Ready to get your garage or storage room cleaned out? Ready to get a little extra cash for that stuff you aren’t using?     The Coffeeville Women’s League has the solution! The group is hosting a county wide yard sale at The Multi Purpose Building, located on Hwy 7 in Coffeeville on March 1.…

Alderman Recommends Changing Traffic Signals By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Alderman Larry Bell wants to change the way the city’s signal lights control traffic. The ward four alderman said at the Feb. 4 meeting that everybody complains about the north end light located at the intersection of Central and North Court Streets. “The…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Police have made a series of arrests in an ongoing drug enforcement operation that began more than a year ago. Captain Roger Thomas of the Water Valley Police Department said that drug buys began in December of 2012 in a joint operation with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY–The sound of ice-covered tree limbs breaking and sounding like gunshots is one of the most vivid memories for many of the ice storm of 1994. It began on the night of Feb. 9 as the record ice storm swept over the area on its way from Texas to the…

Before the rain came Sunday and dampened the threat of grass fires, as many as four were reported Saturday. Other fires, including a home near Tillatoba and a car fire Saturday night, also were reported.

OAKLAND – Repairs on a closed Hwy. 51 bridge are on hold awaiting approval of a contract with Grenada Railway, LLC. The bridge, which spans the railroad about three miles south of the Hwy. 32 and Hwy. 51 intersection, has been closed since Jan. 22. “Because the bridge is over a railroad track, MDOT has…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Unemployment continued to drop just a little over the month of December, going from 8.4 percent in November to 8.1 percent. The most recent figures from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security show that 5,200 people were employed in December with 460 out of work as compared to…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – A routine traffic stop led to an interesting arrest last Wednesday after a man fled from his home as the stop unfolded in front of his home.     Sheriff Lance Hum-phreys reported Desmond Hervey was taken into custody after deputy Thomas West and Constable Brent Anderson stopped the…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha supervisors are joining a push to lobby for funding for a new law enforcement school for troopers to help combat a statewide shortage.     Supervisors voted 5-0 to send a letter to local representatives and Lt. Governor Tate Reeves requesting a new trooper school be funded during…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY–Yalobusha supervisors toured the derelict county jail after Monday’s meeting, an annual inspection required by state law. The jail inspection was included on the meeting agenda,  and the tour of the 50 year-old facility sparked comments that this should be the last year the facility is in use.     Construction…