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The Mississippi Department of Education has released its report concerning the 2024-2025 graduation and dropout rate with Yazoo County schools ranking higher than the state’s overall average.
However, Yazoo City schools ranked as among the state’s lowest graduation rate and was also ranked among the state’s highest with its dropout rate.
The Mississippi Department of Education recently announced the state’s 2024-25 school-year graduation rate is 90.8 percent, and the dropout rate is 7 percent.
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Travis Jones drives to the basket for two of his 14 points
The Yazoo City Indians opened the 2026 playoffs with a home victory over the Clarksdale Wildcats. Pictured above is Travis Jones drives to the basket for two of his 14 points. Other double figure scorers were Jamerio Effinger with 13 and E’ziren Collum with 11. Chris Gates added seven and Odis Pittman had two.
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Oil City Baptist Church was destroyed by a fire during Sunday’s early morning hours with the cause of the fire remaining under investigation.
A rural Yazoo County church was destroyed by a fire during Sunday’s early morning hours with the cause remaining under investigation.
It took close to two hours for volunteer firefighters to contain the fire at Oil City Baptist Church on Anding Oil City Road. No injuries were reported, according to Chief Durwood Pettis, with the Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department.
Pettis said the report of the fire was received around 6:20 a.m.
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Senior Jaliya Scott in defense.
The Yazoo County Lady Panthers’ season came to an end last Friday for the third time in as many seasons to the same opponent, the Booneville Lady Blue Devils, by a score of 59-19. YCHS advanced to play Booneville after posting an opening round 47-21 victory over Nettleton. Pictured above is senior Jaliya Scott on defense.
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Chris Gates muscles his way past a Clarksdale Wildcat defender in Yazoo City's 71-52 victory.
With a 61-58 second round road victory over Houston, the Yazoo City Indians find themselves just one win away from advancing to the Mississippi Coliseum, a.k.a. The Big House, in a quest for a Class 4A state championship.
Yazoo City advanced to play Houston after defeating Clarksdale 71-52 in the first round.
The Indians will now face a familiar for, district rival Greenwood, for a fourth time this year with a chance to advance to the semifinals on the line.
The game will be played at Northeast Mississippi Community College Friday at 5:30 p.m.
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It might have only been a $5 spreadsheet error, but it ended up being a five-mill error in Yazoo County’s finances.
Yazoo County is collecting five mills over what it should be due to an incorrect entry from the county tax collector’s office.
“This is a big problem,” said Supervisor Willie Wright, during a recent Board of Supervisors meeting.
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YCHS' Anthony Hudson dribbles against Nettleton.
For three and a half quarters, the Yazoo County Panthers battled tooth-and-nail with the defending Class 3A state champion Booneville Blue Devils in their quarterfinal matchup at Yazoo County this past Saturday.
With 2:31 remaining in the fourth quarter, it was still anyone’s ball game as Booneville held a slim 41-38 lead.
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Based on Monday’s unofficial results from the municipal primary runoff election, incumbent Charlie Jenkins did not secure the Democratic bid for the Ward 1 alderman seat in the upcoming Yazoo City elections.
Challenger Deyoung Haymer earned the most votes with 181 votes compared to Jenkins’ 115 votes. Haymer will now face Independent candidate Carl Mitchell in the general election.
With a total of 2,361 registered voters in Ward 1 of Yazoo City, only 296 registered voters went to the polls Monday night.
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1 month 1 week ago
State Rep. Shanda Yates says Jackson property owners would collect the utility fees but not pay the bill. Renters believed the bills were being paid, that is until their utilities were disconnected.
After a spirited debate Wednesday morning, the Senate Judiciary B Committee passed a House bill holding landlords responsible for unpaid utilities covered in a tenant’s lease, a problem that has been occurring across Mississippi and brought to light in recent months in the city of Jackson, lawmakers said.
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Revenues from mobile sports betting are projected near $100 million per year should Mississippi lawmakers pass the legislation. The House wants $50 million of that to go to support PERS.
The “Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act” passed 100 to 11 in the House Wednesday morning, sending it on to the Senate for consideration.
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1 month 1 week ago
See what Mississippi political leaders had to say about President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address.
President Donald Trump (R) delivered his first official State of the Union address since taking office in his second term on Tuesday evening. It was the longest-ever such address given by a president.
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Robert Wise has written another lengthy article criticizing Trump. {NSS 2/20} He blames the administration for allowing a nameless staffer for making a despicable post in the wee hours of the morning. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary gave good advice: "Please stop the fake outrage.": Anyone with an open mind would know that Trump is not a racist as evidenced by his recent celebration of Black History Month in the White House.
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The Music Minister stopped rehearsal and shouted at the choir. These are words, people. Don't let a pretty song drown out the words. Words have meaning.
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1 month 1 week ago
Below is an opinion column by Mike Chaney:
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says although the overwhelming majority of insurance agents and companies are honest and reputable, there are some bad actors.
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1 month 1 week ago
The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal featured Mississippi education recently.
In a surprising story entitled “These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling,” the Times writer told skeptics “I told you so.”
After writing about Mississippi’s educational successes in 2023, “many of my fellow liberals then scoffed at the notion of learning from a state so tainted,” wrote Pulitzer Prize winner Nicolas Kristof. “The critiques have been effectively rebutted by Mississippi’s “continuing gains” and the “magnitude of the gains.”
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No, this column is not a sales pitch.
And a disclaimer: since 1992, I have made the vast majority of my living selling print advertising.
But, is print advertising still relevant? In this razzle dazzle day and age of "targeted marketing" through social media, AI and countless digital and cable offerings that promise immediate results and statistics, why would a business or individual still spend money on an old-fashioned print ad?
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Why is the water bill for small customers in Jackson four to 12 times more than the average bill for small customers in Flowood, Ridgeland, and Madison?
It’s primarily because JXN Water is run by an interim manager appointed and supervised by a federal judge. The interim manager runs JXN Water as an officer of the court — not as a local official accountable to voters. The judge seems to be accountable to no one. JXN Water “governance” looks more like a commissariat than a municipal utility board. So I call the interim manager the Water Czar.
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The University of Mississippi Medical Center said Wednesday that it has cancelled regularly scheduled clinic appointments and elective procedures through Friday as its response to the cyberattack continues.
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JACKSON – The University of Mississippi Medical Center has canceled regularly scheduled clinic appointments and elective procedures through Friday as its response to the cyberattack continues.
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