SCAA is a donor-supported, non-profit organization founded in November 2014 that works to provide food, shelter, veterinary care, spay/neutering, and ultimately permanent homes for the dogs captured by Water Valley’s animal control.              SCAA relies solely on donations and community involvement, so your support is critical. The group accepts monetary gifts as well as…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Eighty percent of third grade students at Davidson Elementary School passed the statewide reading assessment under the state’s new Literacy Based Promotion Act.             Results of the assessment released last Friday show that 19 students out of the 95 tested at DES failed to make higher than the…

By David Howell Editor PINE VALLEY – A lengthy lineup of talented artists are locked and loaded for this week’s Pine Valley Music and Art Festival and organizer John Forysth has released the schedule for the day-long event.             This action starts at 10 a.m. on dual stages as musicians from near and far perform…

By David Howell Editor OAKLAND – Multiple drug arrests were made by the Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department during a driver’s license checkpoint near the Yalobusha-Tallahatchie county line Saturday night.             Sheriff Lance Humphreys reports a male and female face a barrage of drug charges after being stopped at the checkpoint when the driver did not…

 City Meeting By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – City officials and the Second Chance Animal Alliance are working on an agreement that will allow the group access to the city pound in an effort to upgrade conditions at the facility.             The agreement, which has been in the process for several weeks, was the…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – A mandated 36-day shutdown for natural gas line supplying the Oakland-Yalobusha Natural Gas District starts Saturday and city, county and state officials are scrambling to find a backup plan that could include trucking the natural gas to the pipeline.             The shutdown is mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The school district has a new superintendent with a proven track record of improving and sustaining student achievement.             The appointment of Dr. C. Michael McInnis was announced at the May meeting of the school board Monday night. McInnis is currently assistant superintendent of the Grenada School District…

By David Howell Editor TORRANCE – A Coffeeville man was killed in an ATV accident  Saturday night  on U.S. Corps of Engineers property near Torrance Boat Landing at Grenada Lake.             Yalobusha Coroner Ronnie Stark reported Shelley Ray Taylor, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene around 11:32 Saturday night. Taylor died from head injuries…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – You could say the press release from the Mississippi Department of Corrections  (MDOC) on April 30 announcing the end of the Joint State County Work Program was untimely. The announcement from MDOC Commissioner Marshall Fisher last Thursday arrived on the same day Yalobusha County completed construction on a…

By David Howell Editor PINE VALLEY –  The much anticipated, mostly complete list of artists signed up to exhibit at the Second Annual Pine Valley Music and Arts Festival has been finalized and it’s a doozy.             Event coordinator John Forsyth released the list exclusively for print publication in the North Mississippi Herald. The artists…