By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

Yazoo City has two years to bring its fire protection up to the state’s requested requirements or it could lose its current fire rating.
The Mississippi State Rating Bureau recently visited with the Yazoo City Fire Department to review the city’s fire insurance grading classification.
“I thought they would send us out the door, but they didn’t,” said Mayor McArthur Straughter, during the Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting this week.
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Amanda Hodge was crowned Tri-County Academy’s 2012 homecoming queen by 2011 queen Brooke Seale. Pictured with Hodge are Headmaster Mark Johnson, her father, Charlie Hodge, flower girl Allie Bates and ringbearer Eli Tucker.

Nora Grace Davis hugs Cassidy Scott with Jenny Reynolds waiting her turn during a ceremony honoring the state champion softball team Friday.

By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

There was no public opposition to the city’s proposed redistricting plan that would move some voters into different wards.
The public hearing concerning the proposal was held during the Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Monday afternoon.
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