Rev. George WoodliffBy JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher

A group of local ministers believe what Yazoo needs more than anything is the power of prayer.
On Sunday they’re offering that opportunity, and they hope like-minded Yazooans will join them.
“I feel that the timing is right for this,” said Rev. George Woodliff, pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church. “There is a great need for this community to come together in prayer.”
The Yazoo Ministerial Association is sponsoring Pray Yazoo 2012, a series of four prayer and praise events. The first of those will be Sunday at First Baptist Church at 4 p.m. with Woodliff officiating.
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Mayor McArthur Straughter looks on as city workers demolish an abandoned house on the corner of Calhoun Avenue and Fifth Street. The house has long been considered an eyesore and a health hazard to the neighborhood. The city has made progress in the battle to clean up neglected properties since purchasing a new excavator. The city also recently demolished nuisance properties on South Washington and Gordon Avenue.

Rescue workers on the scene where a truck driven by Hubert Lee Cole burst into flames after being struck by an Amtrak passenger train. Cole was killed instantly.By JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher

A 73-year-old man was killed Saturday morning after the truck he was driving was struck by a train.
Hubert Lee Cole was crossing the tracks at Grand Avenue near Clubview Circle onto Jerry Clower Boulevard at 9:55 a.m. when he was struck by a southbound Amtrak passenger train.
Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers said Cole was killed instantly. None of the 155 passengers aboard the train were injured. The train was heading for New Orleans from Chicago. The passengers were taken to their final destination by bus.
The train pushed Cole’s truck about 1,300 feet before stopping. Rescue workers pronounced Cole dead on the scene. The truck caught fire as they attempted to work.
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Yvette Edwards Cook has introduced the joy of tennis to many Yazooans over the years at the Yazoo Country Club.By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

When Yvette Edwards Cook was only eight years old, she thought her one shot at tennis was over.
It was her first lesson, and she was eager to leave her racquet on the court.
“I told my mother that I didn’t want to ever play again,” Cook said. “I put the racquet down and never looked back.”
But her instructor that day saw something in Cook. There was a talent.
“He told my mother, ‘do everything you can to keep her in it,’” Cook said. “He said, ‘she has talent.’”
Cook walked back onto the court a few years later at 11 years old. A year later, she played in her first tennis tournament.
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