By JASON PATTERSON
Managing Editor

New Superintendent Shannon Sudbury says times are changing for the Yazoo City School District, and he’s not wasting any time making improvements.
“The days of Yazoo City being the doormat of education in this area are over,” Sudbury  told the Yazoo Lions Club Thursday. “Yazoo City is known as the Gateway to the Delta, but I want it to be the Jewel of the South. There’s no reason why it can’t happen.”

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By JASON PATTERSON
Managing Editor

Yazoo City firefighters entered a blazing apartment and saved a man’s life Friday night.
After responding to a fire call at Shady Lane Apartments at around 10:30 p.m., firefighters found a crowd of people screaming that someone was still inside a burning apartment on the second floor.
“Several of us entered the apartment while others set up a ladder in the back,” said Captain Roosevelt Johnson Jr. “We found the resident inside at a window. He had broken the glass out with his hands, and his arms were extremely bloody.”
Firefighters carried the resident, a male in his 30s, out of the apartment and administered CPR before providing oxygen.
“He’s going to be OK,
Johnson said.
Johnson said the fire appeared to have originated in the kitchen.
“It was pretty bad,” he said. “This could have easily have been a much worse situation.”
Yazoo Fire Chief Roy Wilson said he is proud of the effort of his men.

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Trina EllisBy JAMIE PATTERSON
Herald Reporter

If your son steals a flat screen television, setting it up in the living room may be a bad idea.
Trina Ellis was charged with possession of stolen property after officers discovered a stolen television in her apartment.
Capt. Larry Davis said the flat screen television was stolen from a local business over the Memorial Day weekend.
“Her juvenile son actually broke into the business and stole the television,” Davis said. “She had it hooked up in her living room in her apartment with cable hooked up to it and everything.”
Davis said Ellis may have stayed out of trouble if her son had stashed the television in her home without her knowledge. But the fact that she had it hooked up in her living room wasn’t a good sign.

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Jerry WashingtonBy JAMIE PATTERSON
Herald Reporter

It was his flashy smile that landed one burglary suspect behind bars this week.
Jerry Washington was charged with grand larceny after he allegedly stole computers from the Ricks Memorial Library about two years ago.
Investigators were able to connect Washington with the burglary because of his unusual grin.
“Witnesses gave a very detailed description of the suspect,” said Lt. Tilmon Clifton. “They said he was a black male who lived on West Madison Street,

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