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Peyton and Moore to represent Yazoo at Miss Hospitality competition

By THE YAZOO HERALD THE YAZOO HERALD
Fri,06/29/18-10:14AM, 5,704 Reads
D'Avia Henry-Peyton will represent Yazoo County in the 69th Miss Hospitality Competition at the Historic Hattiesburg Saenger Theater in Downtown Hattiesburg on July 20-21 at 8 p.m. each evening.
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Canton woman dies in rural Yazoo car accident

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Fri,07/18/25-7:56AM, 5,703 Reads
The body of a Canton woman was found inside her vehicle following a one-car accident in rural Yazoo County last week. Having just turned 21 years old the day before her vehicle was discovered, Asja Griffin was pronounced dead on the scene from multi-trauma injuries.
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City of Yazoo has jobs available

Wed,12/16/20-4:47PM, 5,702 Reads
The City of Yazoo City currently has positions available in the following areas:
Detective
Executive Assistant to the Mayor
Firefighter
Patrol Officer
Part Time Deputy City Clerk – Human Resources
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A success story in Delaware

Thu,05/10/18-8:41AM, 5,702 Reads
One of the biggest obstacles to improving Mississippi is the high rate of births to young, single mothers. This would imply that most of these pregnancies are unplanned, and a recent story on The Washington Post website details a program in Delaware that has reduced the number of these births.
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Philip E. Swayze Jr.

Fri,07/14/17-3:19PM, 5,700 Reads
Philip E. Swayze Jr. 69, died July 13, 2017 at his home on Bee Lake.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Stricklin-King Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home chapel.
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Louise Hull Mott

Mon,07/13/15-4:48PM, 5,699 Reads
Louise Hull Mott (Mrs.
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Joanne Liddon

Tue,02/14/17-11:23AM, 5,690 Reads
Joanne Miller Liddon passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017. Joanne was born on May 26,

1933, in Coral Gables, FL to Garfield L. Miller and Eula U. Miller.

Joanne was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 62 years, James Flint Liddon, Jr.,
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Ward and Boggan lead BA in Canton Academy golf tournament

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Tue,04/09/19-5:12PM, 5,689 Reads
Benton Academy senior Anthony Ward and freshman Ben Boggan qualified for the state golf tournament last week at a tournament hosted by Canton Academy.
Other BA golfers competing were freshmen Ayden Jones and Aubrey Peirce and seventh grader Garrett Vandevere.
Boggan scored an 80, and Ward scored 82 to qualify for state.
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Willie Brown

Fri,02/27/15-12:38PM, 5,688 Reads
Willie Brown passed away on February 7, 2015 at the VA Hospital.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Century Funeral Home.
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City school district hires superintendent with controversial past

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Wed,02/13/19-8:17AM, 5,685 Reads
A new city school superintendent was hired last week, but it was done very quietly with no community input.
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