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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorOriginally built as a bank, the Yazoo County School District’s central office was designed to be as solid as a rock.But it was no match for the Nov. 29 tornado that hit downtown Yazoo City. Boarded windows and major roof...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorThe annual Yazoo Chamber of Commerce banquet will be Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. at McCoy Elementary This year’s theme is “Weathering the Storm: Coming Together for a Better Yazoo.” The banquet will celebrate Yazoo’s economi...
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By DAN HAWTHORNE Sports EditorGood things in life are free; from the charity stripe anyway. Benton Academy’s Lady Raiders held off a 13 point onslaught in the fourth quarter and made crucial free-throws in the dying second to earn their first win ...
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Special to The HeraldJackson – Make merry memories with your friends and loved ones this season at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science – Jackson’s Attraction of the Year! “Come visit us this season and be sure to bring your holiday guests,...
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Special to The HeraldThe Yazoo Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution held its Nov. 18 chapter meeting at 2 p.m. in the fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church. Prior to the meeting, veterans were honored in a ceremony a...
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Special to The HeraldThe Southern Debutante Assembly will present its 2010 honorees at the annual White and Gold Ball, to be held Dec. 29 at the Greenwood Country Club in Greenwood. The group of young ladies to be presented includes Katie Elizabeth Willia...
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Ja Miya Rucker, daughter of Nicole Townsel and Danvesse Rucker and granddaughter of Sadie Townsel and Brinda Rucker, celebrated her second birthday along with her sister Ja Kaelyn Rucker, who will turn 3 on Dec. 26....
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Christopher Durden and Courtney Smith of Yazoo City are proud to announce the birth of their child, Christopher Tyler Durden, on November 19, 2010 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson....
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By GARY ANDREWSEditor and PublisherIf you look around you, you are going to see many, many people thriving off of what others are doing for them.There are so many people who act like leaches and suck the life blood out of a situation without the blood, sw...
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It has really started to become a fun time in the Patterson home lately. Our two year old son James has been doing the funniest and sweetest things over the past few weeks. His vocabulary is starting to expand, his expressions are more colorful, and his i...
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LINDA BENNETTLinda Smith Bennett, 55, died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Funeral services are today at Bethel M.B. Church with Rev. M.C. Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Cypress Garden Cemetery under the direction of ...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterGetting the lights back on was hard enough for Yazoo’s Public Service Commission.Just conducting everyday business has proven to be an even bigger challenge after the Monday tornado trashed the central office building.Fo...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorA log truck driver escaped without serious injury after derailing a train that was stopped in the middle of Highway 3.Mike Walton was driving south on Miss. Highway 3 early Thursday morning when his truck struck the train,...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorThe National Weather Service has confirmed that it was two tornadoes that hit Yazoo County Monday night.Two EF2 tornadoes swept through the county, one causing damage on Eagle Bend Road and another striking downtown Yazoo ...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterAnother arrest was made this week in connection to an off duty Yazoo City police officer being shot at a local nightclub over the weekend. Investigators believe they now have the shooter in their custody. Johnny Holmes, of...
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A pair of Yazoo County football players will be donning the helmet and pads just one more time.
Benton Academy senior lineman John Philip Zeigler and Manchester Academy senior quarterback Matt Peaster will take the field Friday at Mississippi College in ...
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Benton Academy are still searching for that first win. The Lady Raiders have dropped their first seven games on the season including Monday’s 57-31 loss to Central Hinds at home.
“We were pretty cold all night shooting,” first year head coach Mike ...
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The Yazoo County Lady Panthers struggles on the court continued Monday after falling to Clinton 49-39 on the road. It was their third loss in the last four games.
Looking for back-to-back wins for the first time this season, the Lady Panthers trailed by ...
