Holiday Shopping Starts Saturday Staff Report WATER VALLEY – It may be hard to believe, but Christmas is just around the corner and downtown merchants are kicking off the festive season with an open house celebration this Saturday scheduled from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. An annual event, the Water Valley Chamber of Commerce sponsors…

Rotary Seeks Seven More Participants For Big Chili Cook-Off The Rotary Club of Water Valley needs about five to seven more participants to enter the “Chili Cook-Off” on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 11 a.m. until 2 pm at the Pocket Park on Main Street. This event will coincide with the annual downtown businesses’ Open House.…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Grant talk was a leading topic in a two-hour Board of Supervisor meeting held Monday at the Coffeeville Courthouse. County officials hammered out details for a pair of grants as part of an anticipated expansion for Ajinomoto Windsor in Oakland that includes a $200,000 ARC (Appalachian Regional Commission) and…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Plans for an upscale restaurant in the Wagner buildings on Main Street have been terminated by developer Terry Warren. The Water Valley native purchased the buildings earlier this year and had planned to capitalize on the success of Water Valley’s Main Street with a destination-style business, citing an…

WATER VALLEY – The Rotary Club of Water Valley will hold a chili cook-off on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Pocket Park on Main Street. This event will co-inside with the annual  downtown businesses’ Open House and Rotarians are urging chili cookers to sign up.  Anyone with a great…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Sixty percent of the voters casting a ballot voted against the unit system in Tuesday’s General Election. The unofficial vote tally was completed just before 9 p.m. as Circuit Clerk Daryl Burney read the numbers in the Water Valley courthouse.  The unit vote did not carry a single…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Atten-dance, discipline and academic performance were among top topics at the Water Valley School District board meeting held Monday, Oct. 26. High school interim principal Drew Pitcock and DES principal Brad Parker addressed these issues, starting with attendance incentives to meet or exceed the 95.6 percent attendance goal…

Over 200 Water Vallians created almost 100 pumpkins to generate a community art installation in the Pocket Park. Groups and individuals walked through the installation viewing and conversing about the pumpkins as if they were  on display in a contemporary arts museum.   Many personal stories surrounded these pumpkins. Company logo pumpkins from True Value,…

WATER VALLEY – Construction is scheduled to start next week on the renovation of the North Mississippi Herald newspaper building at 416 North Main Street. The plans include a new façade and work will start with the demolition of the front of the building. Architectural designer Leigh Ann Black has worked on the project for…

By Enid Lake Park Rangers The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Enid Lake Field Office hosted its first Wounded Warrior Deer Hunt on October 16-25. The hunt provided 10 veterans, wounded while serving our country, the opportunity to harvest deer on approximately 700 acres of USACE land. These areas have been closed to hunting…