Leflore County News

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.

Authorities in eastern Oklahoma say the arrest of an Oklahoma man may lead to solving a rash of Dollar General store robberies in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

September 07, 2009 4:06 AM EDT SUMNER, Miss. - In the Mississippi Delta, nothing spreads faster than a rumor that an armed white mob chased black thieves through a cotton field.

A 19-YEAR-OLD MAN loses HIS LIFE SUNDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING A SHOOTING IN SIDON. PATRICK PEOPLES, 31, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF 19-YEAR-OLD FRED NEAL.