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In July, nine years ago, I accepted the position of editor and publisher of The Yazoo Herald. Moving from Pontotoc to Yazoo City was a big change for Linda and I but a very pleasant one. These have been some great years, and we have met some wonderful peo...
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The Yazoo HeraldDarla Still of BenchSmart Federal Credit Union recently presented scholarships to three local students. Taylor Potter of The Mississippi School for Math and Science won a $1000 scholarship, and he will be attending Delta State University...
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CLAUDINE DAVISClaudine G. Davis, 76, died Tuesday, July 21, 2011 at University Medical Center.Funeral services were Friday at Midway Baptist Church with Rev. Joseph Luby and Rev. Arlie Francis officiating. Burial followed at Midway Baptist Church Cemetery...
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The Yazoo HeraldGary Andrews will retire on June 30 after serving as editor and publisher of The Yazoo Herald for nine years.He will be succeeded by Yazoo native and current managing editor Jason Patterson, who will mark his fifth anniversary with The Her...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorA Yazoo County farm worker is being described as a hero for pulling a man from a terrible fire.Cleotha Smith suffered severe burns to his arms and hands after grabbing Chet Matthews from the flames of a diesel tank explosi...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorA Benton woman was killed in a two-car accident Tuesday afternoon.Claudine Davis, 76, of Benton died from injuries suffered in an accident at the intersection of Sunny Lane Road and Miss. Highway 16 around 1:30 p.m Tuesday...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorThe third time was no charm for one Yazoo County man.Edwin C. Allen, 44, of 109 Morning Star Road, was arrested Monday by the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department after two arrests in late April.Allen’s most recent encoun...
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The Yazoo HeraldThe Miss. Department of Transportation is reminding the public that signs of any kind cannot be placed on the rights-of-way of state maintained highways. Now that many political campaigns are in full swing, maintenance crews across Mississ...
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John Locke, a brilliant 17th century English philosopher and economist, described the Law of Unintended Consequences in one of his early essays. He called this law “The Unseen Hand” because it is always working, night and day, clear weather or foul, t...
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Alberta Moore
Alberta Carter Moore, 45, died June 13, 2011 at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson.Funeral services were held on Saturday at Mt. Zion M.B. Church in Vaughan with Rev. Clarence Walsh officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Zion M.B. Church Cemete...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorA struggling economy and two natural disasters in two years hasn’t hurt business for Ricks Memorial Library.In fact, difficult times have had the opposite effect for Yazoo’s library services.“If someone needed to put...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorThe candidates for Ward 4 Alderman are hoping the third time’s a charm as voters return to the polls once again on June 27.Eleven affidavit ballots were opened Friday morning in Judge Jannie Lewis’ courtroom as a resul...
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By ROBBY WALDRUPHerald CorrespondentOn the Eastern side of Yazoo County, a few miles off the Vaughan exit on Highway 55, where Blackjack and Vaughan roads intersect, you’ll find…well, not much. A patch of gravel, a slab of old concrete and some ...
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Brianna Smith-McField has been selected to participate in the 2011 session (June 5 - June 24) of the Mississippi’s Governor’s School. The Governor’s School is a residential honors program established in 1981 by Governor William F. Winter at Mississi...
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Thoughts and ideas one has as a little girl tend to fade away as they slowly mature and grow into a woman. As a little girl, I had dreams of marrying my latest Hollywood crush. Celebrity crushes seem to cross over every generation line among little girls....
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GLORIA LANGSTON
Gloria Vivienne Cockerham Langston, 85, died June 12, 2011 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va.Funeral services are today at First Baptist Church with Rev. Lewis Kalil officiating. Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery under t...
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By JASON PATTERSONManaging EditorEveryone knows Smith “Sonny” Taylor as the father of the Yazoo City Post Office.Longtime postal employees Sandy Carver and Candice Book just know him as their father.Taylor has been working for the U.S. Postal Service ...
