By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Voters will return to the polls Tuesday for the Republican Senate Primary runoff  in one of the state’s most heated races in recent history involving a longtime incumbent senator.     Senator Thad Cochran is campaigning to keep his seat, a position he has held since 1978, while Tea…

At the Farmers Market last Saturday Greg Gomersall (top photo) purchased a donut from Hannah Ragon (9) and her fellow entrepreneur Kristasi Laster (9). In the bottom photo, Carline Herring (center) talks with a customer while husband Wilbur and J. K. Gurner look on. The market continues this Saturday with all sorts of possibilities.    …

WATER VALLEY – As part of her “Read Across Mississippi” education initiative, First Lady Deborah Bryant will be reading to children attending the Blackmur Memorial Library’s Sum-mer Reading Program kick-off event in Water Valley, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 18.     Presented by local Friends of the Library volunteers, the program’s mission is closely…

Cochran Narrowly Carries Yalobusha By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY –  Incumbent Senator Thad Cochran narrowly carried Yalobusha County with just under a quarter of the county’s registered voters participating in last Tuesday’s Primary Election.     Cochran garnered 582 votes, 35 more votes than Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel. The extremely close results in the…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The recycling program begun by BorgWarner is about to be expanded to include more businesses downtown. The program got underway last month with 18 businesses in the center of downtown and another 10 to 15 are expected to join this week, according to Mickey Howley, director of the…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The city’s creative economy got another boost with the announcement that the Main Street Association was awarded a Strategic Investment Pilot Program grant from the Mississippi Development Authority. Main Street Director Mickey Howley told aldermen at their first Tuesday meeting last week that the WVMSA put in an…

WATER VALLEY – Davidson Elementary School is getting a new principal and assistant principal for the coming school year. Brad Parker is the new principal and Sharron Lipsey is the new assistant principal, Superintendent Kim Chrestman announced to school board members at their first of the month meeting Monday night. Parker comes to DES with…

WATER VALLEY – Andrew “Cadillac Funk” Yurkow has released his self-titled funk blues album, Cadillac Funk. Yurkow, who lives in Water Valley with his wife, Haley, and young son, Lewis, said the album is “authentic, original Mississippi home-grown funky blues.” The album is currently available both digitally and physically it is on iTunes as well…

Andi Bedsworth Contributing Art Writer Art takes many forms. There are performing arts and visual arts and even films which are a combination of the two. In the visual arts category, there are many types. Photography is a visual art that we are all familiar with as many of us have cameras on our phones…

    New Orleans guitarist Jimmy Robinson will perform at The Loft On Main next Thursday, June 12.     Robinson has toured internationally with festivals in Germany, Italy, the U.K. and Mexico. He has performed at The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival over 25 times and has opened shows for Adrian Belew, Jeff Beck, Allen…