Chuck JordanBy JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher

Former Greenville Mayor and retired banker Chuck Jordan died Tuesday at his home at age 66.
The Yazoo native stepped down as mayor of Greenville after just nine months in office after learning he had pancreatic cancer. He was elected mayor in a landslide victory after running a campaign based on unity and revitalizing the city.
Jordan developed a reputation for community service during his banking career in Greenville.
“His dedication to his community, to his church and to Mississippi leaves a great legacy and a positive impact on those who had the opportunity to know him,” said Gov. Phil Bryant.
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BrentBy JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

City officials placed a local nightclub on probation after learning the club hosted an event with high school students.
LaShonda Johnson, owner of Da Spot, appeared before the Board of Alderman this week and accepted the year-long probation without any dispute.
Alderman Aubry Brent Jr. asked Johnson to be present at the open board meeting to question her about a function that was recently held inside her nightclub.
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JonesBy JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

With close to a million dollars already spent over the last two months, one alderman is wondering how Yazoo City will stay afloat with its finances.
Ward 3 Alderman Clifton Jones said he is concerned about what he believes is extravagant spending with the city’s money.
Looking over the latest claims docket, during the Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, Jones said he was shocked at the $721,000 overall expenditures included in the report.
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Clyde Lear was working in Chicago when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. At age 19, he was aboard a ship in the ocean.By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

Clyde Lear was only 19 years old when he found himself on a naval ship, heading to Vietnam.
It was the first time he had ever left the country. Unsure of what to expect in foreign lands, the one thing he was sure of was that his country was at war.
He was headed right for it.
But along Lear’s journey toward his generation’s war, he saw remnants of past conflicts. He made stops in Hawaii, Japan and Korea.
“I saw the destruction left behind in Japan,” he said. “I saw where Pearl Harbor was bombed. Those landmarks were still there. And now I was headed to Vietnam.”
Lear, 64, was enlisted in the Navy when he was deployed to Vietnam. Serving as an aircraft mechanic, it was up to him to service and repair the planes that were heading into battle.
There was a lot of pressure on Lear and his fellow sailors as they watched the planes fly toward uncertainty. But it was what he had to do for his country.
“Even if you never enter a war zone, you are still a veteran because you don’t know if you are going to come back home or if they are going to bring you home,” he said. “We didn’t know what was going to happen over there. We didn’t know who we were fighting.”
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