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Special to The HeraldThe Yazoo County Retired Education Personnel Association met March 24 in the D.D. Waiver building at Warren-Yazoo Mental Health complex. The meeting was called to order by President Barbara Moore. Gala Starling led the group in singin...
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Jadarrius Da’Sean Young, son of Annette Young, celebrated his first birthday on April 1. He is the grandson of Gladys Young and the late Lee Young Sr. Jadarrius celebrated his birthday with a cookout at his grandmother’s house, followed by a party at ...
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Special to The HeraldKassia Rudd, the granddaughter of Yazoo native Barbara Overton Gates and the late Willie Elmo Gates Sr., has been awarded a Fullbright Scholarship. Kassia is also the great granddaughter of the late Mary and J.B. Overton, who were als...
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OLA MAE CARTEROla Mae Carter, 58, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Emory Hospital in Decatur, Ga.Funeral services were April 2 at Quofaloma M.B. Church in Tchula with Rev. Louis Young officiating. Burial followed at Horseshoe Cemetery in Tchula. Mrs. Cart...
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I was in line at the grocery store last week when I saw an all too familiar site ahead of me. There was an older lady, dressed in her Sunday best, with a few items in her basket. A small boy, who I assume was her grandchild, was seated in the basket among...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterSuperintendent Shannon Sudbury said many changes have been implemented within city schools, but he knows there is plenty of work left to do.“We have kept the academic progress of our students at the forefront of our mind...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterTwo women later admitted to investigators they lied after claiming they were raped this week. Wendy Burgess and Tami McDonald were both charged with filing a false report with rape crimes. Both women were involved with sep...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterPolice officers were busy this week as routine traffic stops led to three drug arrests within Yazoo City.Mersonia Taylor, 26, and Mecos Washington, 25, were both charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribu...
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The Yazoo HeraldYazoo native Elissa Fulton has joined The Yazoo Herald staff as an advertising representative.Fulton is a 1997 graduate of Yazoo City High School and attended Hinds Community College. Before joining The Herald staff she was assistant prope...
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Benton Academy extended their winning streak to nine games Tuesday after John Philip Zeigler knocked home the game winning run in the Raiders final at bat for a 5-4 victory over Humphreys Academy.
The Raiders improve to 5-1 in district play and have pret...
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Yazoo City had a victory in their grasp.
Holding on to a 5-4 lead in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday, Ridgeland’s Harrison Olinger’s two run single gave the Titans the go-ahead run as they went on to defeat the Indians for the third time this...
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Manchester Academy’s boys and girls tennis teams dropped their first team loss on the season to Oak Hill, but rebounded with a convincing with over Winston.
Without Mary Moses Hitt on the courts March 31, the Lady Mavericks dropped both singles matches...
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CARROLLTON - Manchester Academy has their backs against the wall now following Tuesday’s 4-3 loss to Carroll Academy. The Mavericks have lost three straight, and dropped to 3-2 in the district heading into Thursday’s double header with Carroll.
“Th...
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Special to The HeraldThe hard work goes on year-round, but during the first week of April each year, the Junior Auxiliary of Yazoo City pauses to say thanks to the community for another great year.It has been a busy yet successful year packed with service...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorIf a group of deputies hadn’t been in the mood for catfish for lunch, one escaped prisoner probably wouldn’t be alive.Officers from the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department were returning from lunch at Riverbend Catfish...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorWhile most Yazoo County residents were still sleeping soundly in the early Monday morning hours, officers with the sheriff’’s department were searching through fields for a drug smuggling suspect. At 3:35 a.m. guards a...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterYazoo City will come alive this weekend with the sounds of music, the smell of smokey barbecue and the feel of a good cause. The Junior Auxiliary will hold its BBQ and Blues Festival on Saturday on the grounds of the Trian...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorTwo of Yazoo County’s election commissioners made another appeal to the Board of Supervisors Monday for enough space to prepare for the upcoming elections. “Last election we stood in the hall with the bathroom door ope...
