By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

The Yazoo City School District is considering requesting a 4.75 millage tax increase in a budget hearing that will be held in two weeks.
The meeting between the city school board and the Mayor and Board of Aldermen will be held on July 30 at 1 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.
Many city officials are predicting a tax increase with the anticipation of the school board’s request that was similar to last year’s budget.
Last year, school officials requested a 4.75 millage increase. That same request could be made during the budget hearing this month, which will mean more money from the taxpayers.
The millage rate could increase from 48.19 to 52.94 if the 4.75 millage increase occurs.
“If the schools come back with that request, the city council will have to accept it,” said Mayor McArthur Straughter.
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By JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher

Some local business owners were not in a celebratory mood on the Fourth of July holiday when they discovered their restaurant had been burglarized the night before.
Ubon’s owners discovered that someone had stolen hundreds of dollars worth of meat after they closed for the evening.
Leslie Scott said twenty slabs of ribs and three and a half briskets were stolen.
Scott said it’s hard enough to operate a small business in the current economy, but Ubon’s has had to deal with theft as well.
“This is the third time that someone has broken in and stolen food from us,” Scott said. “It seems like when we figure out how they got in, and how to stop them, they figure out another way.”
Scott said neighboring businesses on their block off of Jerry Clower Boulevard have also experienced problems. She said that sometimes groups loiter in the area after the businesses close.
“We hope that someone will report this,” Scott said.
The Yazoo City Police Department is investigating the case. No arrests had been made by press time Thursday.
Crimestoppers will pay a reward for information leading to an arrest. To report a tip anonymously, call 746-TIPS.

By VERNON SIKES
Herald Correspondent

If the U.S. Congress is successful in their efforts in acquiring up to 48,000 acres of privately held land in Yazoo County, the results could be devastating, according to the Yazoo County School District trustees.
“They're planning to take – that's the best word for it because they're going to pay (the land owners) whatever they want to pay them – 48,000 acres,” said Assistant Superintendent Mickey Rivers. “It's going to start at the Whittington Channel here on the west levee, and it's going to encompass everything through Broad Lake, it's going to take Simmons Catfish Farm, it's going to come on across and get all those homes. We've got three 16th Sections in that and it's my understanding that they take those, too.”
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John Lewis gets a hit during the Roy Campanella All-Star team’s perfect performance in the district tournament over the weekend. The Yazoo City team boasted a 5-0 record to punch its ticket to the State tournament in Kosciusko that begins July 21.