WATER VALLEY – Regions Bank will close their branch in Water Valley on August 21.  Regions Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications Senior Partner Mel Campbell confirmed the branch will be consolidated into the new branch under construction on Jackson Avenue in Oxford. Campbell reported the new branch will be a Nexus-style location fully equipped with…

JACKSON – Yalobusha County could receive $1 million to help fund the demolition and replacement of the Gum’s Crossing bridge on County Road 221.  Representative Tommy Reynolds reported Tuesday that the allocation is included in House Bill 1730, a bond bill that has over $80 million in funding for capital projects. Reynolds explained the money…

Water Valley School District Superintendent Jerry Williams reported school is scheduled to start in August, with the teachers first day on August 3 and the students starting class on August 5.   Parents who choose not to send their children back to school in August will have distance learning options. Williams said the district will…

WATER VALLEY – Weekly bingo play at VFW Post 4100 will resume Friday night, May 29, with post officials adhering to health regulations from the Mississippi State Gaming Commissioners to protect participants. Post 4100 Quartermaster Mickell Dunn reported the regulations include social distancing inside the building as well as wearing masks. He also said the…

  WATER VALLEY – An order issued by the Mississippi Supreme Court last Friday will expedite an appeal filed by Luther G. Folson, Jr. in the contested Yalobusha County sheriff’s election. The order sets a timeline for the attorneys’ briefs and record excerpts to be submitted to the Mississippi Supreme Court as part of the…

OAKLAND – A project to construct a 60,000 square-foot warehouse at Ajinomoto Foods in Oakland is nearing completion after almost a year of work. Hill’s Construction, LLC, was awarded the bid for just under $4 million in April, 2019, by the Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors as the frozen food manufacturer continues to grow in…

By REGGIE ROSS Staff Writer Grenada Star Rising waters are yet again taking a toll on the mile long Graysport Crossing Bridge in Gore Springs in Grenada County.   District Three Supervisor Columbus Hankins and district maintenance workers monitored the bridge Sunday to find a spot of erosion where the rising Grenada Lake and waves have…