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8 hrs ago | WMC-TV Memphis

Leflore County bond issue gets new life

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

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Sunherald.com

Rural Miss. church mourns stabbing death of pastor

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.

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Related Topix: Grenada, MS, Minter City, MS, Grenada County, MS, Oakland, MS

Fri Nov 13, 2009

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Teenager struck by car dies

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

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Related Topix: Greenwood, MS

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

People in Business

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

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Related Topix: Greenwood, MS, Education Etc.

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Dairy Today

Delta Dilemma

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

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Sunflower County, MS, Weather, Quiver, MS

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Leflore works to improve residents' health

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

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Insurance Journal West

Mississippi School District Sued Again Over Alleged Paddling of Student

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

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Greenwood, MS

Wed Oct 28, 2009

WLOX

Ministers appeal to keep Wednesdays for church

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.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Mississippi Press

Leflore County settles tax dispute

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

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Related Topix: Greenwood, MS

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Picayune Item

Leflore Co. hospital employing more staff

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.

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Related Topix: Greenwood, MS, Nursing, Medicine, Picayune, MS

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Leflore Co. hospital employing more staff

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.

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Related Topix: Nursing, Medicine

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Leflore student files suit over paddling

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

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Greenwood, MS

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Mississippi Business Journal

MDA to conduct energy workshops

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.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

WJTV Jackson

Judge Targeting Sentencing For Youths

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

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

WJTV Jackson

Experts Warn Of Ryegrass Threat To Miss. Crops

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.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Greenwood, MS

WJTV Jackson

4Th West Nile Death Confirmed In Mississippi

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

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

WABG

Damaged crops due to heavy rain

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

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather

Mon Sep 21, 2009

NowPublic

54 Years Later: The Life and Death of Emmett Till

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.

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Related Topix: Money, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS

Mon Sep 14, 2009

WABG

Industry closes after 30 years

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

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Wed Sep 09, 2009

Star-Herald

Tollison enters guilty plea to sex crime

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

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Related Topix: Tollison, MS, Kosciusko, MS, Greenwood, MS

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