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Yazoo City Police investigating apparent murder-suicide
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WLBT) - Yazoo City Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide after conducting a welfare check at a home there. Police made the discovery around 9:45 p.m. Sunday, said Chief Terry Gann. “We received a call about a possible missing person. It was getting close to the 24...
Still holding hands and eating Mississippi catfish
By Les Ferguson Columnist If I’ve done the math right, it was 1983. We were oh-so-young, and so was the World Catfish Festival in Belzoni. The annual event was only six years old, and Belzoni was a tiny delta town. Current statistics show that the city has a population under 2,000. If it was more […] The post Still holding hands and eating Mississippi catfish appeared first on The Oxford Eagle.
Lafayette Sweeps Holmes County Central on Friday
By Adam Brown Sports writer The Lafayette Commodores put on an offensive display to sweep Holmes County Central on Friday in the first round of the playoffs. Game 1 In the first game, Lafayette (21-7) defeated Holmes County Central 23-1 by run-rule in two innings. Lafayette came out hot in the first scoring 12 runs […] The post Lafayette Sweeps Holmes County Central on Friday appeared first on The Oxford Eagle.
14 arrested in Yazoo County drug bust
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Yazoo County deputies, along with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) and the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP), arrested 14 suspects during a bust. The following arrests were made on Wednesday, April 24: Yazoo County deputies said they seized three illegally possessed weapons, including an AR-15 style weapon that had a […]
Saber-tooth tiger fossil found in Mississippi creek bed
A Mississippi man recently dug up the fossilized remains of a saber-toothed tiger. According to an article in the Clarion Ledger newspaper in Jackson, Eddie Templeton of Madison recently discovered the fossilized toe bone of the cat while hunting for fossils in a creek bed in Yazoo County. The species...
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