Greenwood Police Chief, Keith Jackson, was awarded the Patriotic Employer Award at a recnet city council meeting. The chief had been nominated by one of his officer’s, David Stewart. Officer Stewart serves in the Air National Guard and is deployed to Afghanistan. Officer Stewart stated, “It makes my transition so much easier when I [...]

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It is no secret drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In 2008, 11,733 people died in highway crashes involving a driver or motorcycle with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. The statistics for women is particularly concerning. Twenty-one percent of the 5,473 female drivers killed in crashes in 2008 had [...]

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The Greenwood Water and Wastewater Committee approved Monday a final contract with James Fork Regional Water District for long-range water plans.

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The Greenwood Fire Department has identified a crucial need in 2009 to improve initial fire attack, enhance their ability to perform effective search and rescue, and to improve post fire clean up and preparation for their next call. The acquisition and implementation of new CBRN approved 4500psi SCBA’s to meet or exceed the current NFPA [...]

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The City Council brought Greenwood one step closer to annexing several areas of land on Monday, but it didn’t come without strong opinions from residents in the Valley Loop area.

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Kelly Miller Circus tickets are now on sale. The circus will be in Greenwood April 3. The Greenwood Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the Kelly Miller Circus for the exhibition of an all-new 2010 show.

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Voters will be going to the polls to vote on a proposed 2.8 mill increase for the Greenwood School District.

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For the fourth year in a row, the Performing Arts Center at Greenwood High School hosted the 37th annual Miss Western Arkansas and the thirteenth annual Western Arkansas Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageants. The Miss Western Arkansas is a preliminary pageant for the Miss Arkansas Pageant and is a part of the Miss America system, which [...]

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School Resource Officer Kathy McCasliln was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic on State Highway 10 East Friday afternoon. Investigator McCaslin had traffic stopped to allow students to cross safely onto Ridgecrest from the south side of State Highway 10, when she was struck by a 2008 four-door Toyota driven by Lac Trinh of [...]

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The Greenwood School Board met in regular session, Thursday, Feb. 4, in the Administration Building. Members present were Clema Jean Nichols, Ruth McConnell, Mary Ann Sandifer, Paul McCollom, Larry Rhodes, Todd Hales, Greg Hasley and Superintendent Dr. Kay Johnson.

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