Opinion: Get ready for the potholes

Yazoo County Powerlifters compete
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On Tue, 02/23/2021 - 03:25 PM
Yazoo County competed in the 3-3A regional powerlifting meet at McAdams high school on February 13. Jamarion Stewart won his weight class. Tramony Little placed second in his weight class. Brayden Jones placed fourth.Read Ali placed fifth. Jacari Watson placed fifth.
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Dixon and Frierson earn All-District honors
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On Tue, 02/23/2021 - 03:18 PM
Two Yazoo County High School boys basketball players were recently selected to the Region 4-3A All-District Team. Panthers LaKevion Dixon (left) and Kejuan Frierson were honored during the district championship played at Velma Jackson. The Panthers finished second in the district.

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Irvin and Collum earn All-District honors
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On Tue, 02/23/2021 - 03:11 PM
Two Yazoo County High School girls basketball players were recently selected to the Region 4-3A All-District Team. Lady Panthers Kennidy Irvin (left) and Catherine Collum were honored during the district championship played at Velma Jackson. Yazoo County finished fourth in the district .

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Auditor: Rawle is Guilty of Embezzlement, Ordered to Serve Maximum Prison Sentence
By Press Release - Mississippi Office of the State Auditor, READ MORE > 699 Reads
On Tue, 02/23/2021 - 01:35 PM
Below is press release by State Auditor Shad White:
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House leaders move to eliminate Mississippi income tax, raise sales and other taxes in landmark bill
By Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 695 Reads
On Tue, 02/23/2021 - 11:30 AM
The House Ways and Means Committee on Monday passed a bill that would eliminate Mississippi’s personal income tax within a decade and reduce the state’s highest-in-the-nation tax on groceries while raising the sales tax and other taxes.
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Editorial: Earned Income Tax Credit vs. Minimum Wage
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On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 10:41 PM
It looks like our new Democrat Congress and President is dead set on doubling the minimum wage to $15. This is by far the largest increase in the minimum wage in American history. Such huge sudden changes can produce detrimental unintended consequences.
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Opinion: Demario Davis’s second chance
By Jack Ryan, READ MORE > 253 Reads
On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 10:37 PM
Three years ago, Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham unwisely advised basketball superstars LeBron James and Kevin Durant to “shut up and dribble” instead of criticizing President Trump.
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Opinion: Get ready for the potholes
By Tim Kalich , READ MORE > 523 Reads
On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 10:34 PM
Once the several-inch-thick coat of ice melts from the highways and roads of Mississippi, expect another hazard to take its place: potholes.
When water freezes and expands between the cracks of asphalt, the pressure breaks up the surface. Where potholes already exist, they will get larger. Where they don’t exist, new ones will form.
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Opinion: Why freeze when Cancun beckons
By Tim Kalich , READ MORE > 401 Reads
On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 10:28 PM
One of the more distasteful habits of Donald Trump as a candidate and as president was his penchant to tag his adversaries with pejorative nicknames.
One nickname, though, that might stick to Ted Cruz more than the one Trump gave him during the 2016 Republican nomination fight is this: Tone Deaf Ted.
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Opinion: PERS trend is unsustainable
By Jack Ryan, READ MORE > 994 Reads
On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 07:18 PM
Without saying so directly, a report about the financial health of the Public Employees’ Retirement System made it clear that taxpayers are going to continue to make unacceptably large contributions to this fund.
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City board discusses garbage collection problems
By Jamie Patterson, READ MORE > 1,508 Reads
On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 06:51 PM
Trash along the streets continues to be a problem within Yazoo City, and one alderman said some of the problems in his ward does not come from littering but from the way some garbage is collected.
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Opinion: He who stirs up the most passion wins
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On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 04:58 PM
Why do “they”
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Opinion: Why fix what isn't broken?
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On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 04:31 PM
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Marshall Ramsey: H2-No
By Marshall Ramsey - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 393 Reads
On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 04:05 PM

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Transportation commission awards contracts throughout state
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On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 12:10 PM
Below is a press release from the Mississippi Department of Transportation:

The Mississippi Transportation Commission at its February 9 meeting awarded contracts for maintenance projects throughout Mississippi.
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City of Yazoo has five positions open
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On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 10:52 AM
The City of Yazoo City currently has
positions available in the following areas:

Detective

Executive Assistant to the Mayor

Firefighter

Patrol Officer

Part Time Deputy City Clerk - Human Resources
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Letter to the Editor: Small towns like Yazoo can show the way to a higher call
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On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 10:48 AM
Dear Editor,
Our current national situation is unlike any that I have witnessed in my almost seven decades. It is like there are two parallel universes.
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Letter to the Editor: I am grateful for the kindness of a stranger in Yazoo
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On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 10:41 AM
Dear Editor,
I am writing to show that human kindness still does exist amidst all the turmoil that is going on in the world today, and that it shows up in unexpected ways.
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Coach Prime got a Gatorade bath, a game ball — and, he got his stuff back
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On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 10:00 AM
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Mississippi VA: Republic of Korea Donates Masks to Korean War Veterans
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On Mon, 02/22/2021 - 09:55 AM
Below is a press release from Mississippi Veterans Affairs:

Mississippi Veterans Affairs (MSVA) has received a donation of 5,000 protective masks from the Republic of Korea. The masks will be distributed to the four State Veterans Homes in Collins, Jackson, Kosciusko and Oxford, with the first sets given to Veterans of the Korean War.
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