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Virginia Gazette
February 23, 2018
(four dead), Yazoo City, Miss. (four dead), and Bremerton, Wash. (four dead). This is a partial list of mass shootings in the United States with four or more deaths which have occurred since Donald Trump's inauguration. For a full list of the 1,624 mass shootings in the United States in the last 1,870 days (61ÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
February 23, 2018
Yazoo City & MSU alum Fletcher Cox is a Super Bowl champion. Cox was born and raised in Yazoo City, Mississippi, where he was a star on the Yazoo City High School football team and went on to play for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. He was selected 12th overall in 2012 NFL Draft for the PhiladelphiaÃÂ ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
February 22, 2018
“To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” Yazoo City native Willie Morris often attributed that quote to William Faulkner. I have never seen a document verifying that Faulkner uttered those exact words. It actually sounds more like something Morris would say. NeverthelessÃÂ ...
Daily Sentinel Star
February 21, 2018
He was past president of several civic organizations in Columbia, Tenn., and Senatobia and Yazoo City, including Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Jaycees, and Lions Club. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to any of the following: March of Dimes, Samaritan's Purse, or any communityÃÂ ...
Tulsa World
February 21, 2018
... Iowa, Jennifer Kuntz (Jordan) of Tulsa, Angie Ellis (Clark) of Norman Oklahoma, and Carlin Gibbs of New York City; great-grandchildren: Jackson, Ella, Abby, and Park; sister: JoAnne Collins of Yazoo City, Mississippi; sisters-in-law: Mary Graeber of Denver, Colorado, and Marceline Sanders of St. Louis,ÃÂ ...
Mississippi News Now
February 9, 2018
The Yazoo City Police Department is the latest Mississippi law enforcement agency to incorporate high tech equipment. Officers now wearing the Pileum body cameras, which can record their movements on patrol. Chief Ron Sampson said, "If we have a major incident it will record the incident itself. We canÃÂ ...
Mississippi News Now
February 8, 2018
They just leave her Happy Birthday banner on the wall at her home in Yazoo City nowadays, and simply write over the age every year. Last year they put a “5” over the “4”. This year the “5” has been changed to a “6.” One Hundred and Six years old. Mrs. Leola Dillard grew up as the child of sharecroppers inÃÂ ...
Mississippi News Now
February 4, 2018
A Yazoo City native wins the Lombardi Trophy in his Super Bowl debut. Fletcher Cox had 2 tackles and 6 total pressures as the Eagles beat the Patriots 41-33. The Philadelphia defensive line forced a turnover when it mattered most. A strip-sack of Tom Brady in the final minutes led to a Jake Elliott field goalÃÂ ...
Mississippi News Now
February 1, 2018
A man found was found shot to death in his Yazoo City home early Thursday morning. The victim has been identified as Henry Glen Renfrow. The deadly shooting happened on Patterson Road off of Highway 49 South. Neighbors in the quiet Yazoo County neighborhood are shocked and saddened to hearÃÂ ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
February 1, 2018
“Of course he would say that,” former Yazoo City counselor Christy Cader said. “This is the kid who, when he was at Mississippi State, would call me, his high school counselor, every two or three weeks and say, 'Ms. Cader, this is Fletcher. I was just calling and checking in and wanted you to know I'm doingÃÂ ...
Mississippi News Now
January 23, 2018
He worked at the department since 2014 even while he served as Chief of Police for the Town of Tchula. Hampton claims shortly after the new chief, Ron Sampson Sr. took over as Yazoo City's top cop in 2017, trouble started brewing between the two. “He ordered me to write up a female because she had AÃÂ ...
WTOK
January 23, 2018
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) - A coroner says a 72-year-old Mississippi woman has been found dead of apparent hypothermia. WAPT-TV reports Gloria Jean Humphries was found on the floor of her home Friday afternoon. Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers says in a news release that Humphries' callÃÂ ...
WJTV
January 22, 2018
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) -- A 72-year-old woman died from what appears to be hypothermia, authorities said. Gloria Jean Humphries was found dead Friday. According to the coroner's office, the sheriff's department conducted a welfare check at a home on Tinsley Road. When they went inside theÃÂ ...
Northside Sun
December 29, 2017
The firm was working on a residential construction site in the Wolf Lake subdivision in Yazoo City, records show. “Defendant's actions were a deviation from the safety standards and in violation of multiple OSHA requirements … the raised deck and areas immediately adjacent to the raised deck and openÃÂ ...
