By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Thirty years have passed since the “boys” of Battery A, 140th Field Artillery, held their last annual get-together on Veterans Day. In 1982 there were only ten surviving members of Water Valley’s National Guard artillery battery. The tradition of getting together on Nov. 11 started 27 years earlier.…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – It’s going to look a lot like Christmas this weekend on Main Street as downtown merchants join together for the “Christmas In The Valley Holiday Open House.” There will be door prizes, giveaways, refreshments and a whole lot of bargains from one end to the other, according to…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – There were more questions than answers concerning the construction of a new county jail in the “first Monday” Board of Supervisor meeting.     But county officials plan to work through these questions – primarily the cost of infrastructure at both a potential site in Water Valley and Coffeeville, and…

By Carroll Crenshaw Compassion Ministry Publicity Chairman WATER VALLEY –   Compassion Ministries will have their annual Community Thanksgiving Worship Service Wednesday, November 21, beginning at 7 p.m., in Water Valley First Baptist Church.     Rev. Raymond Aven will moderate the event and Rev. Albert Maples, pastor of Springdale Family Worship Center, will deliver the sermon.…

Water Valley 41, North Panola 22 View some photos from the game along with photos from past games in our Sports section (click here).

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Davidson Elementary Students danced in the hallways recently to celebrate good behavior at the school. It was all in good fun as part of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program that focuses on the 80 percent of students who behave appropriately and rewards them for their good…

By Jack Gurner Reporter COFFEEVILLE – Elementary school students have much needed school supplies thanks to a project to help a Boy Scout earn his Eagle rank. Life Scout Cornelius Mayfield II, 13-year-old son of Dr. Cornelius and Dessie Mayfield of Grenada, is a member of Troop 441 in Memphis and had to complete a…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – The big election is less than a week away and if the number of absentee ballots cast in the county is any indication, there will be heavy turnout in Yalobusha.     Yalobusha County Circuit Clerk Daryl Burney reported more than 400 people have already voted absentee for the…