And 120 years later, residents of Yazoo County are still speculating about the Witch of Yazoo City. Folklore passed down from generation to generation still fascinates the people of the small town ...

For decades, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church stood as a beacon of hope in Yazoo City.

Rather, it was a Yazoo man named Moncacht-Apé — a multi-lingual wanderer blessed with relentless curiosity concerning the history of his people. That curiosity may have led Moncacht-Apé to dip ...

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