By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Financing and selecting an architect has been the focus during back-to-back recessed meetings dealing with a new county jail.     Supervisors worked behind closed doors during the first recessed meeting, held last Friday, as they discussed proposals from more than a half-dozen architects competing for the job. On Monday,…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Only one challenger filed papers by Friday’s deadline to run for city office in the upcoming municipal elections. Ray Hawkins, assistant chief of police at the University of Mississippi, will run for the Ward 2 Alderman position against long-time incumbent Fred White. Hawkins serves on the board of…

DES students were treated to a fun learning experience last Thursday with a visit from the Cat in the Hat bunch from Mississippi Public Broadcasting.

STAFF REPORT WATER VALLEY – Green is the theme for the Green Gala of Yalobusha Costume Party and Dance March 16 at Bozarts Gallery.     The event benefits the Water Valley Arts Council’s Summer Art Camp for Kids, according to Ramona Bernard. “Last year 50 local area children enjoyed a week-long day camp filled with…

ENID LAKE – The North Mississippi Fish Hatchery Visitor Education Center   will host a Fish Predators program on Saturday, March 16 at 2 p.m. The Fish Predators Program gives young people the opportunity to learn about fish and other animals higher in the food chain that prey on other fish lower in the food chain.…

Members of the Relay For Life teams have started selling Relay t-shirts. The t-shirts are white with purple and black art work and are available in sizes youth to XXX-large.   Youth through X-Large size shirts will be $10, XX-Large will be $11, and XXX-Large will be $12. The shirt sale is one of the…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Police have charged Beau Rayburn, 31, with burglary and grand larceny in connection with a break-in at Turnage Drug Store March 1. Rayburn was arrested Tuesday, March 5, in a separate incident involving shoplifting at a convenience store on Frostland Drive. The investigation of the shoplifting incident linked…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Staff members from Mississippi’s Welcome Centers will be in town March 26 to look over the city’s tourist attractions. About 25 people are expected, Mayor Larry Hart told aldermen at the first-Tuesday city board meeting on March 5. “They want to see our three art galleries and some…

UPDATE: WATER VALLEY – Police have charged Beau Rayburn, 31, with burglary and grand larceny in connection with a break-in at Turnage Drug Store. Rayburn was arrested Tuesday in a separate incident involving shoplifting at the convenience store on Frostland Drive. The arrest and investigation linked Rayburn to the Turnage break-in as well as the…

Coffeeville volunteer firefighters responded to a car fire on Hwy. 330 west of town Friday afternoon.