Greenwood Commonwealth

A parent who filed a complaint against the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District alleging her son was assaulted by a teacher has come to an agreement with the district to dismiss the complaint. Earlier this month, Grenada attorney Carlos Moore, who represents plaintiff Rometria Coleman, filed the stipulation of dismissal — a voluntary agreement to end the complaint — in…

It’s taken almost 20 years, and billions of dollars in wasted consumer spending, for federal regulators to acknowledge that a popular over-the-counter drug for treating colds and allergies doesn’t work. The Food and Drug Administration has finally agreed with the skeptics that oral versions of phenylephrine — most commonly found in the brand names Sudafed and Dayquil — is ineffective…

Mississippi Valley State University’s marching band, shown during the Roy Martin Delta Band Festival and Christmas Parade on Dec. 6, has been invited to take part in the inauguration parade for President-elect Donald Trump in Washington on Jan. 20. (By Tim Kalich, Copyright 2024 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

Ricky Leath, an outreach specialist with the City of Miami, talks with Bei Zhao, right, as he works with the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust to distribute bottles of water and other supplies to the homeless population, helping them manage high temperatures, May 15, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Quintavious Johnson and Jakarie Love have been charged with capital murder in the death of Madisyn Evans.

A portion of the 65-acre site for building a new high school shows houses and a grain elevator in the Buckeye Road area to the west. (By Susan Montgomery, Copyright 2024 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

David Jordan, left, shakes hands with President Jimmy Carter in the White House in October 1977, 16 years before Jordan became a state senator.

WINONA — Graveside services for Doris Hood Tidwell of Winona were held at 11 a.m. Dec. 21, 2024, at New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery in Winona. Mrs. Tidwell, 80, died Thursday, December 19, 2024. She was a retired employee of the Department of Unemployment Insurance division for the state of Mississippi. Visitation was from 10 to 11 a.m. Dec. 21 at Oliver Funeral Home of Winona…

GREENWOOD POLICE DEPT. ARRESTS Charles D. Johnson, 66, 1215 County Road 162, Cruger, disregard of traffic device, bench warrant, released on own recognizance.

President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Jan 6., 2021 Capitol riot.