Mississippi Business Journal
December 21, 2017
Zimbabwe is fighting a water crisis, but it has an ally in Mississippi: GraceWater, a Yazoo City nonprofit that has already drilled six wells for its villages in the Gweru and Harare regions. “GraceWater was founded out of a desire by my business partner, Nick King, and I, to leverage our skills and resources inÃÂ ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
December 17, 2017
In late November, Mississippi State Trooper Kelvin Jones delivered his third baby on the side of the road — one came when he was a firefighter, two as a law enforcement officer. Jones, 44, of Yazoo City, has been a state trooper for three and a half years, but was a firefighter for almost two decades beforeÃÂ ...
Shreveport Times (blog)
December 16, 2017
Hollywood made a movie of his book “My Dog Skip,” a love story to the Jack Russell terrier and dear friend of his youth in Yazoo City, Miss. Willie Morris was an only child, and Skip was an only dog. I took my Little League team of 11-year-olds to see it — three times. Every time at the end, when Skip diesÃÂ ...
FOX10 News
December 15, 2017
He said he previously spoke with the principal at McCoy Elementary School in Yazoo City when bullies kicked his grandson in the groin and threatened him with murder. Gatson said it's frustrating the school would wait three days before telling him about the boy's suicide note. One child psychiatrist said theÃÂ ...
10TV
December 14, 2017
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WTHR) — A bullied 10-year-old boy in Mississippi left a suicide note at school. But it wasn't until 3 days later that his guardians were notified of the letter. WLBT reported that the boy's grandparents say the note was found on a Monday, but they weren't notified until Wednesday that theÃÂ ...
Mississippi State Newsroom
December 7, 2017
... Gwin of Piperton, Tennessee; Kyle Winston of Shalimar, Florida; Wesley Dillard of Madison; David Sides of Birmingham, Alabama; Laura Herring of Panama City Beach, Florida; Alexandra Mazzola of Starkville; Kelley Mazzola of Starkville; Ruschewski Ragland of Yazoo City and Jeremy Burt of Starkville.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
December 4, 2017
President Ronald Reagan held a campaign rally in 1984 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. • President Jimmy Carter went to Yazoo City in 1977, spending the night with a family there. He also made a campaign stop in Jackson just prior to the 1980 election. • President Gerald Ford campaigned in the state in 1976 seeking a fullÃÂ ...
Opiah county courier
December 11, 2017
Mr. Metcalfe was a native of Union Church and had lived in New Orleans, Clinton, Jackson and Yazoo City before moving to Crystal Springs 30 years ago. After graduating from Union Church High School, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. He attended Mississippi StateÃÂ ...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
December 11, 2017
... Public School District, Jefferson County School District, Leake County School District, McComb School District, Natchez-Adams School District, North Bolivar School District, Hazlehurst School District, Leland School District, West Bolivar School District, Yazoo City School District and Yazoo County SchoolÃÂ ...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
December 4, 2017
President Ronald Reagan held a campaign rally in 1984 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. • President Jimmy Carter went to Yazoo City in 1977, spending the night with a family there. He also made a campaign stop in Jackson just prior to the 1980 election. • President Gerald Ford campaigned in the state in 1976 seeking a fullÃÂ ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
December 2, 2017
Sullivan returned to Mississippi on July 8, 1889, for the last bare-knuckle heavyweight world championship. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain after 75 rounds in front of 3,000 spectators at Richburg near Hattiesburg. Or that Yazoo City, which has tangled with more than its share of tornadoes, went up in flamesÃÂ ...
HottyToddy.com
November 30, 2017
Round-faced and impish, a dimple-chinned, roly-poly Rhodes Scholar who liked his booze perhaps a bit too much, the Yazoo City-born Morris served as Ole Miss' writer-in-residence throughout the 1980s. A former editor of Harper's magazine and author of more than a dozen books and numerous articles ...
WDAM-TV
November 28, 2017
In the 3A State Championship, Jefferson Davis County High School will face Yazoo City at 11 a.m. Saturday at Vault-Hemingway Stadium.
New York Times (blog)
November 20, 2017
Yazoo City, Mississippi. 1979.Credit Nicholas Nixon/Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Nicholas Nixon has two photos in the show, one of literal absence — a mother holding an image of her recently-deceased daughter; and the other of extreme presence — hisÃÂ ...
