By JASON PATTERSON
Managing Editor

Yazoo City native Carlton Reeves has been confirmed as a U.S. District judge for the southern district in Mississippi.
The state's two Republican U.S. senators, Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, both voted in favor of Reeves’ confirmation Sunday. Reeves was nominated by President Barack Obama in April. -------for the rest of the story see The Yazoo Herald printed edition or subscribe to the Digital Edition.----------