GREENWOOD – During the heyday of Greenwood’s cotton markets, paddle-wheel boats carried bales of cotton and other export commodities down the Yazoo River to Vicksburg and on to New Orleans. It’s now ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — The M/V BIG J.O. tugboat has been put into service by Yazoo River Towing Company after a recent christening in Vicksburg. The tug is named after one of the co-founders of Yazoo ...

WEBVTT SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONFIRMS THATTHE MAN WHODROWNED IN THE YAZOO RIVER HASBEENRECOVERED. DIVERS FROM THERIDGELAND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUND47-YEAR OLD BILLY WAYNE ROBINSONAT12:30 THIS AFTERNOON. 16 ...

The rising Mississippi River is causing a problem for residents near the Yazoo River.The Mississippi River backs up to the Yazoo River and other tributaries. When the Mighty Mississippi floods, it ...

1862 - While CSS Arkansas makes her way down the Yazoo River, she encounters the Union gunboats USS Carondelet, USS Tyler, and USS Queen of the West. In the ensuing battle, CSS Arkansas damages the ...

Mississippi’s brief 10-day alligator season opened at noon Friday. So at 12:05 p.m. Megan Sasser and her five crew mates launched their 21-foot War Eagle skiff into the Yazoo River near Vicksburg. The ...

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GREENWOOD, MISS. — The year America inaugurated its first black president will also be known as the year this small Delta cotton hub voted its first black mayor out of office. Mayor Sheriel F. Perkins ...

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