The beloved Christmas classic Home Alone features an original song by John Williams called “Somewhere in My Memory.” This ethereal lullaby begins with these lines: “Candles in the window. Shadows ...

Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at Vicksburg) than the Yazoo River and blocks its ...

Cantrell Keyes is working 90-hour weeks and losing $15,000 a month at the child care center she directs in Jackson.

Benton Academy’s Leta Greco was named Most Valuable Player of the MAIS Class 1A/2A All-Star Game. She had a single and a ...

Mississippi Today CEO and Executive Director Mary Margaret White, Jackson Editor Anna Wolfe and Editor-in-Chief Emily Wagster Pettus discuss Mississippi Today’s mission as a nonprofit newsroom and how ...

On Saturday, December 6, Rubin Weeks, an inmate with the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, died. Weeks, 63, was arrested April 29, for the 1986 abduction, rape, and murder of Shondra May. The cause of ...

Yazoo City senior guards Travis Jones and Jacorion Taylor put on a show this past Saturday in the annual The Jump Showcase ...

The Yazoo City Lady Indians trailed the Humphreys County Cowgirls for most of last Friday night’s game before making a huge ...

A motorcyclist was killed after a collision with a pickup truck on Nov. 19 as many motorists were returning home from work.

Full food stamp benefits are still delayed one week after they were set to resume, according to the Mississippi Department of ...

Benton Academy senior ace Maci Lowery recently signed a scholarship to play softball next seson at copiah-Lincoln Community College. Lowery helped lead the Lady Raiders to a state championship ...

A boost in pay. An improved transportation fleet system. Updated equipment. Compensation time.  These were all the demands brought before county leaders by employees with the Yazoo County Correctional ...