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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorIt survived the terrible fire of 1904 and the Great Flood of 1927, but time finally caught up with the Gilruth building. The historic downtown building collapsed Monday night, bringing down a wall of the J.F. Oakes buildin...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorA careless driving traffic stop uncovered a vehicle loaded with a variety of drugs last week.Sheriff Thomas Vaughan said deputy Britt Johnson saw a truck run off the road on U.S. 49 near Myrleville Road. When Johnson sto...
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Brandon Hollins has one more shot before his college career is finished. For the former Yazoo City four-sport athlete hopes to play for another Southwestern Athletic Conference championship later this month in Shreveport, La. Only this time he wants to be...
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JACKSON – The Eighth Annual Cellular South Ferriss Trophy, awarded to the state’s top collegiate baseball player, will be presented May 23 at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum starting at noon.The three finalists and coaches will be on ha...
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William Dodd, a former coach and educator in Yazoo County for 35 years was recently inducted into the Mississippi Valley State University Athletic Hall of Fame at a ceremony in April. “I’m still pinching myself,” said Dodd who was really surprised w...
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By DAN HAWTHORNESports EditorAlthough Yazoo City’s overall record on the diamond wasn’t eye popping, their bats and at times their pitching really turned heads. At 15-14, the Indians baseball team should have finished at least second in the district, ...
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By DAN HAWTHORNESports Editor JACKSON– For Mary Moses Hitt, winning her fifth consecutive AA tennis singles titles didn’t come as easy as one would think. Repeating a championship is tough. Three in a row is harder; but five? “I thought it would but...
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Laura is the daughter of Ernie and Linda Miles originally of Rolling Fork and granddaughter of the late Murry and Mary Miles also of Rolling Fork and the late Paul Hernandez of Valley Park. Milton is the owner of Belzoni Alternator and Starter and son of ...
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Daniel and Bonnie Coleman of Bentonia are proud to announce the birth of their son, Parker Jordan Coleman, on April 6, 2011 at St. Dominic Hospital. Parker weighed seven pounds, eight ounces and measured 19 and a half inches long. Maternal grandparents ar...
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Mother’s Day is tomorrow, and I thought long and hard all week about what to get or do for my Momma. I have tossed around the idea of getting her some flowers delivered to her work, another kitchen gadget or a gift that I made myself. All those gifts ...
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LINDA WINSTEADLinda P. Winstead, 61, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at home.Funeral services were Thursday at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ray Trammell officiating. Burial followed at Glenwood Cemetery.Mrs. Winstead was born Nov. 21, 1949 t...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorFirst Lady Marsha Barbour urges Yazoo County residents in the path of the coming flood not to take any chances.“The height may vary from what’s being predicted, but it’s coming,” Barbour said, during a public meeti...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterAs Yazoo waits for the coming flood, many keep their eyes on the levees. A few remain in their homes, praying the water may not reach them. Others are packing their lives into whatever they can find to leave for safety. An...
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Many Yazooans look back on their days on the city’s little league baseball fields as some of the happiest days of their lives. My own memories are filled with kids chasing foul balls for free snowcones, the sound of aluminum bats making contact and the ...
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ALICE HILL
Alice Mae Hill, 89, died April 23, 2011 at Oasis Health & Rehabilitation.Funeral services were Saturday at King Solomon M.B. Church with Rev. Benjamin Hall Jr. officiating. Burial followed at Glenwood Cemetery under the direction of Shaffe...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONHerald ReporterTwo women were attacked by a group of young men for no apparent reason last week at a local park during Little League. Terrance Bass and Steven Diew, both 18, and an unidentified juvenile were all charged with simple...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorCounty officials are providing sand for residents preparing for the coming flood.The Yazoo County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to leave sand for sand bags behind the county barn off of Old Benton Road where residents ...
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By Gary AndrewsEditor and PublisherThe Governor’s Job Fair Network of Mississippi will be hosting its 9th Yazoo County Area job fair on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.The fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will be held at the National Guard Armory in Ya...
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