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After 102 years in this world, Dorothy Garrett Scruggs passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 17, 2026, at Willow Creek Nursing Home. She was born in Crystal Springs on September 17, 1923, to Annie V. Sharp Garrett and Purvis C. Garrett. She was a member of FBC in Madison and she loved the Lord.
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After 102 years in this world, Dorothy Garrett Scruggs passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 17, 2026, at Willow Creek Nursing Home. She was born in Crystal Springs on September 17, 1923, to Annie V. Sharp Garrett and Purvis C. Garrett. She was a member of FBC in Madison and she loved the Lord.
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After 102 years in this world, Dorothy Garrett Scruggs passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 17, 2026, at Willow Creek Nursing Home. She was born in Crystal Springs on September 17, 1923, to Annie V. Sharp Garrett and Purvis C. Garrett. She was a member of FBC in Madison and she loved the Lord.
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Yazooans voted last week in the 2026 midterm Republican and Democratic primaries for U.S. House and U.S. Senate seats to decide which candidates will face off in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
Locally, 14.67 percent voter turnout was reported with 2,746 Yazooans casting their ballots. There are 18,798 registered voters in Yazoo County.
Local breakdowns include:
Democrat Party Primary Senate
• Scott Colom, 1,073 votes
• Priscilla Till, 314 votes
• Albert Littell, 138 votes
Democrat Party Second Congressional
District, House of Representatives
By Jamie Patterson on
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Yazooans voted last week in the 2026 midterm Republican and Democratic primaries for U.S. House and U.S. Senate seats to decide which candidates will face off in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
Locally, 14.67 percent voter turnout was reported with 2,746 Yazooans casting their ballots. There are 18,798 registered voters in Yazoo County.
Local breakdowns include:
Democrat Party Primary Senate
• Scott Colom, 1,073 votes
• Priscilla Till, 314 votes
• Albert Littell, 138 votes
Democrat Party Second Congressional
District, House of Representatives
By Jamie Patterson on
2 weeks 2 days ago
Yazooans voted last week in the 2026 midterm Republican and Democratic primaries for U.S. House and U.S. Senate seats to decide which candidates will face off in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
Locally, 14.67 percent voter turnout was reported with 2,746 Yazooans casting their ballots. There are 18,798 registered voters in Yazoo County.
Local breakdowns include:
Democrat Party Primary Senate
• Scott Colom, 1,073 votes
• Priscilla Till, 314 votes
• Albert Littell, 138 votes
Democrat Party Second Congressional
District, House of Representatives
By Jamie Patterson on
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Two suspects remain behind bars on murder charges. Xzavian Gainwell and Tylan Johnson, both 19, remain in custody at the Yazoo County Correctional Facility on murder charges.
Jeffrey Johnson was pronounced dead by paramedics from a gunshot wound, according to Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers. The victim was pronounced dead at 1:25 p.m. on March 9 in the parking lot of Graystone Apartments on West Second Street.
A female victim was also struck by gunfire, but her injury was considered non-life threatening.
By Jamie Patterson on
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Two suspects remain behind bars on murder charges. Xzavian Gainwell and Tylan Johnson, both 19, remain in custody at the Yazoo County Correctional Facility on murder charges.
Jeffrey Johnson was pronounced dead by paramedics from a gunshot wound, according to Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers. The victim was pronounced dead at 1:25 p.m. on March 9 in the parking lot of Graystone Apartments on West Second Street.
A female victim was also struck by gunfire, but her injury was considered non-life threatening.
By Jamie Patterson on
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Two suspects remain behind bars on murder charges. Xzavian Gainwell and Tylan Johnson, both 19, remain in custody at the Yazoo County Correctional Facility on murder charges.
Jeffrey Johnson was pronounced dead by paramedics from a gunshot wound, according to Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers. The victim was pronounced dead at 1:25 p.m. on March 9 in the parking lot of Graystone Apartments on West Second Street.
A female victim was also struck by gunfire, but her injury was considered non-life threatening.
