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Virginia Van Cleave

Fri,12/09/16-1:38AM, 8,345 Reads
Virginia P. Van Cleave, 95, a retired nurse, passed away Tue Dec 6, 2016 in Sumrall.

Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec 10, in Vicksburg, at Glenwood Funeral Home with burial in Green Acres Cemetery. Stricklin-King Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
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John Logan Jr.

Mon,01/23/23-12:12PM, 8,340 Reads
John Pinkney Logan Jr., 65, of Yazoo City, passed away on Jan. 22, 2023 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
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They did it again!

Sat,02/19/22-5:10PM, 8,337 Reads

Manchester Academy's girls basketball team defeated Tunica 47-45 to earn the program's second straight State Title.
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Yazoo City Basketball League Needs Coaches

By TAYLOR HAWKINS TAYLOR HAWKINS
Wed,02/24/16-12:17PM, 8,328 Reads
Yazoo City will be creating a Coed Intramural Basketball League for children ages 14-18.

But according to Yazoo City High girls basketball coach Barbara Henderson, they’re going to need help from able and willing adults in the city to make the vision come to fruition.
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Gary Randolph Page Sr.

Mon,03/18/19-3:42PM, 8,326 Reads
Gary Randolph Page Sr., 81 of Pearl passed away Friday, March 15, 2019 at The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
He had been employed in the mailroom for the State of Mississippi and was of the Baptist faith.
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Harris L. Eldridge

Mon,05/09/16-4:03PM, 8,324 Reads
Harris L. Eldridge, 83, died May 8, 2016 at the Miss. State Veterans Home in Oxford.

Funeral services were Tuesday at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gill Powell officiating.
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Walmart opens in Yazoo

Wed,03/15/17-11:50AM, 8,323 Reads

An enormous crowd was present Wednesday morning for the grand opening of Walmart in Yazoo City. Among those speaking at the event were former Gov. Haley Barbour and Mayor Diane Delaware. See Saturday's edition for more details.
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25 inmates, three staff members test positive at FCC Yazoo

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Tue,04/07/20-3:38PM, 8,322 Reads
Yazoo City’s Correctional Complex currently has 25 inmates with confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three staff members.
Family members of inmates have been contacting The Yazoo Herald in recent weeks with concerns about reports of the virus being present at the prison.
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Keep Yazoo Beautiful Youth Volunteer of the Month

Mon,07/08/19-11:04AM, 8,318 Reads

James Patterson was named Youth Volunteer of the Month for June by Keep Yazoo City Beautiful for his work helping with planting projects around the city.
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Wallace's loss leaves hole bigger than the man himself

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Fri,08/19/16-12:09PM, 8,316 Reads
Kyle Wallace was probably the only guy younger than me I’ve ever looked up to.

You might think that I mean that literally – he was about a foot taller than me – but Kyle was someone whose presence in my life made me a better person.
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