BENTONIA, Miss. (AP) — With callused hands, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes plucks an old acoustic guitar at the juke joint his parents started more than 70 years ago. He checks the cafe’s inventory: jars of ...

Multiple fire departments are in the Yazoo County town of Bentonia battling a fire that has damaged the town's fire and police departments. A WAPT crew on the scene said that first responders are ...

BENTONIA, Miss. — With callused hands, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes plucks an old acoustic guitar at the juke joint his parents started more than 70 years ago. He checks the cafe's inventory: jars of pickled ...

Bentonia Bugs started out as a snow cone stand. Sauces, such as the popular comeback sauce are made in-house. Steaks, char-grilled oysters and boiled crawfish are favorites. You've likely never seen ...

Ryan Lee Crosby felt struck by lightning three times in his life. At age 13, when he first picked up a harmonica to play the blues. (“It was a struck-by-lightning moment, where I knew, ‘Oh, I’m going ...

BRINGING THE THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER... 16 WAPT'S BETHAL MILES TELLS US HOW BM LOOK LIVE: THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN BENTON LAW NEARLY EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THIS TANKER TRUCK THAT THEY WEREN'T ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...