Vicksburg Post
November 15, 2017
Smith scored 15 of her 23 points — and 15 of Vicksburg's 27 — in the period, and the Missy Gators routed Yazoo City 87-48 for their third win in ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
November 14, 2017
Seward is a past president of Manchester Academy in Yazoo City. He serves on the executive committee of Farmers Advocating Research Management, on the Mississippi Corn Promotion Board, and as deputy commissioner of the Yazoo Soil and Water Conservation District. A Yazoo City native, Seward ...
Oxford Eagle
November 9, 2017
Water Valley (8-4) and Yazoo County (11-0) square off in Yazoo City on Friday in a second-round matchup of the Class 3A playoffs (7 p.m., ...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
November 9, 2017
In the 2011 session, then-Gov. Haley Barbour was uniquely qualified to push through the legislative process a $38 million bond issue to ...
WCBI
November 9, 2017
Noxubee will now travel to Yazoo City this Friday. The Tigers have a challenge ahead of them to advance into the post season.
Mississippi News Now
November 1, 2017
Police in Yazoo City say questions still surround an early Monday morning shooting, involving a female police officer and her ex.
Mississippi News Now
October 31, 2017
A man has been arrested and charged after shooting into the home of a Yazoo City police officer, who is also the mother of his two children.
Jackson Clarion Ledger
October 30, 2017
McCrory could serve his sentence of 8½ years in the federal prison in Yazoo City for conspiracy to commit money laundering. McCrory asked to ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
October 30, 2017
A man is behind bars on multiple charges after police say he fired shots at the home of a Yazoo City police officer, with one of the bullets ...
WJTV
October 19, 2017
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Roughly 1,200 federal prisoners from Puerto Rico are being moved to Mississippi amid Hurricane Maria recovery.
Mississippi News Now
October 18, 2017
About 1,200 federal prisoners from Puerto Rico are being housed at the federal correctional facility in Yazoo City. According to U.S. Court Clerk ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
October 18, 2017
About 1,200 federal prisoners from Puerto Rico are now housed at the federal correctional facility in Yazoo City. U.S. Court Clerk Arthur ...
Clarksdale Press Register
October 12, 2017
Humphrey was out three weeks ago against Shannon, but saw action at wide receiver in the 40-6 district win against Yazoo City.
Mississippi News Now
October 10, 2017
Yazoo City Police have a warning for businesses; be on the lookout for a new twist on bogus credit cards. One Yazoo City business owner ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
September 29, 2017
11, 2014, Crawley, while engaging in unsolicited door-to-door sales in the Yazoo City area, knocked on 69-year-old John Meeks' door.
Mississippi News Now
September 29, 2017
The Office of District Attorney Twenty-First Judicial District will present its third annual Domestic Violence Awareness Parade/Walk and Rally.
Jackson Clarion Ledger
July 9, 2017
A Yazoo City woman is dead after an early morning house fire, officials said Sunday. Annie Ellis Stinson, 58, was pronounced dead around ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
March 21, 2017
A wildfire that started as a house fire Monday continued to burn in Yazoo City Tuesday afternoon as multiple crews battled the blaze.
Jackson Clarion Ledger
December 31, 1999
Barbour was quoted, "I just don't remember it being that bad," about the civil rights struggle in his hometown of Yazoo City when he was young. Barbour also drew heat from the same interview for saying the Citizens Council (formerly the White Citizens Council) helped curb racial tensions at the time.
Meridian Star
December 31, 1999
... Jackson Public School District, Jefferson County School District, Leake County School District, McComb School District, Natchez-Adams School District and North Bolivar School District, Hazlehurst School District, Leland School District, West Bolivar School District, Yazoo City School District and YazooÃÂ ...
Mississippi State Newsroom
December 31, 1999
... Gwin of Piperton, Tennessee; Kyle Winston of Shalimar, Florida; Wesley Dillard of Madison; David Sides of Birmingham, Alabama; Laura Herring of Panama City Beach, Florida; Alexandra Mazzola of Starkville; Kelley Mazzola of Starkville; Ruschewski Ragland of Yazoo City and Jeremy Burt of Starkville.
Jackson Clarion Ledger
December 31, 1999
Sharon Druey, who makes the trip from Yazoo City to Jackson every year, falls into the tradition category, as she and her three daughters braved the cold to start at Academy before hitting several other stores. Druey's family comes out every Black Friday and also went shopping Thanksgiving evening.
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