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New City Administration Begins

Wed,04/11/18-9:46AM, 27,438 Reads

The new administration of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen took its oaths of office during Monday’s city council meeting. Mayor Diane Delaware returned to her post as the city’s leader surrounded by family and friends as Yazoo City native Judge Carlton Reeves administered her oath of office.
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Multiple people shot at Yazoo City nightclub

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Sat,03/27/21-1:00PM, 27,428 Reads
No arrests have been made in the mass shooting outside a Yazoo County nightclub around midnight Friday that left several people wounded with no clear indication of how many people were in
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Shelby Clare Lightcap Book

Tue,01/24/17-2:31PM, 27,256 Reads
Shelby Clare Lightcap Book, 80, of Yazoo County died on Monday, January 24, 2017.

Visitation will be held on Thursday from 1-3 p.m. At Trinity Church's Jones Hall with services held at Trinity Church under the direction of Stricklin-King Funeral Home.
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Chamber Gala

Tue,04/24/18-4:50PM, 27,173 Reads
Maggie Wade, left, is pictured with Kiristi Mills, director of the Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce, Saturday at the Chamber Gala held at The Pointe. Wade, a longtime news anchor for WLBT in Jackson and advocate for children in Mississippi, gave an inspiring speech focused on faith.
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Leann Hardage

Wed,05/23/18-3:16PM, 27,141 Reads
Leann Hardage, 64, retired teacher at Yazoo City Schools, died May 23 at her new home in Victoria, Texas. Visitation is Tuesday, May 29 from 9-11 a.m. at Rosewood Funeral Home in Victoria, Texas. Graveside services will follow at 1 p.m. at Resurrection Cemetery in Victoria. Ms.
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Dorothy Ann Spiars Hoda

Tue,12/12/17-12:12PM, 26,999 Reads
Dorothy Ann Spiars Hoda, 81, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., formerly of Yazoo City, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017 at The Martha Coker Green Houses in Yazoo City.

A member of Anding Baptist Church she was a retired Receptionist.
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STEM instruction arrives in Yazoo

By JAMIE PATTERSON JAMIE PATTERSON
Mon,08/06/18-11:57AM, 26,904 Reads
Two Yazoo County teachers are now equipped with the necessary training to promote STEM fields in their classrooms.
Thanks to annual training provided by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, instructors Shannon Prescott and Melanie Hardy received training in the Roadways Into Developing Elementary Students program.
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Benton woman killed in crash with tractor

By JASON PATTERSON JASON PATTERSON
Tue,05/22/18-5:05PM, 26,863 Reads
A 53-year-old Yazoo County woman was killed Friday when she struck a tractor while driving on Wildwood Road in Benton.
Barbara Louise Williams, 53, of 112 Red Bird Lane in Benton, was driving on Wildwood near Luse Road when the car she was driving struck a tractor.
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Vaccine-resistant COVID-19 strain detected in Mississippi

By WILL STRIBLING - MISSISSIPPI TODAY WILL STRIBLING - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/19/21-3:50PM, 26,604 Reads 941,061 Statewide
A more infectious and vaccine-resistant variant strain of COVID-19 was detected in Mississippi on Friday. One person in Harrison County was found to be infected with the B.1.351 variant, which was discovered in South Africa in December and reached the United States in January.
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Barry Clark Saxton Sr.

Fri,01/29/21-4:08PM, 26,586 Reads
Barry Clark Saxton Sr., 68 of Benton passed away Thursday, January 28, 2021 at The University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Mr. Saxton was born Jan. 27, 1953 in Yazoo County to Wilson and Lessie Ward Saxton. He was an equipment operator with the Corp of Engineers and a member of Parkview Church of God.
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