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Registration Scheduled At Water Valley Schools On Thursday From 8-12

By Editor | May 25, 2016 |

Registration Scheduled At Water Valley Schools On Thursday From 8-12 Registration continues for 2016-17 school year at Water Valley High School and Davidson Elementary on Thursday, May 26. The registration for the high school will be held in the cafeteria at Water Valley High School from 8 a.m. until noon, and the Davidson Elementary registration…

Candy Tallant Operates Main Street Mainstay For 14 Years

By Editor | May 25, 2016 |

Candy Tallant Operates Main Street Mainstay For 14 Years In recent years, downtown Water Valley has experienced a great deal of change, but one constant is Mrs. Candy Tallant and her store, the Velvet Glove. THE OUTSIDER By Justin Geurin A new Water Vallian sits down with the people that make this town special. Geurin…

Bold Women Of God Invited To Annual Women’s Conference

By Editor | May 25, 2016 |

Bold Women Of God Invited To Annual Women’s Conference The 6th annual B.A.D. Girls women’s conference will be held at Sanders Chapel on June 1-3, beginning  at 7 p.m. nightly.  The featured “B.A.D. Girls” speakers will be: Evangelist Lanell Steen of Sanders Chapel M.B. Church, Water Valley, on Wednesday; Minister Vada Hankins of Jackson Chapel,…

83 Grads To Receive Diplomas

By Editor | May 25, 2016 |

83 Grads To Receive Diplomas By David Howell WATER VALLEY – Eighty-three seniors are expected to don the blue cap and gown and walk across the platform at Tad Smith Coliseum on the Ole Miss campus Thursday night. Graduation activities will begin promptly at 7 p.m. There will be three speakers from the class: Valedictorian…

Georgia Fugitive Nabbed After Man Hunt

By Editor | May 25, 2016 |

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – A 26 year-old Georgia fugitive was captured east of Coffeeville just after midnight Sunday morning following an intense 14-hour manhunt that included the largest presence of law enforcement officers assembled in the county in at least a decade.  Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported Roy Dwayne Ruis was captured on County…

New Pre-Kindergarten Program Will Be Implemented At DES

By Editor | May 18, 2016 |

New Pre-Kindergarten Program Will Be Implemented At DES WATER VALLEY – Screening and registration is scheduled for a new pre-kindergarten program that will be implemented at Davidson Elementary School at the start of the 2016-17 school year in August. The  program was adopted by the Water Valley School Board in March. Incoming Davidson Elementary School…

Relay For Life Kickoff Party Is Thursday

By Editor | May 18, 2016 |

Relay For Life Kickoff Party Is Thursday VELMA – The Yalobusha County Relay For Life committee is excited to begin planning for the 2016 American Cancer Society Relay for Life scheduled October 15. Since there was not a Relay in 2015, organizers are even more pumped up to get the ball rolling and report this…

New ‘To-go Cup’ Law Includes Water Valley In List Of Cities Eligible To Establish Entertainment District

By Editor | May 18, 2016 |

New ‘To-go Cup’ Law Includes Water Valley In List Of Cities Eligible To Establish Entertainment District By David Howell Editor JACKSON – Water Valley is among a dozen cities across the state authorized to establish a downtown entertainment district with boundaries within which people would be allowed to carry open containers of alcohol outside of…

Terry Rockette – WV Native Returns Home To Share His Passion For Performance

By Editor | May 18, 2016 |

Terry Rockette – WV Native Returns Home To Share His Passion For Performance Terry Rockette told me when he was young, he was a very shy young man; but after spending a couple of hours with him last week I don’t believe it for a second!  I sat down with Rockette, the owner of Rockette…

Budget Scrutiny Comes At County Meeting

By Editor | May 18, 2016 |

Budget Scrutiny Comes At County Meeting By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Board President Cayce Washington urged the county’s department heads to adhere to their budgets during Monday’s Board of Supervisor meeting in Coffeeville. The topic was listed on the meeting agenda and department heads were summoned to the meeting. “Some of y’all are slightly…

2 Comments

  1. Cynthia Smith on March 29, 2023 at 9:53 am

    Is there a hearing for Billy Brooks concerning Ashley Henley’s death?

    • Margaret Tapper on June 11, 2024 at 12:08 pm

      Can any one give me the phone number to call for the law suit against Coltec for the TCE.

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