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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorInvestigators were expecting to have to look out of town for a burglary suspect when she popped up right in front of them.Sheriff Thomas Vaughan said deputy Kenny Lewis was on patrol Friday night when a car made an illegal...
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HERNANDO - After going toe-to-toe with some of Mississippi’s best on the diamond, Yazoo City will have to wait another season for a deeper run to a state title after getting swept in the first round of the MHSAA 5A playoffs last week by Hernando, 10-5 a...
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Ryan Smith was clutch again. Unfortunately, his three hit ball game, including two home runs and five RBI wasn’t enough to get Benton Academy through to the second round of the MAIS Class A playoffs after falling to Winona Christian 7-6 last Friday. The...
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Yazoo County’s softball program has come a long way, but will have to wait another season for their first trip to the playoffs after closing out the year with a pair of losses; 7-2 to Kosciusko and 7-6 to Madison-St. Joe last week.
The girls posted the...
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By Joffre WashingtonFor The HeraldThe Yazoo City Indians tennis team concluded their regular season last week in the division tournament held at Ridgeland Tennis Center. Leading the charge for the Indians were no.1 boys doubles partners Thurston R...
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As if we could forget, my family and I were reminded last weekend about the anniversary of the deadly tornado in Yazoo. It seemed like we were almost in the midst of repeating history as we made our way back home from our vacation in the mountains. Afte...
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ED BURNSClarence Edward “Ed” Burns, 91, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Wisteria Gardens in Pearl.Funeral services were Thursday at St. Matthews Methodist Church in Madison. Arrangements were under the direction of Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home.M...
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Yazoo has made great strides in the year following the terrible tornadoBy JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterSplintered trees, bare land and missing buildings are constant reminders of the deadly tornado that ripped through Yazoo County a year ago. It doesn’...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterEmergency personnel came to help their own this week when a fire truck overturned into a ditch, injuring two firemen. A fire truck flipped into a ditch in front of the Wardell Leach Recreational Complex on Fifteenth St. la...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorA 21-year-old Vaughan man was killed in a one-car accident early Tuesday morning on I-55.Willis Davenport, of 160 Clay Lane, was driving a 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass southbound when his vehicle left the road near the mile mar...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorThe special election for Ward 4 alderman orginally set for May 3 will be changed to another date, but that date has not been set.-------for the rest of the story see The Yazoo Herald printed edition or subscribe to the Dig...
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Mr. and Mrs. James Clayton McConnell announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Candin Caroline McConnell, to Justin Tedford Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Allen Phillips of Oxford.Miss McConnell is the granddaughter is Mr. ...
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James Peter and Nikki Powell of Yazoo City are proud to announce the birth of their son, Riley James Powell, on December 28, 2010. Riley measured nine pounds and measured 21 and a half inches long. Maternal grandparents are Phillip and Sylvia Vandever...
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Mr. and Mrs. John Josey of Florence announce the arrival of their daughter, Maggie Kathryn, on February 16, 2011. Maggie weighed nine pounds, 13 ounces and measured 21 inches long.Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Travis Johnston of Yazoo City and Mr. and Mrs...
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The Yazoo Herald J. Gibson Eatherly of the Bank of Yazoo has been elected to the Executive Council of the Mississippi Young Bankers, a section of the Mississippi Bankers Association. MYB serves as the educational arm of the Association, conducting program...
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The Yazoo HeraldU.S. District Court Judge and Jackson State University alumnus (’86) Carlton Reeves will be the guest speaker at the JSU Department of Political Science’s annual end-of-the-year awards banquet at 5:30 p.m., April 18, at the JSU Student...
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Rust College student Cleotha Taylor of Yazoo City will spend the summer participating in an internship via the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. Taylor, a junior biology , will complete the internship during the summer of 2011.------...
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Ferriss Field on the campus of Delta State University is a truly mystical place to me. It was there in my youth that I witnessed one of the truly great college baseball players take the mound and work his magic. On the days Delta State had a game, I c...
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LEE CORRYLee Ethel “Sang” Corry, 101, died March 8, 2011 at home in Brooklyn, N.Y. Funeral services were March 15 at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church in Brooklyn with Rev. Shaun Lee officiating. Burial followed at Nassau Knoll Cemetery in Port Washington, N...
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