Joffre Washington presided at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Yazoo County Fair and Civic League, Inc. as the newly installed Board President.
A memorial service for Yazoo native Henry Mitchell Brickell, a noted education researcher and reformer, will be held in Yazoo City next week.
The special election for city’s Ward 4 alderman post will be held Monday with six candidates appearing on the ballot.
The city council post has remained vacant since the death of Alderman Aubry Brent Jr. last September.
An 18-year-old man continues to recover in a Jackson hospital after being shot at his home in Yazoo City over the weekend.
Both Yazoo City and Yazoo County kindergartners scored slightly less than the state average in their kindergarten readiness assessment scores.
