By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – The sheriff’s department is reaching out to the public for tips to help locate a woman believed to be missing since early July. Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported Trinity Harvey, age 27, was first reported missing by her sister on August 24 after she had not heard from her…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – You can add one more closed bridge to the state’s bridge crisis after a closure was ordered on County Road 104 in Yalobusha County.  The bridge was deemed unsafe following an inspection last Thursday by independent inspection consultants hired by the Mississippi Office of State Aid Road Construction.…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – “We want to give rural Mississippi families the same benefits as Phil Bryant has living in the Governor’s mansion in downtown Jackson,” Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley reported as plans were unveiled to offer natural gas to over 400 citizens in the Tillatoba community. Presley’s comments…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY –  A sign erected earlier this summer on Hwy. 7 between Water Valley and Coffeeville dedicates a portion of the road to a Mississippi Highway Patrol captain who was killed in an automobile crash in 1955.  Captain Walter Smith was killed on September 22, 1955, after serving 17 years…

By David Howell Editor BATESVILLE – Quinton Tellis will face a second trial in the brutal 2014 murder of Jessica Chambers and the jury will be selected from Oktibeha County according to a ruling from Circuit Court Judge Gerald Chatham, Sr., last month.   Tellis is charged with capital murder in the burning death of…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – In an unusual agreement a landowner in District 4 agreed to partner with the county to share the cost to replace a box culvert on County Road 216 north of Tillatoba. Speaking at last Monday’s recessed Board of Supervisor meeting, Patrice O’Brien explained the culvert allows primary access…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Supervisors approved the purchase of a new tanker fire truck for the county utilizing the state’s Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Program (RFTAAP) fund that will cover well over half of the estimated quarter-million dollar purchase price. EMA Director Frank Hyde reported at last Monday’s recessed meeting that the…