Jackson; her grandmother, Adondra Williams; and her great-grandmother, Nellie Blackmon. (By Andy Lo, Copyright 2024 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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Mississippi Valley State University graduation: Speaker: Show proper attitude, effort and respect
By JEFF BYRD - Staff Writer
Tue,05/07/24-2:00AM , 1350 Reads
Graduates for Mississippi Valley State University’s 72nd class were urged Saturday by the commencement speaker to make the best of their time when they go into their chosen fields.
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