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Holmes to hold Residential Wiring class in Yazoo City

Thu,03/25/21-10:11AM, 5,850 Reads
Holmes Community College now offers a Residential Wiring Class at the Yazoo Education Center and the next session will run from April 5-May 24. The 6-week, 24-hour class will meet on Monday and Wednesday nights from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Yazoo Educational Center, located on 637 East 15th Street in Yazoo City.
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State reports 402 new cases of COVID-19

Fri,05/22/20-11:27AM, 5,848 Reads
On Friday the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 402 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 16 new deaths (three of which were from May 5 - May 12, identified from death certificate reports). Mississippi's total of COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 12,624 , with 596 deaths.
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Woolfolk All-District Players

By JOFFRE WASHINGTON JOFFRE WASHINGTON
Wed,01/30/19-8:42AM, 5,848 Reads

Pictured from left to right are Woolfolk Middle School basketball players Jaya Gallion, Zoie Baker, Tamarion Hoover and Kortae Meadows after receiving certificates for being selected to the Mid-Mississippi Junior High Athletic Conference All-District team.
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911 dispatcher robbed while on duty

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Sat,10/06/18-1:15PM, 5,847 Reads
Who does 911 call in case of an emergency?
A female 911 dispatcher was robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday morning. After being robbed and the suspect fled the scene, she sent out a radio call to local law enforcement.
Investigators are still trying to piece together how the suspect gained entry.
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Secretary of State Warns New Businesses of “Certificate of Existence” Scams

Thu,08/06/20-9:07AM, 5,840 Reads
The Mississippi Secretary of State's Office continues to receive reports from the business community regarding a company using the fictitious name, MS Certificate Service.
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Sampson named new Yazoo City police chief

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Fri,08/25/17-4:16PM, 5,839 Reads
Following the retirement of Police Chief Andre Lloyd, Assistant Chief Ron Sampson Sr. has been selected to lead the department.

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen named Sampson as the new chief Monday, only a few days after Lloyd announced his retirement from the force.
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Ag Commissioner says don’t plant mysterious seed packages from China

Tue,07/28/20-1:08PM, 5,829 Reads
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson instructs anyone receiving packages of unsolicited seeds from China, or any foreign country, in recent days to immediately contact the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce’s Bureau of Plant Indust
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McGraw crowned Manchester Academy's homecoming queen

Wed,10/03/18-9:51AM, 5,823 Reads

Mary Sibley McGraw was crowned Manchester Academy’s Homecoming Queen by 2017 queen Elizabeth Turner Friday. They are pictured with Principal Jana Bardwell and Mary Sibley’s father, Bill McGraw.
Palestinian militants take part in a military parade during a memorial ceremony commemorating their late comrades Ezzeddin Hamamrah, 24 and Amjad Khleleyah, 23, who were killed during an Israeli army raid on Jan. 14, 2023, in the West Bank village of Jaba, near Jenin, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Across the West Bank, small independent groups of disillusioned young Palestinians are taking up guns against Israel's open-ended occupation, defying Palestinian political leaders that they disdain as Israeli collaborators. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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With West Bank in turmoil, new Palestinian militants emerge

By ISABEL DEBRE ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press
Fri,03/03/23-12:44AM, 5,822 Reads
JABA, West Bank (AP) — The stuttering blasts of M-16s shattered the quiet in a West Bank village, surrounded by barley fields and olive groves. Young Palestinian men in Jaba once wanted to farm, residents say, but now, more and more want to fight.
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Yazoo City man helps rescue woman from flood waters

By RECARDO THOMAS RECARDO THOMAS
Fri,03/08/19-11:48AM, 5,818 Reads
An elderly Inverness woman is blessed to be alive after her car careened off of MS-3 in Moorhead and ended up floating nose down in the bayou on Monday afternoon.
Seventy-two-year-old Josie McGrew said on Tuesday, “I am a walking miracle.”
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