Yazoo City

The regular meeting of the Yazoo County Board of Supervisors was held this morning and they hired Norene Girard to take Beverly Ladner's place through December 31, 2019.  Beverly retired on June 30th after serving as Yazoo County Tax Assessor for 30 years. 

The Yazoo County Office of Mississippi State University Extension and the Yazoo County Fair Board are sponsoring the 2019 Largest Pumpkin Contest to see who can grow the largest pumpkin. RULES ARE SIMPLE: Drop off pumpkin with vine attached at the fair on Friday,... Read More.

The Yazoo County Office of Mississippi State University Extension, located at 212 East Broadway Street in Yazoo City, 3rd Floor, will hold a “JAM”BOREE 2019. Submit your best jar of jam and let our celebrity judges decide who has bragging rights for the year.... Read More.

The Yazoo County Office of the Mississippi State University Extension, located at 212 East Broadway Street in Yazoo City, 3rd Floor will hold Canning Workshops on Tuesday, July 9th, at 10 a.m. until noon, and at 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm.  The class will... Read More.

Summer Food Safety: Preventing 1,000 Cases of Salmonella a YearFROM MSDH: Last year more than 1,000 Mississippians suffered from Salmonella infection after eating contaminated food. Salmonella bacteria thrive in warm temperatures, especially when summer weather brings more people and... Read More.

At  8:50 a.m Tuesday morning, June 25,2019 the Humphreys County Sheriff's Department received a call regarding a shooting at a residence in the Cypress Bend Subdivision just outside the city limits of Belzoni. Deputies from Humphreys County Sheriff's Department, Officers with Belzoni PD and emergency... Read More.

Deadline to enter the Yaz Blast Parade on July 6th is Friday, June 28, 2019.  Entry forms are available at City Hall or POWER 107 or you can download the form.https://www.power107radio.com/yaz-summer-blast-2019-parade-entry-form

.A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN RANKIN...NORTHEASTERN WARREN...SOUTHERN YAZOO...NORTHERN HINDS AND SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...At 347 AM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Phoenix, or 15 miles east of Redwood, moving east at 40 mph.HAZARD...Damaging tornado.SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.IMPACT...Flying debris will be... Read More.