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Burglary suspect caught looking at security camera

Burglary suspect caught looking at security camera

By Marsha Thompson

YAZOO CITY, MS (WLBT) - Police need your help identifying a man who committed a business burglary in Yazoo City. 

According to detectives, he allegedly broke into a local  business Tuesday night and stole items. 

He was dressed in a dark hoodie with khaki slacks. 

Surveillance video captured the accused crook looking right into the camera lens. 

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Garden gnomes can add fun, personality

Garden gnomes can add fun, personality

By Gary R. Bachman

MSU Horticulturist
Coastal Research & Extension Center

We’ve all seen garden gnomes in other people’s yards -- the creatures of woodland legend that represent the spirit of the earth. Maybe it’s time you put one in your own garden.

Gnome is a derivation of the Greek word for “earth dweller.” Garden gnomes were first used in German gardens in the mid-1800s.

Photos: Group takes Yazoo legends tour

Photos: Group takes Yazoo legends tour

A group of students took a tour of the Triangle Cultural Center and the Glenwood Cemetary Friday.

The legendary Witch of Yazoo paid the group a visit at her gravesite.

To schedule a tour, contact the Yazoo Convention & Visitors Bureau at 662-746-1815.

Wild Holmes vs. Co-Lin play gets national attention

GOODMAN, MS - A 2-point conversion play in Thursday night's football game between Copiah-Lincoln Community College and Holmes Community College has gained national attention.

The play was listed No. 2 in ESPN's Top 10 plays Friday.

Asian Carp invasion

YAZOO COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - The effects of the "Great Flood of 2011" are appearing in the waters near the Mississippi River.

Fish that could threaten the livelihood of game fish are showing up where they have never been before.

Using a boat to agitate the fish, Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks biologists are on Lake George, monitoring the Asian Carp populations.

These carp have grown into adults, some over 20 pounds in weight, brought in by floodwaters more than ten years ago.