Each year Rotarians try to raffle items during the Watermelon Carnival that appeal to young and old,  male & female. This year Rotary is offering the latest in TV technology and what everybody wants in a “COOL” watch. Ladies always love the pottery and who can’t use $100 of gasoline? Therefore, the Rotary Club of…

Only three weeks remain before school starts on Wednesday, August 8, and there is still time to register. Registration at the high school and junior high continues in July from 8:30 to 2 p.m., Monday to Thursday.  At Davidson Elementary registration also continues in July during business hours. The final two days for registration before…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – The first of three public meetings for input on a proposed plan to guide future conservation and development in Yalobusha County was underway at the Coffeeville courthouse at presstime Tuesday night and two more are scheduled in coming weeks. Called Stewardship Yalobusha, recommendations in the proposed plan do…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – After several months of discussion city officials voted unanimously to terminate the lease with the Mississippi Army National Guard for the city-owned building that has housed the armory for decades. The decision follows two visits to city meetings this year from Col. Paul McDonald, who explained that the…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – An annual tradition, Yalobusha County Tax Collector/Assessor Linda Shuffield presented the 2018 tax rolls to supervisors during the “first Monday” meeting held in Coffeeville on July 2. The real and personal rolls consist of all houses, acres, businesses and industries in Yalobusha County. With Shuffield’s presentation, supervisors learned the…

Blues with Matthew Zediker is scheduled Saturday, July 7, at 6:30 p.m. at 200 Panola Street. Matthew is a writer for the North Mississippi Herald and a talented musician. Zediker is a multi-instrumentalist, playing various guitars, saxophone, clarinet, cordinair, sitar and piano. He also writes and composes music and is a full-time math student at…