Growing up in Yazoo – “half hills, half Delta, all crazy,” wrote Willie Morris, lovingly – Hubert Owens doesn’t remember when there wasn’t a ball around. Matter of fact, he doesn’t remember when there weren’t whistles, black and white striped shirts, and red handkerchiefs around, either.

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Pictured are some of the contraband items discovered last week during a raid of Unit 26 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. (MDOC photos)

Concrete drill, drugs, phones found in contraband raid at Parchman

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JACKSON – In an effort to rid Mississippi prisons of gang-related financial control, a search team of prison staff and investigators raided Unit 26 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman last week.

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Riding After a Dream

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Mon, 01/02/2017 - 3:05 PM

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It all began when she was a little girl riding a stick horse.

Her love of horses has provided a lifetime of rewards to LeiAnn Waters. What began as a childhood pastime has turned into a lifestyle with many new friends made along the way.

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Crimm completes term as president

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Tue, 07/25/2017 - 12:27 PM

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Yazoo County Tax Collector Travis Crimm was recently thanked for his service as president of the Mississippi Assessors and Collectors Association by incoming president Leroy Belk.

Bill Beeson

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Bill Beeson, Jr., 77, of Madison formerly of Yazoo City died Tuesday October 18, 2016 at his residence. He was a retired process server and retired from C F Industries as well as a member of First Baptist Church Yazoo City.

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Albert Woodley Cook Jr.

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Mon, 12/19/2016 - 12:44 PM

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Albert Woodley Cook, Jr. 93 of DeLand, Fla. passed away December 15, 2016 in DeLand, Fla.

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Shirley Summerlin

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Wed, 03/01/2017 - 10:48 AM

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Shirley Summerlin, 73, of Benton passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at The Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Shirley was from a large family in Durant and was married to her husband David for 53 years. She was a homemaker and an active member of the Benton community.

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Roberta Ann Pyles

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Sun, 07/16/2017 - 2:23 PM

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Roberta Ann Pyles, 57, died July 13, 2017.

Funeral services are Wednesday, July 19 at 11 a.m. at Center Ridge Cemetery.

Mrs. Pyles was born March 9, 1960 in Youngstown, Ohio to Robert Donald Bestwick and Mary J. Spanpurger Bestwick.

She was a nurse and a member of Center Ridge Baptist Church.

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Doris W. Neely

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Thu, 08/10/2017 - 9:58 PM

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Doris W. Neely, 92, of Clinton and formerly of Yazoo City, passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland.

Funeral services were Wednesday at Stricklin-King Funeral Home with Rev. R.L. Sigrest officiating. Burial followed at Glenwood Cemetery under the direction of Stricklin-King Funeral Home.

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JA and Ricks Library host reading program

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Tue, 08/01/2017 - 5:09 PM

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Yazoo Junior Auxiliary member AnnBri Spencer shows Maylee Ketchum how to stay within the lines during coloring at Ricks Memorial Library.

Patterson is new Rotary Club president

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Fri, 07/21/2017 - 5:01 PM

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Alan Jordan, outgoing Yazoo City Rotary Club president, (left) is thanked for his service by new president Jason Patterson. Jordan is the president of Regions Bank in Yazoo City. Patterson is the editor and publisher of The Yazoo Herald.