Yazoo Co. Soldier Dies In Afghanistan Date: 04 Aug 2009
WJTV Jackson -
The National Guard says the Bentonia man died in a roadside bombing.
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Rebels add commitment from Cox Date: 05 Aug 2009
The Mississippi Press -
At 6-foot-8, 285 pounds, Demarco Cox has the size that both football and basketball coaches crave. The Yazoo City (Miss.) offensive tackle had football offers from Ole Miss, Southern Miss, Alabama, Arkansas and Maryland, but it was the Rebels' basketball program that intrigued him the most.
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Making progress in the home state Date: 05 Aug 2009
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal -
Nice hoops verbal commit pick-up late yesterday in the form of 6-8, 300-pound forward Demarco Cox of Yazoo City. It’s the second in-state commit for a program that had no Mississippi players on its roster last season.
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WLBT 3 - Jackson, MS: Yazoo County drowning Date: 10 Aug 2009
WLBT 3 Jackson -
YAZOO COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - A drowning occurred in Yazoo County over the weekend. Willie James Haymer, 37, of Benton was fishing with a friend in a boat in Rose Hill Lake. That's off Passons Road north of Bentonia.
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AMR earns re-accreditation Date: 11 Aug 2009
Mississippi Business Journal -
GULFPORT and JACKSON — The Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) has granted re-accreditation to American Medical Response (AMR) for its operations in Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Smith, Simpson and Yazoo counties. The re-accreditation is valid through 2011.
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5 MDOT Employees Charged With Embezzlement Date: 11 Aug 2009
WAPT Jackson -
Five people who worked in the Yazoo City Mississippi Department of Transportation office have been arrested on charges of embezzlement, fraudulently obtaining public funds, making false entries in public records and conspiracy.
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Federal suit challenges pumps veto Date: 12 Aug 2009
The Vicksburg Post -
A federal suit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s August 2008 veto of the Yazoo Backwater Project pumps is to be filed today in Greenville on behalf of the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners.
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WLBT 3 - Jackson, MS: Two new arrests in MDOT corruption case Date: 12 Aug 2009
WLBT 3 Jackson -
YAZOO CITY, MS (WLBT) - An update now on that Yazoo City corruption bust involving some MDOT workers. Investigators have made two new arrests. They are Joseph Gallager, an MDOT employee and Ricky Saxton, who runs an auto repair shop.
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