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Sara Everett DuBois

Mon,02/27/17-5:44PM, 5,801 Reads
Sara Everett DuBois of Yazoo City passed away on Friday, February 24, 2017.

Funeral services were Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Yazoo City. Burial followed in the family plot at Glenwood Cemetery under the direction of Stricklin-King Funeral Home.
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Governor issues statewide mask mandate

Tue,08/04/20-5:28PM, 5,800 Reads
Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced two new executive orders to delay public school reopenings in target counties and establish a statewide mask mandate in the ongoing fight against this unprecedented pandemic.
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Yazoo man dies in apartment fire

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Wed,02/10/16-10:22AM, 5,797 Reads
A 36-year-old Yazoo City man died in a fire at Shady Lane Apartments early Tuesday morning.

Lendell Watson III was found inside Apartment 17H.
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Ophelia Norvell, 2 of Flora and family members joined other protesters for the We are the 74 Rally held outside the Supreme Court building Tuesday in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Medical marijuana protesters call on Mississippi politicians to ‘stop the steal’

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,05/25/21-4:52PM, 5,797 Reads 129,071 Statewide
Carolyn Prisock had a brain tumor removed 15 years ago, and suffers debilitating migraines and side effects from medications — one caused her to temporarily lose her eyesight.
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Third COVID-19 death reported in Yazoo County

Wed,05/27/20-11:55AM, 5,795 Reads
A third death reported to be caused by COVID-19 has been reported in Yazoo County.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported Wednesday that a resident of a long term care facility has died. Long-term care facilities like nursing homes are considered high risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health.
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City special election will come with extra cost due to board appointment

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Wed,10/16/19-9:24AM, 5,790 Reads
The city of Yazoo City will be hit with a surprise bill for an election because the city council appointed the county circuit clerk to a municipal board.
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Supreme Court upholds ACA, turns focus back to Medicaid expansion

By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,06/17/21-4:52PM, 5,788 Reads 158,013 Statewide
The U.S. Supreme Court this week eliminated one of the reasons cited by Mississippi Republican leaders for not expanding Medicaid.
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House kills effort to shuffle Archives and History board by historic margin

By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,03/09/21-4:08PM, 5,787 Reads 90,605 Statewide
A Senate bill, opposed by many of the state’s historians, that would give the governor and lieutenant governor authority to appoint members of the Mississippi Archives and History board of trustees was overwhelmingly defeated Tuesday in the House.
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Softball Action

Fri,04/27/18-8:31AM, 5,780 Reads

Joie Beth Taylor eyes the base runner at first while playing for the Tooth Fairies in youth softball action this week.
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Raking in the money through hard work

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Fri,04/07/17-1:22PM, 5,779 Reads
Its a bright Saturday morning, and three Yazoo City High School students are out and about looking for work to make themselves some extra cash the honest way.

The boys happened to be in the Country Club neighborhood one day when Mr. Kennith Helton stumbled upon them and decided to say hello.
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