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PEARL - Yazoo City will once again be well represented in track and field at the regional this weekend after a solid outing at the district meet last Friday.
In all, over a dozen athletes, several participating for the first time in track, finished in th...
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The Yazoo County Rotary Club is getting set to host their annual benefit golf tournament Friday, June 3 at the Yazoo Country Club.
"Our annual golf tournament is our biggest fund raiser for our community service projects that serve many needs in Yazoo ...
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Since August, the Yazoo Tornadoes select baseball team have been blowing away the competition.
Now they need the community’s help in going to the USSSA 7 and under World Series in June in Gulf Shores, Ala.
The squad, made up of 10 seven year olds from...
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JACKSON – Manchester Academy couldn’t keep up the momentum last Friday from their game one victory over Hillcrest. The Mavericks were eliminated from the first round of the Class AA series after losing back-to-back contests, 19-4 and 10-0. Trailing 7-...
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GRENADA – The Benton Academy golf team booked their ticket to the Class A state championship after winning the North State A Golf Tournament held at Dogwood Country Club in Grenada on Monday.
The Raiders placed first overall, and Chase Ward was the thi...
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Danny Ray and Billie Sue Purvis of Yazoo City announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Johnston, to John Bright, son of James and Margaret Bright of Yazoo City. Miss Johnston is also the daughter of the late James T. Johnston. She is employed at ...
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Special to The HeraldMembers of the Yazoo Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution volunteered to receive and act as docents during the 2011 Natchez Spring Pilgrimage at their very own Rosalie Mansion. Those hostessing w...
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I can honestly say that I am ready for our little girl to arrive within the month so that I can have someone on my team at home. My husband Jason and I are expecting our second child by the end of May, and I am happy to report that it is a girl. With a ...
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HAROLD COKER
Charles Harold Coker, 48, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011.Funeral services were Friday at Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Humphreys and Rev. Arli Frances officiating. Burial followed at Glenwood Cemetery. Mr. Coker was born...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterBeverly Wood is known as “the voice” of Manchester Academy. For the past 33 years, she has been the first person one spoke with when telephoning the school. As the receptionist, she is also usually the first face one s...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorA county employee was killed Wednesday morning while clearing trees downed by severe weather.Harold Coker, 48, was killed around 7:30 a.m. when the weight of a tree being cut by a county work crew shifted, causing a portio...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorJust when it looked like everything was going their way, Yazoo County farmers are now watching the water rise.“We had beautiful weather this spring, and everything was great,” said Phillip Vandevere Jr., Yazoo County M...
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Makalyn Robinson, daughter of Candace Cooper of Benton and Melvin Robinson II of Yazoo City, celebrated her fourth birthday on April 18.She celebrated with a Dora the Explorer party at her home with her two grandmothers, Ivera Clifton of Benton and Johnni...
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Special to The HeraldThe monthly meeting of the Lintonia Garden Club was held March 23 at the Mississippi Chemical Plant Annex of the Ricks Memorial Library with special speaker, Nancy Speed. Speed lives in Yazoo County. She has been raising exotic birds ...
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Have you ever had a teacher give you a “pop quiz”? Have you ever noticed the joy it brought to the teacher to give you a “pop quiz”? Did you have that sinking feeling in your stomach when the quiz landed on your desk because you knew that you ha...
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ETHEL COKER
Ethel J. Coker, 60, of Pearl, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at home.Funeral services were Friday at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed at Midway Methodist Cemetery.Mrs. Coker was born March 2, 1951 to Hess and Grace Toom...
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An Easter to Remember
By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterEbenezer Baptist Church was completely wiped out on April 24, 2010 with nothing left standing after the deadly tornado. But on Sunday, the church congregation came together under a new roof for its E...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorGov. Haley Barbour surprised many of his hometown supporters Monday when he announced he will not run for president in 2012.“This has been a difficult, personal decision, and I am very grateful to my family for their tot...
