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• June 8th, 2011

  Created: Tuesday, 07 June 2011 19:10 Author: Administrator

  LEONARD FOX Leonard Charles Fox, 50, died May 31, 2011.Funeral services were June 4 at Old King Solomon M.B. Church with Rev. Benjamin Hall Jr. officiating. Burial followed at Cypress Gardens under the direction of Scott Memorial Funeral Home.Mr. Fox was...

• Flood victims returning

  Created: Tuesday, 07 June 2011 18:51 Author: Administrator

  By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorMany Yazoo County flood victims are returning home to find a terrible mess.As the water continues to recede many residents have already begun gutting their damaged homes. Bernice McGinnis, Yazoo County Emergency Management...

• Dive team finds man in river

  Created: Tuesday, 07 June 2011 18:50 Author: Administrator

  By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorAn Inverness man was killed and another is still missing after they drove into the Yazoo River early Monday morning.Divers with the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department’s found Ozzie Cason, 56, inside a 1999 Mitsubishi Ga...

• Brent challenges Ward 4 election

  Created: Tuesday, 07 June 2011 18:49 Author: Administrator

  By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorThe special election for Ward 4 that resulted from a challenge is now being challenged.Aubry Brent Jr., who lost by a single vote to Hattie Williams in last week’s special election, is challenging the election results on...

• Miss Collins to wed Richardson

  Created: Friday, 03 June 2011 17:30 Author: Administrator

  Holly Ann Collins and William Zachary Richardson will be united in marriage on June 18, 2011 at 4 p.m. in Brandon at Luckett Lodge.The Reverend Brian Ables will officiate the double ring ceremony.Miss Collins is the daughter of  Ronnie Collins of Yaz...

• What the parenting books don’t tell you

  Created: Friday, 03 June 2011 17:23 Author: Administrator

  Last week my husband Jason and I welcomed our second child with the birth of our daughter, Elsie Hampton. We were blessed that little Elsie arrived healthy and happy. And we were proud to add another addition to our growing family. With our first child, o...

• June 4th, 2011

  Created: Friday, 03 June 2011 17:22 Author: Administrator

  William Chandler Willliam R. Chandler, 82, died Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland.Funeral services were Friday at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Gallagher officiating. Burial followed at Bolton Cemetery.Mr....

• Flood waters falling

  Created: Friday, 03 June 2011 16:33 Author: Administrator

  Simmons Catfish opening Monday By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorLife is beginning to return to normal for many Yazooans as the water level continues to fall.U.S. Highway 49 reopened this week along with many county roads that had been closed due to flood...

• Williams wins Ward 4 by one vote

  Created: Friday, 03 June 2011 16:30 Author: Administrator

  By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorA single vote decided the Ward 4 special election Tuesday as former alderwoman Hattie Williams defeated Aubry Brent Jr. with 246 votes to Brent’s 245.Williams will return to her former seat at the Mayor and Board of Alde...

• Man leads officers on high speed chase

  Created: Friday, 03 June 2011 16:30 Author: Administrator

  By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorA Yazoo County man is charged with felony fleeing after leading deputies on a high speed chase while already on bond for felony DUI charges.Justin Nelson, 28, of 3410 Fletcher’s Chapel Road, was arrested Saturday at 4:28...