Leflore County's unemployment rate was 7.1% last month, according to figures released this week by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. July's preliminary figure was better than the ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has appointed a Leflore County native to serve on its Memphis branch’s board of ...

(Submitted) Greenwood native and Pillow Academy graduate Kayla Brown, right, earned a spot in a Special Master’s Degree ...

The Leflore County Sheriff’s Office has notified businesses outside Greenwood city limits that the sale of non-FDA-approved hemp products intended for public consumption is illegal.

The gerrymandering war that is heating up across the country wasn’t started by Donald Trump, even though the Republican president sparked the latest hostilities by urging Texas to conduct a mid-decade ...

Kelsey Hurt enjoys interacting with the customers at Zoe Coffee Co. She’s worked at the new downtown Greenwood coffee shop ...

The race to fill the vacant District 24 Mississippi Senate seat is crowded, with five candidates either having submitted ...

The Leflore County Board of Supervisors reviewed two versions of a proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year at a work ...

For Jerome Hudson, Schlater Day is a homecoming. This year’s Schlater Day, scheduled for Aug. 30, is themed “We Are Schlater.

Services for Willie D. Page Jr. of Memphis will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Century Funeral Home. Mr. Page, 60, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, at his home. He was a painter. Visitation will be from 11 a.

Services for Ruben McDonald of Greenwood will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Andrew McQueen Jr. Civic Center. Mr. McDonald, 64, died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center ...

Doris McDaniel Kent, 95, of Sumner passed away peacefully on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, at her daughters’ residence.  Arrangements are incomplete. Williams & Lord Funeral Home of Ruleville is in charge of ...