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License plate honors state as “Birthplace of America ’s Music”   BLUE SPRINGS – Mississippi ’s musical heritage is highlighted on the state’s new car tag design, which was revealed today by Gov. Haley Barbour and Toyota president and CEO Akio Toyoda. The men attached the new license plate, featuring B.B. King’s renowned guitar “Lucille,”…

A sewer cleaning truck belonging to the water and sewer department rolled over on Boyd Street Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. The city-owned vehicle was carrying a load when it ran off the right side of the road, came back onto the road, and then ran off the left side turning over on its top. The…

Take Precautions During Holidays By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County residents should take a few simple precautions to help cut down on break-ins during the upcoming holiday season. Sheriff Lance Humphries said that burglaries increase during the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day when homeowners are away visiting friends and families…

Yalobusha County Firefighters responded around 2:30 Sunday morning to a “well involved” blaze in an unoccupied house at the intersection of CR 53 and Highland Drive in the Boat Landing Community. Firefighters hosed the area around the building to keep the fire from being spread by high winds. – Photo by Jack Gurner

By John Howell The Panolian WASHINGTON –  Citing opposition from elected officials from Senator Thad Cochran to state representatives, Grenada Railway LLC on Thursday withdrew its petition to abandon the portion of its line between Grenada and Canton.     In a letter from Washington attorney Fritz R. Kahn, representing Grenada Railway, to the Surface Transportation…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – For the first time in recent years, the county has not received an increase for the health insurance premium for county employees.     Instead the monthly premium for the county’s 60-plus work pool will remain at $742.50 a month in 2012, the same amount paid in 2011 – if…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – America owes a “national debt” to the men and women who have served in the armed forces. “Because without our veterans these freedoms we hold sacred today wouldn’t be here,” said Rep. Tommy Reynolds at the Veteran’s Day observance downtown at the Veteran’s monument in Railroad Park. Reynolds…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Almost 54 percent of the registered voters in the county turned out for the General Election last week as incumbent sheriff Lance Humphreys won a second term and incumbent District Two Justice Court Judge Steve Riley will remain the longest-serving elected official currently in office.     Riley earned…

Longtime state Sen. Gray Tollison is switching from Democrat to Republican. The state Republican Party announced the change Thursday. “As a Republican, I can still hold firm to my core political beliefs of making Mississippi a better place to live by supporting education, encouraging jobs and economic development, working for efficient and effective government, and…