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Florence I. Bennett

Mon,04/03/17-9:18AM, 15,640 Reads
Florence I. Bennett, 85, died April 1, 2017 at Baptist Medical Center Yazoo.

Funeral services are Monday at 2 p.m. at Fletcher’s Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Chance May and Rev. Miles Bayliss officiating.
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Harold C. Middleton Sr.

Fri,08/10/18-4:11PM, 15,636 Reads
Harold Curtis Middleton Sr., 82, of Benton passed away Friday, August 10, 2018 at The Mississippi Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jackson.
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State to hold public meeting on school takeover, introduce superintendent

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Wed,05/08/19-8:55AM, 15,622 Reads
The state will hold a local meeting next week to provide insight on the takeover of the Yazoo City Municipal School District.
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USM’s Fabrication Shop Supports Rapid Prototype, Marine Research Center Mission

By GABRIELA SHINSKIE GABRIELA SHINSKIE
Tue,06/20/23-2:50PM, 15,557 Reads
The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Prototype Fabrication Shop at its Marine Research Center (MRC) in Gulfport shows great promise in its mission to provide state-of-the-art fabrication in support of blue technology innovation in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Stanley Clay "Stan" Montgomery

Thu,07/12/18-2:41PM, 15,527 Reads
Stanley Clay “Stan” Montgomery passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. He was 70.
A native of Yazoo City, born October 9, 1947, he was the son of the late Clay E. “Red” Montgomery and the late Agnes Johnson Montgomery.
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Longtime eyesore torn down by city

Fri,07/14/17-3:53PM, 15,526 Reads

Bennie K. Warrington with the City of Yazoo cleans up debris from a home the city demolished this week on the corner of Calhoun Avenue and Fifth The home had been vacant and in a state of disrepair for years.
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Miss Riley to wed Strickland on June 29 in Flora

Tue,06/18/19-4:47PM, 15,506 Reads
Mr. and Mrs. Sean Riley of Madison announce the engagement of their daughter, Victoria Ashlyn, to Robert Hayden Strickland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Strickland of Madison.
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Henry J. Williams Jr.

Wed,08/14/19-5:21PM, 15,484 Reads
Henry Jernigan Williams Jr., 83, passed away at his home on Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
Mr. Williams was born April 5, 1936 in Georgia to Henry J. Williams Sr. and Frances Hancock Williams. He was a retired catfish farmer and fish broker. He was the owner of J & W Sales.
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Shooting leaves one man dead

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Mon,03/09/26-2:46PM, 15,481 Reads
A 22-year-old man is dead following a shooting at a local apartment complex about an hour ago.
Jeffrey Johnson was pronounced dead by paramedics from a gunshot wound, according to Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers. The victim was pronounced dead at 1:25 p.m. in the parking lot of Graystone Apartments on West Second Street.
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Yazoo native to lead Greenwood CVB

Fri,09/23/16-4:10PM, 15,457 Reads
Yazoo City native Danielle Cox Morgan is the new director of the Greenwood Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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