Author: Brenda Johnston

SBA Announces FY 2018 State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) AwardsSBA Awards $18 Million to Expand Small Business ExportingJackson, MS – U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), recently awarded Mississippi Development Authority $540,000 to help Mississippi small businesses enter and compete in the global marketplace. The State Trade... Read More.

Updated Funeral Announcement - Hayden Tyler WhitworthHayden Tyler Whitworth, 18, of Yazoo City died Friday September 21, 2018. a Student he was of the Baptist Faith.Survivors include his Mother; Eva F. Whitworth, Sister Whitney Whitworth of Yazoo City, Maternal Grandparents Janice and Tim Roark,... Read More.

At approximately 10:30 pm Monday, August 10th, Yazoo County E911 received a call of a shooting Delta Circle in Yazoo City.  On arrival of Pafford EMS a 44 year old male was found with multiple gunshot wounds.  The victim was rapidly transported by ambulance... Read More.

 Benton Academy Homecoming Court Senior Maids ... Jaeleigh Ann Girard, Anna Lauren Green, Madilyn Manor and Catie MerrellJunior Maids Emily Morgan Davis and Hannah Rene' WaldrupSophomore Maids Lucy Rodgers and Clara Ann YeatesFreshman Maids Bethany Austin Sunny SellersFlower Girl & Crown Bearer Charlee Kate Peterson and Ross Eldridge

GREENVILLE – Mickey Naaman, Regional President of Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, today announced that Elizabeth Mahalitc Haley has been named Branch Manager at the bank’s Downtown Greenville office.A Greenville native, Mrs. Haley is a 2004 graduate of Washington School. In 2008, she earned... Read More.

Belzoni welcomes Fresenuius Kidney Care to Belzoni. The new facility opened in May.  The facility is located at 16451 Highway 49 and staffed with a team of medical personnel to help treat the whole patient.  The new facility has thirteen stations that can treat... Read More.

 WLBT 3 On Your SideLike Page2 hrs ·WANTED: Victor Manor is wanted for capital murder in the death of a well-loved Yazoo man, AKA "Peanut man"He was brutally murdered in a storage building in June>>Read More.

POWER 107 is sad to learn of the passing of Mr. James Powell, owner of Powell Electric in Yazoo City.  He was also a Navy Veteran.  James Powell, age 80 passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at his home on Mollett Road... Read More.

A fire this afternoon at 117 West Broadway Street in Yazoo City in the building formerly Marylena Shoppe. The Yazoo City Fire Department and the Public Service Commission worked quickly to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the... Read More.

Drowning on Wolf Lake Sunday Afternoon claimed the life of Bunny Albert Fields of Yazoo City according to Yazoo County Coroner, Ricky Shivers.SUNDAY AFTERNOON (07/22/2018) AT 3:05PM YAZOO COUNTY DISTRICT 3 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, YAZOO COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPARTMENT, HUMPHREY?S COUNTY SHERIDD?S DEPARTMENT, YAZOO COUNTY DIVE TEAM,... Read More.

Approximatly 1:30 AM Monday  morning (7-2-2018) a Canadian National Freight Train traveling Southbound at the Amtrak Station in downtown Yazoo City, struck and killed a man who was sitting on the North end of the passenger platform. The man identified by Yazoo County Coroner... Read More.