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Leflore County bond issue gets new life

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg - Wed Nov 25

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

College merger unjust to minorities

Hattiesburg American - Sun Nov 22

As a Jackson State University alum, I found the recent article, 'Barbour: Merger Could Save Money,' comical to say the least.

Rural Miss. church mourns stabbing death of pastor

Picayune Item - Thu Nov 19

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.

Donors urged to scrutinize charities

The Clarion-Ledger - Mon Nov 16

Mississippians rank near the top when it comes to charity donations in the country, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says.

Teenager struck by car dies

The South Mississippi Sun Herald - Fri Nov 13

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

Civil rights marker vandalized again

The Clarion-Ledger - Thu Nov 12

The Neshoba County highway marker memorializing the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers by the Ku Klux Klan again has been vandalized, this time with the letters 'KKK' spray-painted across the sign on Mississippi 19.

People in Business

The Clarion-Ledger - Sat Nov 07

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

Leflore works to improve residents' health

The Clarion-Ledger - Tue Nov 03

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

A lottery could enrich education

The Clarion-Ledger - Mon Nov 02

I was just reading how Louisiana was able to set aside over $33 million for education spending from the sale of lottery tickets for just one quarter.

Second Mississippi district hit with suit over paddling

Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed Oct 28

Regular poster Terry sent this AP story to me Wednesday with the comment, "You would think they would have learned from the first lawsuit, now a second one.

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