Brynn Blackstock (left) and Emma Middleton wave their flags while singing The Star Spangled Banner before the Benton Academy football game Friday night.

By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

A city alderman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Yazoo City involving a recent appointment to the Public Service Commission.
Ward 3 Alderman Clifton Jones filed the suit in Chancery Court on July 9. Since then, the case has moved to Circuit Court, with the most recent filing on Oct. 19.
The suit stems from the Board of Mayor and Aldermen appointing a new member to the Public Service Commission board. Jones claims ordinances were not followed, and the board’s appointment should be declared invalid.
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By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

A Yazoo County family who discovered their horse dead from a gunshot wound to the head is offering a reward for information on the shooter.
David and Kim Woods were devastated when they found their horse dead on their Bentonia land on Oct. 19.
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Radio talk show host Kim Wade speaks with supporters of the Bentonia Lighted Cross Project fundraiser Saturday at Bentonia Baptist Church. Wade, radio DJ Scott Steele and Herald Publisher Jason Patterson judged the barbecue contest in which Glen Cleveland was named the winner. Many plates were sold to support the effort to erect lighted crosses on private property in Bentonia.