The three local jail guards accused of having sexual relations with two female inmates have been charged with sexual battery.
Both city and county leaders have approved the potential new director of the Parks and Recreation Commission.
Former Yazoo City mayors Wardell Leach and McArthur Straughter are calling for residents to demand that the city and county work together on Parks & Recreation.
A Yazoo County man was killed in an automobile crash on Highway 49 last Thursday after his small truck collided head-on with an 18-wheeler tractor.
Frances Mason, 98, died January 19, 2020 at Yazoo Health & Rehabilitation.
Althea Martin Partridge, 97, of Silver City passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020 at her home.
Mrs. Partridge was a homemaker and a Methodist.
Due to flooding and high water resulting from unusually heavy rainfall Wolf Lake is closed to all recreational boating until further notice.
Adam DeWayne Jones, 30, died Jan. 16, 2020.
Funeral services are Monday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Laurie Cummings officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Rebecca Bufkin Henry Phillips, 94, of Yazoo City, died on January 19, 2020. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 21 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am at Sebrell Funeral Home in Ridgeland, MS with funeral services following at 11:00 am. Rev. George Conner will officiate.
Investigators continue to pursue the suspects they believe were behind a car wash shooting last week.
