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By JAMIE PATTERSONManaging EditorMany thought they were back in the old West when they noticed Gene Glasscock passing through Yazoo last week with his mule-driven wagon. The 77-year-old Texas native passed through Yazoo County over the weekend on his jour...
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Ryan Blair and Brittany Bradshaw of Yazoo City are proud to announce the birth of their son, Grayson Dean Blair, on August 1, 2011 at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson. Grayson weighed five pounds, five ounces. Maternal grandparents are the late Kristi ...
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Matt and Kelli Ferrell of Jackson are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Katherine Pittman Ferrell, on September 19, 2011 at Woman’s Hospital in Flowood. Katherine weighed seven pounds, two ounces and measured 20 inches long. Maternal grandp...
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Charles Parker and Callie Jones of Vaughan are proud to announce the birth of their son, Cullen Brady Parker, on September 14, 2011 at Woman’s Hospital in Flowood. Cullen weighed seven pounds, five ounces and measured 19 and three fourths of an inch. Ma...
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Special to The HeraldFourth and fifth grade students of Manchester Academy recently attended “Make a Splash with Project Wet” held at the Museum of Natural Science in Jackson. It is the largest nationwide day of water education in the world. Water fes...
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I could hardly contain myself the day of the annual fall festival at my school. It was held on a Friday evening so the entire day at school was spent with much anticipation of what the night would hold. There would be pony rides and a petting zoo. There...
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CHARLES ABLESCharles Edward Ables, 74, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 at home.Funeral services were Tuesday at Satartia First Baptist Church with Rev. Danny Duggan officiating. Services were under the direction of Stricklin-King Funeral Home.Mr. Ables was bo...
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A good pink coat was all 4-year-old Rivers Wells needed to protect her from the cold weather Wednesday as she took a spin on a motorcycle at the Yazoo County Fair . The Yazoo County fair will conclude tonight. Tickets are $7 from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. and $1...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONManaging EditorAfter a recount in the county superintendent election challenge, a judge has declared Becky Fisher as winner of the Democratic primary. A hearing was held on Oct. 12 involving Delorris Smith’s petition to contest the pri...
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By JASON PATTERSONEditor & PublisherA local bail bonds agent was arrested this week and charged with aiding and abetting a suspect hiding from the law.Jessica Eldridge, 28, also faces felony embezzlement charges after the company she worked for, Hampton G...
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By Linda BreazealeFor The HeraldCatfish producers who are coping with record-high feed costs know that the strong market prices may not last much longer.Jimmy Avery, aquaculture leader with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said years of...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONManaging EditorAnother one of Yazoo’s Most Wanted turned herself into authorities this week.Zsa Zsa Butler was charged with shoplifting, second offense. Butler turned herself into police officers Tuesday afternoon after her photograph ...
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Special to The HeraldThe Yazoo County Retired Education Personnel Association recently held its meeting.The group met on Sept. 22 in the D.D. Waiver building at the Warren-Yazoo Mental Health complex. President Barbara Moore called the meeting to order....
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Some of you will remember the movie Thelma and Louise. The movie came out in 1991 and starred Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon. If I remember correctly, two young women decided to get away from their boyfriends for a weekend and wound up getting into seriou...
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KELLEY BATESKelley Thomas Bates, 28, died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 at King’s Daughters Hospital.Funeral services were Tuesday at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tommy Arender officiating. Burial followed at Glenwood Cemetery under the direction o...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONManaging EditorA Circuit Court judge issued an order this week to revisit the ballots involving the primary election for superintendent of county education. A hearing was held last week involving Delorris Smith’s petition to contest th...
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By JASON PATTERSONEditor & PublisherA county jail employee found herself on the other side of the bars this week after being charged with smuggling contraband.Lorraine Marie Hinton, 57, was arrested on the felony charges Sunday. Sheriff Thomas Vaughan sai...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONManaging EditorCity leaders will pursue a bond to tie up all the loose ends for the Willie Morris Parkway.The Board of Mayor and Alderman approved the resolution for a $3 million general obligation bond, which would aid in the finances o...
