Leflore County News

The Leflore County Board of Supervisors voted to move forward on a $2.3 million bond issue that was voted down in a Nov.

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.

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

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

If asked to name a water crisis hotspot, few people would point to the Mississippi Delta.

Leflore County is on track to receive as much as $2.5 million in federal funding in an effort to develop healthy lifestyles.

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.

GREENWOOD, Miss. - A tax dispute between Leflore County and General Electric Commercial Aviation Services is completely settled.

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.

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.

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

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI a ' 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.

Juvenile crime is down in Leflore County, but Judge Kevin Adams isn't satisfied.

As if the recent rains weren't enough of a worry, experts say Mississippi farmers should hustle to apply fall herbicides to battle Italian ryegrass.

The Mississippi Department of Health is confirming the fourth death related to West Nile in the state this year.

LEFLORE COUNTY CROPS ARE TAKING A SOUR TURN DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. GREENWOOD FARMERS ARE EXPERIENCING DAMAGED CROPS THIS SEASON.

In Mississippi, over 500 blacks had been lynched since 1882. Racially motivated murders were not uncommon in the Mississippi Delta and Mamie Till Bradley a schoolteacher in Chicago tried her best to school her 14-year-old son, Emmett about that prior to his trip to the Delta where she had relatives.

THE BALKAMP PLANT IN GREENWOOD IS CLOSING AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. ON THURSDAY, NAPA BALKAMP OF GREENWOOD ANNOUNCED IT WAS CLOSING ITS DOORS.

A Kosciusko man pleaded guilty to a sex crime during "plea day" at the Attala County Courthouse Wednesday, Sept.