When it comes to small home renovation and repair projects within Yazoo City, a group of self-employed contractors wanted ...

Mayor Macklyn Austin said the city’s process to address dilapidated and unkempt properties has been put on hold with the city ...

Two suspects were charged in connection with a Yazoo City shooting last Friday as the investigation continues as to what unfolded after an altercation led to gunfire.

The Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling to undo the 90-year-old Humphrey’s Executor case has undermined the purpose of independent ...

Governor Tate Reeves today announced the launch of the fifth grant application cycle for the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund (MOSTF), backed by $15 million appropriated during the 2026 ...

The late US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart is credited with the phrase “I know it when I see it,” while considering Jacobellis v. Ohio, a landmark case before the Court identifying hard-core ...

The United States Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the type of law Congress invented 140 years ago to mitigate the evils of spoils system politics. In a spoils system, the president is free ...

The other day I was introducing myself to fellow golfers on the first tee when one of them remarked: "You're not from around here, are you?" I replied: "No I'm not. I'm from east of Meridian." Then ...

Though promising to solve the affordability problem, since Trump returned to office, prices have only risen. By end of the year inflation is predicted to be 5 percent. Trump seems oblivious to how ...

Leave it to late President Ronald Reagan to give us another memorable line. Reagan said, after a frustrating legislative bout with Congress, “I would hate to see what the U.S. Congress would do with ...

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United States Congressman Bennie G. Thompson was the keynote speaker at the 51st Annual Yazoo Day Banquet held July 4, 2026 at McCoy Elementary School. The event, hosted by The Yazoo Hometowners ...