Greenwood News

Members of a tiny church in the rural Mississippi Delta are mourning the loss of their pastor who was found stabbed to death in his own home this past weekend.

Veteran producer, director, and agent provocateur Paul Saltzman spent five months in the tiny hamlet of Charleston to make his latest film, Prom Night in Mississippi .

An 18-year-old girl died at Greenwood Leflore Hospital after being hit by a car on U.S. Highway 82.

Delta State University's Delta Center for Culture and Learning, through funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities "Landmarks in American History and Culture" program, will offer two week-long workshops focusing on the Delta's rich cultural heritage.

No one knows for certain when dance became part of the human culture but it has been traced back for centuries and is known to have been a part of rituals, celebrations and entertainment as far back as 3300BC.

Kathy Whicker has been appointed to the board of directors. She is is a retired teacher from the Greenwood and Leflore County school districts.

Earlier this year, an 11-year-old student in Greenwood, Mississippi sued the LeFlore County School District after suffering deep bruising, and possible kidney damage, from a severe paddling at school.

Helicopter pilot hurt in crash A Greenwood man was to undergo surgery today after being injured in a helicopter crash Sunday in Webster County.

Leflore Co. hospital employing more staff GREENWOOD - Greenwood Leflore Hospital has become the largest job provider in Leflore County, bucking the trend of some other medical facilities struggling in the tough economy.

The Metro police officer shot after a prison break in June has filed suit against Corrections Corporation of America, alleging that the company is responsible for the failures that led to the shooting suspect's escape and the subsequent shooting.

GREENWOOD, Miss. - A company expects to complete by mid-December its acquisition of Greenwood's PYCO oil mill.

A school district in Mississippi's Leflore County has been hit with a lawsuit from a student alleging injuries from a paddling.

Ministers in Greenwood have appealed to private and public school administrators to stop scheduling extraccurricular activities on Wednesday night, when most churches offer mid-week services.

Leflore Co. hospital employing more staff GREENWOOD - Greenwood Leflore Hospital has become the largest job provider in Leflore County, bucking the trend of some other medical facilities struggling in the tough economy.

The city of Ocean Springs is one step closer to opening a culinary arts caf in the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center after the Board of Aldermen accepted a business plan during its regular meeting Tuesday.

A school district in Leflore County has been hit with a lawsuit from a student alleging injuries from a paddling.

GREENWOOD, Miss. - A man and a woman have been charged with felony child abuse after police says they left a 4-month-old infant alone in a hotel room.

The Mississippi Development Authority will host a series of workshops statewide to provide information about the State Energy Program and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program.

GREENWOOD, Miss. - A federal judge says the reverse discrimination lawsuit by former Greenwood Leflore Hospital attorney George Dulin should be held in Aberdeen.

Distance in the Mississippi Delta seemed to defy all mathematical properties that governed the rest of the world.