Staff Report     A Water Valley man was arrested early Thursday morning after the Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department and Water Valley Police Department executed a search warrant.     Brice Morgan, 41, was taken into custody shortly after midnight after law enforcement officials seized 6.5 ounces of alleged marijuana and $1,388 in cash, according to sheriff…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – The 2013 football season gets underway Friday night with the annual “Meet The Blue Devils.”     The action starts at 6 p.m. as the football players, cheerleaders and band members are introduced.     “We hope everyone will come out, see the kids and have a good time,” Coach…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The city’s extensive clean up for this year’s Watermelon Carnival may have focused more attention on several neglected properties scattered around town. Alderman Bobby Cox brought up the subject during the August “first Tuesday” meeting of the board as he thanked city workers, civic clubs and organizations and…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY–If there is a healthcare need anywhere in the county,  Yalobusha General Hospital is interested in fulfilling it.     That’s the goal of hospital administrator Terry Varner and the hospital board and is evident with Monday’s announcement that the hospital will open an adult daycare in Water Valley and break…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Small businesses in Mississippi are eligible for help with their energy bills under a cooperative program between the Public Service Commission and several major gas and electrical utility companies. Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley was in Water Valley last Wednesday to spread the word about the…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY–A Water Valley attorney was not seriously injured after being bitten by a copperhead last week. Although it didn’t take long for the snake-lawyer jabs to follow, John Crow has been good-natured about the publicity.     “I have gotten all the lawyer jokes, my preacher said he didn’t know that…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Lighting from a line of thunderstorms knocked out power in the city Monday night for about an hour and a half. A lighting strike on a main insulator at the substation on Gore Circle shattered the porcelain insulator and knocked out the station just before 9 p.m., according…

        Proposed Jail Budget  – $2,715,000             – $20,000 for Wetland Mitigation             – $75,000 for extra cost of 10-inch water                                    line upgrade not covered in grant             – $89,425 Issuance of certificates in financing             – $126,528 Five-percent design fees        …

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Health insurance for city employees will cost $46,000 more for the next fiscal year under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. “Our budget is pretty much the same as we’ve operated with this year,” Mayor Larry Hart said last Tuesday. “With the exception for next year we’ve…

By Jack Gurner WATER VALLEY – The city’s extensive clean up for this year’s Watermelon Carnival may have focused more attention on several neglected properties scattered around town. Alderman Bobby Cox brought up the subject during the August “first Tuesday” meeting of the board as he thanked city workers, civic clubs and organizations and the…