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Tatum resigns post as head football coach at MDCC

City enforcing fines to businesses violating mask mandate

This past holiday weekend in many ways was city and county officials’ worst nightmare realized — droves of people gathered together in bars and pubs and some, without a mask or face covering.

Holding strong, YMCA making plans for new activities in 2021

After a year of challenges many organizations have faced due to COVID-19, the YMCA is still a place where people can have a good time.

Eleven shot in 'mass shooting' at Grenada biker club

Eleven people suffered various degrees of gunshot wounds following what City of Grenada law enforcement agents

Mother, daughter stay at Belmont Plantation in late father’s honor

Claire Ducote’s husband was in the final days of his fight against a brain tumor that would eventually claim his life on Oct. 31 when he began researching one last family trip.

People share what they’re thankful for
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On Mon, 11/23/2020 - 04:17 PM
The Delta Democrat-Times asked people what they are thankful for this year. This is what they said.

Alex Savannah
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Mississippi October jobs down 28,800 from last year
By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 21,270 Reads
On Mon, 11/23/2020 - 02:36 PM
Mississippi's unemployment rate was 7.4 percent for October, 2020. This is slightly worse than the national average of 6.9 percent.

Still, Mississippi has lost 28,800 jobs since October, 1919, when the unemployment rate was 5.6 percent.
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Robert P. Wise, JD

New Study Confirms the MMR Vaccine May Prevent or Lower the Severity of Covid Illness
By Robert P. Wise and David J. Dzielak, READ MORE > 21,046 Reads
On Mon, 11/23/2020 - 02:07 PM
We reported last May in these pages (NSS May 21) that each of us obtained both courses of the off-the-shelf, easily available MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) Vaccination to guard against the worst aspects of Covid-19 should either of us get the virus.
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Giles inducted to hall of fame
By David Healy dhealy@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 21,683 Reads
On Mon, 11/23/2020 - 11:38 AM
Former Greenville High and NFL star Jimmie Giles woke up Tuesday morning and received a phone call from three of his good friends: football legends Doug Williams, James Harris and Parnell Dickinson.
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Opinion: Some other close elections
By Kelley Williams, READ MORE > 21,696 Reads
On Mon, 11/23/2020 - 10:31 AM
A recent Wall Street Journal article by David Oshinsky vividly describes some close historic presidential elections - and lasting changes they caused. It was written before votes were cast in the close - but unfinished current election. It too may produce lasting changes. It’s hard to believe, but this election may not be the ugliest.
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Illegal dumping a growing problem for city
By JASMINE STEVERSON jsteverson@ddtonline.com , READ MORE > 18,844 Reads
On Fri, 11/20/2020 - 04:09 PM
Discarded items are littering the streets of Greenville, and the mayor has said it must stop.

According to Mayor Errick Simmons and Public Works Director Jermaine Thornton, over 1,200 illegally dumped tires have been picked up in the city limits over the last two weeks by city employees and public works crews.
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Board of Supervisors approve Justice Court Navigator Program
By JASMINE STEVERSON jsteverson@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 18,077 Reads
On Fri, 11/20/2020 - 04:07 PM
Oftentimes, equal justice is hard to come by and even more often, it costs.

To minimize such an occurrence, the Washington County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to enter a resolution upholding the implementation of a Justice Court Navigator Program for the Washington County Justice Court on Monday.
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City council implements fines for not wearing a face mask
By JASMINE STEVERSON jsteverson@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 52,944 Reads
On Fri, 11/20/2020 - 04:05 PM
The City of Greenville’s city-wide mask mandate will now carry immediate consequences for violations.
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Darrell Shaw
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On Fri, 11/20/2020 - 03:41 PM
Darrell Shaw
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Jacqueline Taylor
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On Fri, 11/20/2020 - 03:41 PM
Jacqueline Taylor

GREENVILLE — Graveside services for Jacqueline D. Taylor, 52, of Greenville, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Lakewood Cemetery. She died Nov. 13, 2020, at Delta Regional Medical Center. Services are under the direction of T.L. Redmon Funeral Home, Cleveland.
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