The muddy Yazoo River cuts through the heart of town, serving as the unofficial boundary between black and white Greenwood. The black majority is to the south, in middle-class bungalows and ...

The Democrat learns from a gentleman just from Vicksburgh, that the steamer Diligent, with the Eighth Missouri Regiment, had succeeded in entering Yazoo River above Haines' Bluff.

YAZOO CITY, Miss. — There is a homicide investigation underway in Yazoo City after a woman was found dead in a river. The coroner said Stacy Walker, 40, was found dead Sunday in the Yazoo River at the ...

The declining volume of goods moving on the Yazoo River has meant federal officials have set aside scant funds maintenance of the waterways, Smith said.

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Yazoo City police have found the body of a man who they believe drowned on Saturday. Yazoo City Police Department Maj. Tilmon Clifton said his crews received a call about 4:15 p.m. Saturday from a ...

Yazoo City, Miss., is already flooded by local rivers that have been unable to flow into the Mississippi River. Many residents have evacuated, and now the community is bracing for even more ...

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 ...

It's a name that's close to the heart for owner Linus Hall: He and his wife, Lila, grew up in Vicksburg, Miss., where the Yazoo River joins the Mississippi River.

As legend has it, the woman, whose name is not known, lived on the Yazoo River and would lure fishermen in off the river and then torture them.

VICKSBURG, Miss. - Vicksburg is celebrating the opening of the Old Depot Museum. It's housed in the former Yazoo and Mississippi River Valley Railroad Depot. The grand opening was held Sunday. The ...

A Mississippi River barge that crashed Sunday is still leaking oil. The accident occurred at one of the two most difficult turns on the river.