Leflore County High News

On plane: Lover of planes, newlywed with 2 tours overseas

Yorkton This WeekMilitary personnel search the fields surrounding the site of a military plane crash near Itta Bena in Leflore County, Miss., Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The military ... The 15 Marines and a Navy sailor killed in a plane crash Monday in Mississippi came ...

On plane: 1 long wanted to be a Marine, 1 close to retiring

News SentinelSupporters hold American flags on the side of Airport Road in Jackson, Mississippi, Thursday, July 13, 2017, as hearses carry the remains of the 16 service members who died in a plane crash in Leflore County, Mississippi Monday to the Air National ...

Engine from Mississippi Marine plane crash found, sheriff says

WDTVSearch teams are still finding aircraft parts in the 5-mile debris field, Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks said. They found one of the plane's engines Wednesday morning, he said. It wasn't clear if the engine constituted one of the "impact areas ...

General: Plane was at cruising altitude before problems, crash

Kinston Free PressBradley S. James told reporters Wednesday in Itta Bena, Mississippi. That squares with comments from witnesses interviewed by The Associated Press who said they saw the plane descend from high altitude with an engine smoking. The crash of the KC-130 ...

Questions linger after Marine Corps plane crash in Mississippi

NewsChannel5.comWhile investigators try to determine why the plane crashed in western Mississippi on Monday afternoon, Johnson has no choice but to wait for answers about the crash that killed his son. "They're still calling it an accident. We still don't know what ...

6 Marines, sailor in fatal crash from Camp Lejeune

Kinston Free PressLeflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a late briefing that more than a dozen bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Jackson in the ...

A House of Crossed Logs

Oxford AmericanItta Bena, Mississippi. The hometown of Lewis Nordan, one of the best-kept secrets of Southern literature, fiercely loved by the too few who know his work, which comprises three small story collections, four novels, and a memoir. Nordan is often ...

Undefeated CCHS to host Leflore County

Clarksdale Press RegisterLast week, the Coahoma County High School Red Panthers showed they could take on and defeat an undefeated team as they beat Riverside High School of Avon by a score of 54-0. ... This Friday night they face the Leflore County Tigers of Itta Bena.