By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Uniforms will not be required for the upcoming school year. But, school board trustees left open the possibility of adopting a uniform policy for 2014-2015. “We’re a month out from school starting,” Trustee Pierce Epes said during discussion at Monday night’s school board meeting. “There’s no possible way…

By David Howell Editor OXFORD – A former Water Valley police officer is scheduled to enter a plea on July 11 in U.S. District Court in Oxford after facing multiple federal charges.     According to court documents, John Hernandez will proceed with a waiver of indictment and enter a plea on three unidentified counts during…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Although the fate of Mississippi’s “Open Carry” law remains up in the air, Yalobusha supervisors adopted an ordinance Monday to ban firearms in all county buildings.     The policy comes after new legislation  intended to clarify the state’s concealed weapon permit law was scheduled to take effect July 1…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE–Club owners and brothers Donald Hayes and Terry Hayes countered claims made last month that problems at the Grand Palace were out of hand and the club was a hostile environment for law enforcement officers.     “There have been a lot of accusations that have been printed in the paper about…

On Tuesday morning, July 2, city officials took the oath of office administered by Circuit Court Judge Smith Murphey.

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Newly elected city officials took office Tuesday morning  in Water Valley minus one alderman.     Newly elected Ward 2 Alderman Ray Hawkins vacated the position prior to Tuesday’s oath of office ceremony.     “There were a set of unforeseen circumstances that could possibly put my current full-time employment…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Newly elected city officials took office Tuesday morning  in Water Valley minus one alderman.     Newly elected Ward 2 Alderman Ray Hawkins vacated the position prior to Tuesday’s oath of office ceremony.     “There were a set of unforseen circumstances that could possibly put my current full-time employment…

Roll up your sleeve next Tuesday, July 2, for a community blood drive at the Coffeeville Dollar General and you could win a brand new Jeep Wrangler.     The Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) donor coach will roll up at the store from noon to 6 p.m. and donors will automatically be registered in the Road…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – One of the latest businesses to open downtown on Main Street has been part of the healing process for Tracy McMinn Marberry. Marberry lost her niece, 19-year-old Brittany Gran-berry as the result of injuries from a one-car accident in April of 2011. She left behind her two-month-old son,…

Staff Report COFFEEVILLE – Mark Scobey is retiring as deputy circuit clerk after logging 34 and-a-half years in the courthouse.     Although Scobey’s official retirement starts at the end of June, you won’t find him working this week after he took a week-long vacation, a rare occurrence in his career.     “I think I took…