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Ricky Saxton murder trial to begin on Dec. 10

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Fri,11/23/18-12:25PM, 7,402 Reads
The murder trial of local businessman Ricky Saxton is slated to begin next month in Warren County.
Yazoo County Circuit Clerk Robert Coleman said the trial is scheduled to begin on Dec. 10.
Johnny Mack Brown turned himself into local authorities in June of 2015 for the murder charge of Saxton.
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Alberta Hendrix Singleton

Mon,05/06/19-4:05PM, 7,401 Reads
Visitation for Alberta Hendrix Singleton will by Friday, May 10 from 3-6 p.m. at Scott Memorial Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be Saturday, May 11 at Chapel Hill M.B. Church. There will be a wake from 11 a.m. until noon followed by funeral services. Burial will follow immediately.
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The Planters Supply guy says goodbye

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Wed,12/21/16-4:09PM, 7,400 Reads
There wasn’t an empty parking spot in downtown Bentonia.

A few farmers and cattlemen even circled the main strip of the small town a few times, hoping to find a spot to ease their trucks into without getting too far away.
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Betty Barrier

Mon,07/07/25-10:14AM, 7,393 Reads
Betty Lightcap Barrier passed away July 3, 2025 after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. Betty was born in Yazoo City, MS on August 15, 1972 to Benjamin Jay Barrier and the late Laura Betty Lightcap Barrier.
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Thinking small on the gas tax

By TIM KALICH TIM KALICH
Tue,10/08/19-2:32PM, 7,388 Reads
Delbert Hosemann, the odds-on-favorite to be Mississippi’s next lieutenant governor, has an idea that he thinks can be sold to the public and to lawmakers as a way to raise more money for the desperately needed repairs to the state’s roads and bridges.
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Brenda Book

Fri,02/28/20-5:18PM, 7,384 Reads
Brenda Mayes Fennell Book, 78, died Thursday, February 27, 2020 at her home. Visitation will be at First Baptist Church Canton on Monday, March 2 from 9:30 am until the 11:00 am memorial service. Interment services will be at the Hazlehurst Cemetery at 2:00 pm.
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Suspects charged with Stephen Matory’s murder

Mon,06/22/20-2:18PM, 7,372 Reads
Two suspects have been charged with the murder of Yazoo native Stephen Matory.
XaJavier King, 19, is charged with murder and aggravated assault. King is charged with shooting Matory at Summer Park Apartments on June 18.
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Yazoo County unofficial election results

Wed,08/05/15-8:44AM, 7,369 Reads
Governor

Democrat

Robert Gray 1245

V.A. Short 409
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Taylor Martin

Thu,11/17/16-5:55PM, 7,364 Reads
Taylor L. Martin, 18, of Mechanicsburg died from injuries received in an automobile accident Tuesday, November 15, 2016.

Funeral services are Saturday at 11 a.m. with Rev. Scott Sones officiating. Burial will follow at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery.
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MDCC Nursing School Graduates

Tue,07/17/18-5:08PM, 7,364 Reads

Mississippi Delta Community College held its 2018 Practical Nursing Pinning and Graduation Ceremony on July 11 in the J.T. Hall Coliseum in Moorhead. Yazoo County students participating pictured from left are Coewonda McCoy, Jennifer Reynolds and Desarae Cantrell.

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