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A hiccup in the third quarter Monday night probably cost the Lady Raiders a victory as they fell to Sharkey-Issaquena 47-40 in North 2A action. The game was a heated battle from start to finish with Benton controlling the first quarter 12-10....
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Yazoo County’s Ashanti Spencer and Deandre Scott each scored 20 plus points Friday night as the Panthers and Lady Panthers swept the Cleveland Wildcats at home in a crucial district victory. The Lady Panthers (11-10, 4-2) have won three in a row after t...
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Although Thursday night’s loss to Tri-County may have ended an eight game winning streak, Friday’s 45-42 victory over Oak Hill confirmed the Mavericks have become one of the top teams in AA North....
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In what looked to be a close game that would come down to the wire, Oak Hill’s Lady Raiders scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to win a crucial district 2AA contest over Manchester 56-38 Friday....
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For years, I've espoused the use of plain ol' common sense. My basic premises have been simple: avoid being stupid, act like you've got some sense and listen to what your Mama says.Tried and true tips for anything life can throw at you.So, would someone p...
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LOUISE ABSHAW
Louise Abshaw, 94, died Saturday Jan. 1, 2011.Funeral services were Jan. 8 at St. Matthew Church of God in Christ with Rev. Robert Earl Toombs officiating. Burial followed at Glenwood Cemetery under the direction of Shaffer & Collins Fu...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterThe clock has started ticking for two city schools to improve their status to avoid state intervention. The first annual State of the District address was held Monday evening for the Yazoo City Municipal School District. T...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorWard 4 voters will return to the polls after a judge declared the March 1, 2010 alderman primary void.Special circuit court Judge Vernon R. Cotten declared the primary featuring candidates Aubry Brent Jr. and Hattie Willia...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorA Yazoo City woman died Friday evening when the SUV she was riding in left the road, flipped and smashed into a tree.Martha Hankins, 54, of 944 Ethel Street was in the back seat of an SUV traveling north on U.S. 49 near Ya...
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Special to The HeraldMembers of the Delta Debutante Club, the oldest debutante club in Mississippi, gathered at the Greenville Golf and Country Club on Dec. 29, 2010 for its sixty-eighth annual Debutante Presentation and Ball. -------for the rest of the s...
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Robert Coleman received the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lady Achievers Inc. for his outstanding services and accomplishments....
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Special to The HeraldThe Hinds Community College Deans’ and President’s scholars have been named for the 2010 fall semester. Deans’ List scholars are those students with a cumulative 3.5 to 3.9 grade point average. President’s List scholarships ar...
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My husband Jason and I were riding to work last week when I noticed our son James had a persistent cough coming from the back seat. “I had better give him some honey tonight,” I said, looking out the car window.“Honey,” Jason asked with a puzzled ...
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IDELLE BRUMFIELD
Alice Idelle Brumfield, 98, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson, &n...
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Volunteers rebuild home destroyed by storm
By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterCarlee House didn’t give the tornado warning a second thought. The 76-year-old lady was safe inside her home, reading a catalog. She even told her son Mark there was nothing to...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterThanks to the observant nature of an off-duty police officer, almost 50 bags of drugs are off the streets now. Pervious Wilson, of Yazoo City, was charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of ecstasy and a misde...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorAlthough garbage collection has improved considerably in Yazoo County since the county took over operations, illegal dumping continues to be a major problem.Complaints surface throughout the county on a regular basis. Just...
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Manchester Academy’s run for the postseason on the hardwood just got one step closer in non-district action Tuesday night as the boys and girls pulled out wins over Jackson Victors, a Christian non-profit athletic organization for home-educated students...
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Dabney Edwards had missed seven free-throws Tuesday night. But with the game on the line, the score knotted up at 38-38, 1.8 seconds on the clock, Edwards knocked down the first of two shots from the line, to give the Lady Panthers a 39-38 win over Ridgel...
