By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – As a child growing up in Charleston, Julia Ray was often labeled a misfit. It was her attire–a clash of colors and designs that didn’t match– maybe plaid and polka dots.     “But that was me,” Ray explains.     That bold look is now the blueprint for her…

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By Jeannie Clement RFL Publicity Chairman WATER VALLEY – As part of this year’s annual Yalobusha County’s Relay For Life (RFL), citizens will have the opportunity to remember loved ones who have lost their battle with cancer and to honor those loved ones who are now battling cancer or who have won their fight against…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – The calls have been pouring in to the county’s garbage department as a new company will begin picking up garbage next week.     Waste Management won a three-year contract to provide curbside garbage pickup in the county and is currently working to place new garbage cans at each…

By Jack Gurner Reporter COFFEEVILLE – Some of the best-known bull riders in the world will tangle with some of the meanest bulls during the Bulls and Barrels Bonanza in the arena of the Yalobusha Multipurpose Building April 6. The event is a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Water Valley and will include barrel…

Coach Gets Nod For Fieldhouse By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The Blue Devil Football Boosters are looking at adding a locker room on to the field house at Bobby Clark Field. Head Coach Brad Embry appeared before the school board trustees Monday night to ask permission for the group to “entertain as a…

ENID LAKE – The North Mississippi Fish Hatchery Visitor Education Center  adjacent to Enid Lake will host a Pond Management Workshop on Saturday, March 23 at 2 p.m.     Pond owners and future pond owners have an excellent opportunity to learn more about managing their ponds at a workshop presented by Mississippi Department of Wildlife,…

Macro photographs by Don McConnell are currently on display in the lobby at Renasant Bank on Central Street as part of a rotating show sponsored by the bank and the Water Valley Arts Council. “Nature never ceases to amaze me,” said McConnell, who plans to move in even closer when he starts the process of…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – With just over a month until the Relay For Life annual event, the fundraising is in high gear with several exciting activities.     Team members will be conducting roadblocks across the county and students at Water Valley High School and Coffeeville school will compete to see who can raise the…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Supervisors hired Alan Rone to cruise 100-plus acres of timber on county-owned property adjacent to the landfill on County Road 437.     The county owns 137.5 acres at the site, but a 15-acre lake, a shooting range operated by the sheriff’s department and 10 acres of property dedicated to…