Greenwood 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.

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.

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

Christiea s October 7 & 8 Photographs sales totaled $7,484,100. Four sales: The American Landscape: Color Photographs from the Bruce and Nancy Berman Collection, Photographs by Sally Mann from a Private Collection, Washington, D.C., The Miller-Plummer Collection of Photographs showcased the very finest in the medium, from historical 19th century ...

India's traditional monsoon went missing for several long spells this season, and in the end, it may provide only 70 percent to 80 percent of traditional precipitation to the region.

Holmes County District Attorney James Powell said he will appeal the dismissal of charges against a Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper.

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.