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The Mississippi State Department of Health has reported their first laboratory confirmed case of influenza for the 2018-2019 Flue season! The case was reported in an adult. Flu symptoms incude fever, cough, sore throat, muscle and body aches and fatigue. Most people recover from... Read More.

Yazoo County Unofficial Recapitulation of Run Off Election for 2018 General Election held November 27, 2018 U.S. Senate Unexpired Term Mike Espy 4585 Cindy Hyde-Smith 3440 Court of Appeals 02-district 2 Position 1 Eric Charles Hawkins 2475 Deborah McDonald 3891 Yazoo - Tax Collector Tommy Irvine, Sr. 4043 Ashley Tyson Saxton 3424

SBA Announces FY 2018 State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Awards SBA Awards $18 Million to Expand Small Business Exporting Jackson, 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.

The Bentonia Fire Department was dispatched to a one vehicle automobile accident at Little Yazoo around 7:15 AM Tuesday Morning (10-2-18). The car reportedly was traveling Southbound when the driver lost control sending the car down the embankment across the ditch and almost onto the... Read More.

Updated Funeral Announcement - Hayden Tyler Whitworth Hayden 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.

Shortly after 4:30AM on Friday Morning (9/21/2018) Fire/Rescue Personnel from the Bentonia and District 3 Fire Departments were dispatched to a one car motor vehicle accident on Fletchers Chapel Rd. near Little Yazoo, Mississippi. Upon arrival responders found the driver of a Toyota Avalon... Read More.

Bentonia Fire/Rescue personnel were called out to a two car motor vehicle accident on Thursday   Morning (9-20-2018) at the intersection of Highway 433 and Highway 49 in Bentonia. Three people were injured and transported by Pafford EMS to the hospital. Around 10:48 AM emergency... 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.