By Jamie Patterson on
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Photo by Nell Luter Floyd, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Repairs and resurfacing of Lake Harbour Drive from Christine Drive to Northpark Drive will continue this spring, carry over into summer and conclude this fall.
Estimated to cost $3.6 million, the project that began March 2 will take about six months to complete.
The contractor will perform base and curb repair and then mill and overlay the entire road. The contractor will also repair and overlay the multi-purpose trail.
The work is needed to provide better road quality, said Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee.
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
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Repairs and resurfacing of Lake Harbour Drive from Christine Drive to Northpark Drive will continue this spring, carry over into summer and conclude this fall.
Estimated to cost $3.6 million, the project that began March 2 will take about six months to complete.
The contractor will perform base and curb repair and then mill and overlay the entire road. The contractor will also repair and overlay the multi-purpose trail.
The work is needed to provide better road quality, said Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee.
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
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Photo by Nell Luter Floyd, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Repairs and resurfacing of Lake Harbour Drive from Christine Drive to Northpark Drive will continue this spring, carry over into summer and conclude this fall.
Estimated to cost $3.6 million, the project that began March 2 will take about six months to complete.
The contractor will perform base and curb repair and then mill and overlay the entire road. The contractor will also repair and overlay the multi-purpose trail.
The work is needed to provide better road quality, said Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee.
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
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Photo by Nell Luter Floyd, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Ridgeland’s 2025 tax increase is funding improvements to Freedom Ridge Park
Depending upon the approval of the Legislature, Jackson residents could be voting in a referendum this fall that would seek to raise the city’s hotel/motel tax and restaurant tax.
Senate Bill 3106 and House Bill 4011 would authorize the city of Jackson to impose an additional 1 percent tax on hotel/motel rooms and a ½ percent on restaurant sales to fund the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau, which is also known as Visit Jackson.
The city currently has a 1 percent tax on hotels, motels, and restaurants, which was extended to July 1, 2026, by the Legislature in 2022.
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
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Ridgeland’s 2025 tax increase is funding improvements to Freedom Ridge Park
Depending upon the approval of the Legislature, Jackson residents could be voting in a referendum this fall that would seek to raise the city’s hotel/motel tax and restaurant tax.
Senate Bill 3106 and House Bill 4011 would authorize the city of Jackson to impose an additional 1 percent tax on hotel/motel rooms and a ½ percent on restaurant sales to fund the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau, which is also known as Visit Jackson.
The city currently has a 1 percent tax on hotels, motels, and restaurants, which was extended to July 1, 2026, by the Legislature in 2022.
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
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JXN Water and Entergy Mississippi have something in common. They are both regulated monopolies that have failed to provide affordable water and electricity to justify their monopoly status. They are “natural monopolies” based on the premise that competition involves costly duplication of plants and pipes and transmission lines and thus higher costs. Hence, regulated monopolies to provide cheaper water and electricity.
By Kelley Williams - Guest Columnist on
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Photo by Nell Luter Floyd, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Ridgeland’s 2025 tax increase is funding improvements to Freedom Ridge Park
Depending upon the approval of the Legislature, Jackson residents could be voting in a referendum this fall that would seek to raise the city’s hotel/motel tax and restaurant tax.
Senate Bill 3106 and House Bill 4011 would authorize the city of Jackson to impose an additional 1 percent tax on hotel/motel rooms and a ½ percent on restaurant sales to fund the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau, which is also known as Visit Jackson.
The city currently has a 1 percent tax on hotels, motels, and restaurants, which was extended to July 1, 2026, by the Legislature in 2022.
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
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So far this has been a wild spring in so many ways. We’ve had temperatures in the upper 80s, and we’ve had temperatures in the upper 20s all in a two-week period. These warm days with relatively low amounts of rain have allowed for a lot of progress in our yards. The big question so far has been whether to start adding plants that are tender to the cold. Those plants that were cut back early enough like roses, and most of our perennials, have a lot of tender growth on them. These little cold snaps will set them back a little bit, but I believe they will recover nicely.
By Allen Martinson - Gardening Columnist on
