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Yazoo City awarded blight elimination grant

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Fri,09/27/19-3:54PM, 6,222 Reads
The battle with blighted properties has reached a successful marker with a recent grant program awarded to the city of Yazoo City.
Yazoo City has been awarded over $200,000 in grant money thanks to the Mississippi Home Corporation blight elimination grant, which removes dilapidated homes and replaces them with new ones.
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Judge's order will result in pay cuts for detention center employees

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Fri,10/23/15-4:36PM, 6,221 Reads
A youth court judge’s order to increase the pay for an employee will result in pay cuts for others according to the Yazoo County Board of Supervisors.
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Stella Fulgham Nail

Sun,07/05/20-2:49PM, 6,219 Reads
Stella Fulgham Nail, loving mother, successful business woman, and cosmetologist passed on July 2, 2020. She was born in Choctaw County Mississippi, and she was old enough to vote.
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Dewey Hood

Thu,02/28/19-2:41PM, 6,218 Reads
Dewey Clinton Hood Jr., 71, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 at his home in Benton.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Stricklin-King Funeral Home.
Mr. Hood was born April 25, 1947 in Yazoo County to Dewey Clinton Hood Sr. and Geneva Ivers Hood. He was a cabinet builder and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy.
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Dr. Jimmy Glynn Walker

Mon,06/10/19-6:30PM, 6,213 Reads
Dr. Jimmy Glynn Walker, 84, of Yazoo City passed away at his residence Saturday, June 8, 2019.
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Sarah Martin

Thu,08/18/16-8:41AM, 6,212 Reads
Sarah McCall Martin, age 94, passed away on August 10, 2016 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Funeral services were Aug. 13 at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lewis Kalil officiating. Burial followed at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Mayor says city isn't to blame for Parks & Recreation woes

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Fri,03/01/19-5:18PM, 6,210 Reads
Mayor Diane Delaware took issue with a recent editorial published in The Yazoo Herald that criticized the city’s reduced funding of Parks & Recreation during the city board meeting Monday.
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Kenneth "Buddy" Woodard

Tue,06/09/20-10:34AM, 6,210 Reads
Kenneth “Buddy” Sayle Woodard, 85, died June 6, 2020 at the State Veterans Home in Jackson.
Mr. Woodard was born Dec. 10, 1933 in Black Hawk to Henry and Oma Robinson Woodard. He was a retired fire chief for Yazoo City, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a member of Mt. Creek Baptist Church in Florence.
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Norma Sue Zachery

Tue,06/27/17-4:26PM, 6,207 Reads
Norma Sue Zachery, 82, died on June 18, 2017 at her home in Yazoo City.

Visitation was held on June 20, 2017 at Stricklin-King Funeral Home. Graveside services followed at Glenwood Cemetery with Rev. Matt Clark officiating.
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Editorial: Vote yes for the new flag

Thu,10/29/20-2:51PM, 6,206 Reads 256,652 Statewide
Mississippians have a chance to vote for a new flag. We should seize the chance to close a chapter on our history and move forward. It’s the right thing to do.
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