Zig Ziglar, who grew up in Yazoo City and went on to become one of the most successful motivational speakers of all time, died Wednesday at age 86. Ziglar inspired countless people to improve their lives during his career. By JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher

“Where you start is not nearly as important as where you finish.”
­- Zig Ziglar
Once a poor boy in Yazoo City, he went on to become the Master of Motivation.
Zig Ziglar, America’s best known motivational speaker and author of over two dozen books, died Wednesday morning at age 86 in Dallas, Texas after a brief battle with pneumonia.
Born Hillary Hinton Ziglar in Coffee County, Ala., Ziglar moved to Yazoo City with his family at a young age. Ziglar was the tenth of 12 children, and his father died when he was just five years old. One of his younger sisters died just two days later.
At age 6, the first grader was selling peanuts on the streets of Yazoo City. During the Great Depression, Ziglar and his brothers served as carriers for The Yazoo Herald.
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DewBy JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher

Jayne Dew made history Tuesday night as she became the first female elected supervisor in Yazoo County.
Dew defeated David Shipp 566-454 in a runoff election to fill the seat that her late husband, Ed Dew, occupied for 20 years until he died in February.
“Someone mentioned that I had made history by being the first woman elected supervisor, and I had forgotten about that,” she said. “I don’t think it has sunk in yet.”
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By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

A city alderman feels the after hour fees of Glenwood Cemetery need adjustments to better suit grieving families.
Ward 3 Alderman Clifton Jones said it is not fair to charge families $125 more after 3 p.m. or on the weekends for burial at the local cemetery.
It currently costs $375 for funerals before 3 p.m. on weekdays. That cost increases to $500 for services after 3 p.m. or on weekends.
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Baylor Travis and Jesse Davis raise their hands in celebration in the background as Ryan Cothern scores the game-winning touchdown in overtime to capture the team’s second straight Class A state title. More photos appear on page 13.Tri-County wins in overtime to earn second straight Class A State Title

By JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher

Making history isn’t easy.
It couldn’t have been much more difficult for Tri-County Academy Friday. The Rebels were down until the end, when Ryan Cothern scored a five-yard touchdown in overtime.
And with that touchdown, the Rebels made plenty of history with a 13-0 win over Wilkinson County Christian.  
TCA captured its second straight Class A state title, the fourth in school history, and finished the season undefeated at 14-0. The Rebels also extended the state’s longest active high school football winning streak to 27 games.
But all of those records were in doubt until the fourth quarter Friday as Wilkinson Christian did what no other team had been able to do all season -- keep Tri-County out of the endzone.
“We were getting whipped for two and a half quarters,” said TCA coach David Blount. “They were bigger than we realized, and much more aggressive than anything we had seen on film.”
Taylor Prevost punched in a one-yard touchdown in the first quarter. Prevost added his own extra point kick to give the Rams a 7-0 lead.