Greenwood News

A MAJOR FIRE WAS STILL BURNING IN DOWNTOWN GREENWOOD THURSDAY EVENING. BILLY PERRY'S PAWN SHOP IS WHERE THE FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED AND SPREAD TO OTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON CARROLLTON AVENUE.

NASHVILLE, Tenn . - New information on the daring escape that led to the shooting of a Metro police sergeant.

The federal stimulus package has helped keep some contractors in business, and will give towns in the Mississippi Delta a public service they've gone without for decades: paved streets.

A BURGLARY WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE SHERWIN WILLIAMS STORE IN GREENWOOD FINDS THAT THE STORE SAFE WAS STOLEN RIGHT OUT OF THE BUILDING.

THIS MUCH IS true about William Eggleston , often referred to as the father of color photography: He works quickly, never stages a photograph and takes only one shot.

A Kentucky woman says she rented a car for her son not knowing he intended to drive to Mississippi to help his cousin escape from prison.

A Metro police sergeant continues to recover after being shot several times during a traffic stop.

A 29-year-old Delta Correctional Facility inmate who escaped during an eye exam in Greenwood, Miss., has been captured.

Police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting of a Metro police officer along Interstate 40 on Thursday afternoon.

Outgoing Greenwood Mayor Sheriel Perkins did not contest the June 2 general election Monday, which was the deadline to do so.

MISSISSIPPI'S INSURANCE COMMISSIONER HAD QUITE A SURPRISE TODAY FOR LEFLORE COUNTY OFFICIALS.

A judge has extended the plea date for the two people charged in the killing of Jackson businessman Bobby Perry and family friend Andreca Manning last year.

JACKSON - Stealing 90 pounds of pot and 16 guns from a Mississippi police department took ingenuity and several prison inmates - and the police chief says he's relieved that guilty pleas in the case have lifted a cloud of suspicion from his agency.

Greenwood Mayor Sheriel Perkins plans to examine the ballot boxes from her loss in the June 2 general election.

Kool-Aid pickles from the Wafels and Dinges truck. A little over two years ago, I wrote a piece for The New York Times about Kool-Aid pickles .

Before it was over, eight people, including several prisoners, a janitor and a public works employee were facing federal charges related to the alleged conspiracy to steal five machine guns, 11 pistols and 90 pounds of marijuana from the Greenwood Police Department.

JACKSON - Seven of 11 pistols stolen from a police department in the Mississippi Delta have been recovered in Chicago, federal prosecutors said Wednesday in court papers.

The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters will honor several literary, musical and visual artists this weekend, with Lifetime Achievement Awards going to author Elizabeth Spencer and portrait artist Marshall Bouldin III.

A prison inmate accused of conspiring to steal guns from a Mississippi police department wants to block federal prosecutors from using recorded conversations and other information to convince a jury the weapons were sold in Chicago.

GREENWOOD - Authorities say a 9-year-old boy died Saturday after apparently darting into the path of a truck while driving a child-sized ATV near Morgan City.