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Washington Co. eyes local disaster-response teams

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:06:47 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - Washington County wants to organize local disaster-response teams that will be trained to respond either in their neighborhood or workplace if a disaster strikes.

City sewer fix will cost up to $13M

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:05:26 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - Greenville Mayor John Cox says the city will undertake a multimillion dollar, five-year program to upgrade the aging sewer system.

Greenville health center closing

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:06:59 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - The Good Samaritan Health Center will be closing its doors by the end of the year or as soon as federal funds run out.

Greenville police officer charged in scheme

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:04:16 -0400

ABERDEEN, Mississippi - A Greenville police officer is scheduled for trial on July 29 in federal court in Aberdeen on charges of accepting payments from a local nightclub owner in exchange for warning the businessman when state liquor law enforcers were in town.

Anti-drug initiative loses funding

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:05:14 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - Washington County has lost funding for its community anti-drug program that has operated for 25 years.

Court filing: Man will plead guilty in pornography case

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:21:12 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - Federal court records indicate a man intends to plead guilty in a child pornography case in Mississippi.

City, schools at odds over casino revenue

Wed, 29 May 2013 16:07:16 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - Greenville Mayor John Cox is suggesting that a portion of casino revenue diverted to the city schools should be directed instead to parks and recreations programs.

Man sentenced for child molestation

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:06:32 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - A 42-year-old Greenville man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to performing sexual acts on a minor.

Greenville man sought in fatal fire

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:05:31 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a 36-year-old Greenville man sought in the death of a woman whose body was found last month inside a burned house.

94 parcels to be sold at auction

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:10:24 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - Ninety-four parcels of tax-forfeited land, valued at $210,000, will be sold at an auction in June.

Preservationists try to stop unauthorized changes

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:05:31 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - Historic preservationists are trying to figure out how to keep the owners of historic buildings in Greenville from making unauthorized changes.

'All aboard' for West Point transportation museum

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:28 -0400

WEST POINT, Mississippi - It's not so often a grown man gets to report to work and play with trains. For Terry Craig, though, it's a weekly joy. As curator of the Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum on West Point's Depot Drive, he is not only conductor of the largest working stationary train of its scale in North Mississippi, he got to build much of it.