State’s Deer Season Opens Saturday Morning JACKSON – Mississippi’s 2015 – 2016 white-tailed deer gun season opens November 21 and closes December 1.  Hunting with dogs is allowed where legal during this season. Legal deer include legal bucks and antlerless deer on private lands and only legal bucks  on open public lands.  The antlered buck bag…

Donald Gray won first place in the chili cookoff sponsored by the Rotary Club. Judges sampled 19 different entries before awarding Gray first place.

Vets Honored In Annual Service By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY  – The nation’s veterans were honored during a ceremony held last Wednesday at the VFW Post 4100 located on Hwy. 315. An annual event on Nov. 11, the festivities started at 11 a.m. with Post Commander James Gordon presiding. As the service got underway,…

Supervisors Contemplate Reducing Voting Precincts By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Only weeks remain before four supervisors will step down at the end of the year, but it appears the group could tackle at least one more contentious issue after discussion surfaced at a recessed meeting Monday to reduce the number of voting precincts in…

Arrest Made In Fire Department Theft By David Howell Editor CLEAR SPRINGS – A surveillance camera, tattoos and Facebook helped authorities link a Water Valley man to a burglary at Clear Springs Fire Department in southeastern Yalobusha County last week. Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported Darrel Kyle Dean, 34, was charged with burglary of a commercial…

Open House Winners The Water Valley Holiday Open House was held Saturday, Nov. 14. Prizes were awarded by each participating store and the grand prize, a 40-inch TV, was presented by the Water Valley Chamber of Com-merce, sponsor of the event. Winners were: Grand Prize, Shelley Howell; B.T.C. Old Fashion Grocery, Earl McMinn (Autographed Cook-book…

Drop-off Schedule Released For Operation Christmas Child Water Valley in Yalobusha County will is a local drop-off point for the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, Operation Christmas Child, during National Collection Week, Nov. 16-23. The location will collect shoeboxes—packed with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement—from generous Yalobusha County donors…

Sheriff Joins Hunt For Men Cashing Bogus Checks By David Howell Editor GUM’S CROSSING – The Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department is working with multiple agencies across the state to help track down two men wanted for cashing forged payroll checks. Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported two checks were cashed at TNT Steakhouse on Hwy. 330 at…

Idea Pitched For Use Of Old Jail By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – American Legion Post #37 Comman-der Mickell Dunn made a second pitch to supervisors to utilize the old jail as a homeless shelter for veterans during the “first Monday” supervisor meeting on Nov. 2. Dunn first approached supervisors earlier in the year, asking…