City election taking place Monday
By JASMINE STEVERSON JSTEVERSON@DDTONLINE.COM,
Sat, 12/07/2019 - 2:39pm
Greenville City Elections are set to take place Monday with polls opening at 7 a.m. and closing at 7 p.m.
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Local men reflect on fathers’ World War II stories
By JON ALVERSON JALVERSON@DDTONLINE.COM,
Sat, 12/07/2019 - 2:40pm
Dr. Ed Egger and Dr. Bill Schaffarzick have been friends for decades and they have a lot of similarities.
They are the quintessential baby boomers. They are both in the medical profession. Egger is an ophthalmologist and Schaffarzick is a dentist.
They like to hunt and fish. Both can tell a good hunting story.
Greenville’s Michael A. Kelly photographs whitetail deer for Mississippi Sportsman’s License
By DAVID W. HEALY,
Fri, 12/06/2019 - 3:00pm
Greenville resident Michael A. Kelly has spent a good part of the last 40 years taking pictures of Delta wildlife. Kelly floats down the Mississippi River and other local tributaries in his small paddle boat for many of his pictures.
Mariamne Richardson
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Sat, 12/07/2019 - 2:46pm
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St. Joseph reaches third straight state championship with thrilling, 20-18, victory over Carroll Academy
By DAVID W. HEALY,
Fri, 11/15/2019 - 11:54pm
St. Joseph Catholic School junior Kaleb Lockett said he and his teammate Dillon Johnson have a special connection, and on Friday night Lockett and Johnson proved it.
‘Murder on the Orient Express’ opens Thursday at DCS
By CATHERINE KIRK CKIRK@DDTONLINE.COM,
Tue, 11/12/2019 - 8:28pm
Only one more day remains before people can head over to Delta Center Stage to try and figure out the mysterious events of the production, “Murder on the Orient Express.”
“Murder on the Orient Express” is set to run Thursday-Sunday and will also be this season’s annual dinner theater for two nights, Friday and Saturday.
2 Greenwood residents charged with attempted burglary
By CATHERINE KIRK CKIRK@DDTONLINE.COM,
Fri, 11/15/2019 - 11:36am
LELAND — Two Greenwood residents were arrested earlier this week for trying to breaking into a Leland storage center.
Monday afternoon, Washington County Sheriff Deputy Adam Auger spotted suspicious activity at 82 Mini Storage and notified the Leland Police Department.
Parties not needed locally
By JON ALVERSON JALVERSON@DDTONLINE.COM,
Tue, 11/12/2019 - 12:01pm
What has been made clear in recent years, our government is not controlled by majority-selected representatives in many cases.
Heck, our president didn’t even win the popular vote, but that’s a conversation for a different time.
Perfect season, third-straight title
By DAVID HEALY,
Fri, 11/22/2019 - 6:34pm
JACKSON — The St. Joseph Catholic School football team trailed by two points early in the second quarter when Fighting Irish senior Dillon Johnson ran around the Indianola Academy defense and raced down the left sideline for a 72-yard touchdown.
Johnson’s run was just the beginning.
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Lawyer famous for acquittals to defend Nissan ex-chair Ghosn
Wed, 02/13/2019 - 4:57am
In this June 27, 2012, photo, lawyer Junichiro Hironaka speaks at press cub of courthouse in Tokyo. Hironaka, a defense lawyer famous for winning innocent verdicts in a legal system where 99 percent of the cases result in convictions, has been hired to defend Nissan Motor Co.'s former chairman Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday, Feb.
Reed Road project ahead of schedule
By JERI BORST JBORST@DDTONLINE.COM,
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 8:10am
Surface work remains to be completed
Reed Road has been experiencing significant updates since January and is a head of schedule, Mark Hooker, Washington County engineer told the board of supervisors Monday.
Mississippi airport announces 2 new direct flights routes
Mon, 02/25/2019 - 6:41pm
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Travelers leaving from a Mississippi airport will be able to fly directly into two new cities in a few months.
News outlets report that direct flights leaving from the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport to Austin, Texas and Fort Myers, Florida were announced Monday.
Life lost to gun violence
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Thu, 02/07/2019 - 7:47am
Anthony Smith has been charged with murder and possession of firearm by a convicted felon.
Greenville police officers located Tarus Dandridge, a 41 year-old black male, who was pronounced dead on the scene by emergency medical personnel and Washington County Coroner Methel Johnson.
Lavorne Jones
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Wed, 01/30/2019 - 3:54pm
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Mound Bayou – Funeral services for Lavorne L. Jones, 72, of Mound Bayou, are 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at First Baptist Church, Merigold. She died Jan. 26, 2019, at Bolivar Medical Center, Cleveland. Burial follows in Calvary Cemetery, Renova, under the direction of Redmon Funeral Home, Cleveland.
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Delta Health Alliance, Sesame Street bring awareness to Autism
By CATHERINE KIRK CKIRK@DDTONLINE.COM,
Wed, 04/17/2019 - 8:24am
April is Autism Awareness Month, and Delta Health Alliance doing its part to bring that awareness to the Mississippi Delta.
Board members cautioned for interfering
By JERI BORST JBORST@DDTONLINE.COM,
Tue, 06/11/2019 - 4:30pm
MDE reviews GPSD board’s actions
Allegations of Greenville Public School Board members interfering with day-to-day operations of the school district were reviewed by the Mississippi Department of Education and found valid.
Man arrested, charged for Friday night shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured
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Sat, 08/03/2019 - 9:30pm
A man has been charged with murder for a shooting that left one man dead and another in critical condition.
At 11:30 p.m. Friday, officers with the Greenville Police Department were dispatched to the 300 block of West Alexander Street in reference to two shot people.
Police search for person who shot, killed man
By CATHERINE KIRK CKIRK@DDTONLINE.COM,
Wed, 07/24/2019 - 4:49pm
Officers with the Greenville Police Department are searching for the person who shot a man in the face and left him to die.
At 6:21 a.m. this morning, police officers were dispatched to the 800 block of North Theobald Street, where they found a 20-year-old black male with blood on his face.
Local teen charged in uncle’s stabbing death
By CATHERINE KIRK CKIRK@DDTONLINE.COM,
Thu, 07/18/2019 - 2:52pm
A Greenville teenager is behind bars for the stabbing death of his uncle.
At 1:13 p.m. Monday, July 15, officers with the Greenville Police Department were dispatched to the 1200 block of Belfast Street. Inside the home, officers found the body of a 37-year-old black male, who has been identified as Jermaine Sanders.
