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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.

 Benton Academy Homecoming Court Senior Maids ... Jaeleigh Ann Girard, Anna Lauren Green, Madilyn Manor and Catie Merrell Junior Maids Emily Morgan Davis and Hannah Rene' Waldrup Sophomore Maids Lucy Rodgers and Clara Ann Yeates Freshman Maids Bethany Austin Sunny Sellers Flower 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.

From MSDH - State Health Officer Dr. Mary Currier, who has led the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) since 2010,  announced on Wednesday that she will retire on November 1, 2018. In her 34 years of government service, Dr. Currier has served MSDH as... Read More.