By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – School district trustees adopted a new student code of conduct Monday night that will replace the old disciplinary policies in the elementary and high school student handbooks.             New superintendent Dr. Michael McInnis explained that the code compliments and supports the district wide implementation of PBIS (positive behavioral…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – County officials have set July 1 as the moving day for the sheriff department’s radios, computers and inmates from the old jail on Calhoun Street to the new jail on Hwy. 32. Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported he is working with AT&T to make the transition as smooth as…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – With moving time for the new county jail less than a week away, county officials have scheduled an open house Friday to allow citizens an opportunity to tour the new facility before the prisoners arrive. Visitors can tour the jail from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The jail…

The Lions Club of Water Valley hosted Hope Fest last Saturday as a fundraiser for the Branch of Hope. The activities included live music, children’s activities, an auction and those delicious Lions Club hamburgers. (top photo)  A thunderstorm shortened the event, but organizers reported a successful event. The Branch of Hope is a Christian sober…

By Rita Howell The Panolian BATESVILLE – “If we build it, they will come.”             The North Mississippi Job Fair, happening Thursday, has been “built” and 46 companies, businesses and agencies are set to meet with potential employees from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Batesville Civic Center.             Job opportunities range from nursing…

By David Howell Editor Grand juries in the First and Second Judicial Districts returned 29 true bills during separate hearings at each courthouse on June 11. The indictments remain sealed until served by law enforcement.             In the Second Judicial District the grand jury returned 16 true bills including:             • 1 Count, possession of…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – An apparent head-on collision on Tuesday evening, June 9, remains under investigation by the Water Valley Police Department after both drivers fled the scene. The accident occurred on Hwy. 315, north of the bypass inside the city limits.             Capt. Roger Thomas reported one of the vehicles involved,…

By David Howell Editor LAREDO, Texas – A Water Valley man facing two counts of child exploitation charges skipped court last month and was arrested by INS agents at the U.S.-Mexico border on June 4.             Billy Cobb was scheduled for trial in Circuit Court on May 5, but did not show up according to…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Lack of enforcement of portions of the city’s zoning ordinance concerning blight prompted a long-time citizen’s request to appear before the mayor and board of aldermen at their June meeting.             Eckford Street resident Lilly Loyce Horan, a life-long Water Vallian, said that she had come before the…

By David Howell Editor OXFORD – Jerry Wayne Hill, Edwin Earl Hill and Thomas Franklin Hill accepted the Silver Star posthumously awarded to their brother, Alfred Bennett Hill, Jr. Friday during a ceremony held in Sen. Thad Cochran’s field office in the Federal Building in Oxford Friday morning. The medal was presented by Cochran’s state…