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Moore leading PSC into the future

By CATHRYN CARTWRIGHT CATHRYN CARTWRIGHT
Tue,08/07/18-3:23PM, 8,314 Reads
The Public Service Commission of Yazoo City has recently made changes in its leadership with the hiring of their new general manager, Richie Moore.
Moore is the son of Verstine Moore and Frizell Casey. He currently resides in the Benton community with his wife Amy and their two children, Julian and Emily.
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Bomb threats a burden at Martha Coker

By CATHRYN KIGER CATHRYN KIGER
Fri,08/04/17-5:01PM, 8,313 Reads
Repeated bomb threats at the Yazoo City Walmart have created safety concerns for a local nursing home.

Julie Hoffman, executive director of the Martha Coker Green Houses, said that procedures have been put in place to protect residents from a potential disaster.
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County changes ambulance service providers

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Fri,03/10/17-3:42PM, 8,307 Reads
After receiving numerous complaints about the quality of emergency ambulance services in recent months, Yazoo County has hired a new service provider.

The Yazoo County Board of Supervisor voted this week to hire Pafford EMS.
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Two more juveniles charged in Knox murder case

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Fri,04/25/25-2:30PM, 8,285 Reads
Two more juveniles have been charged with capital murder in connection to the death of Wiltavious Knox, who was murdered on Jackson Avenue earlier this year.
Demontavious Duffie, 14, and Montavious Mayes, 16, have been charged with capital murder, home invasion, robbery, kidnapping and grand larceny.
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Big Swing

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Tue,04/24/18-2:45PM, 8,277 Reads

Jadyn McCoy of the Ponytail Express swings with all her might in the Yazoo youth softball season opener Tuesday at the Wardell Leach Recreational Complex.
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Suspect charged with murder in woman’s death

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Sun,10/16/22-8:00AM, 8,261 Reads
A suspect has been charged with murder in connection to the discovery of a woman’s body found in Yazoo City earlier this month.
The body of Stacy Lynn Walker, 40, was found around noon on Oct. 2 in the Rialto Road area in Yazoo City, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations.
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Becky Hendrix Jones

Tue,06/11/19-8:37AM, 8,260 Reads
Becky Hendrix Jones, 58, of Yazoo City passed away at her residence Saturday June 8, 2019.
She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church.
Becky was preceded in death by her husband, Baynon E. Jones III, father, Joseph “Cham” Hendrix Sr. and her brother, Joseph C. Hendrix Jr.
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Juvenile charged with capital murder

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Fri,04/04/25-11:00AM, 8,253 Reads
A juvenile faces multiple charges, including capital murder, in the death of Yazoo City man earlier this year.
Azarion Hatcher, 17, was charged as an adult with capital murder, home invasion, robbery, kidnapping and carjacking after being released to the Yazoo City Police Department from a Jackson law enforcement agency.
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Additional charge added for Yazoo murder suspect

By THE YAZOO HERALD THE YAZOO HERALD
Wed,02/08/17-8:34AM, 8,248 Reads
Agents of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation have added a first degree murder charge against Yazoo City quadruple murder suspect Briddell Barber.

Barber was charged with capital murder on Monday. The first degree charge is for the first victim, and the capital murder charge is for the remaining victims.
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Yazoo baseball legend Jerry Moses dies

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Mon,04/02/18-9:32AM, 8,248 Reads
Gerald Moses, who played nine years of Major League Baseball and is remembered as one of the greatest athletes in Yazoo history, died Tuesday at age 71.
Jerry was born on Aug. 9, 1946 in Yazoo City to the late Samuel S. Moses and Mary Frances Moses.
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