By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The School District has gone over the much-feared “funding cliff” and not only survived, but is not raising taxes or cutting teachers for the upcoming school year. At a public hearing on the purposed 2011-2012 school budget last Thursday night, District Business Manager Randy Goodwin explained that the “funding…

By Jack GurnerReporter JACKSON – The Water Valley Main Street Association was honored Tuesday by the Mississippi Main Street Association with three top awards in design, organization, and promotion. In the Design category, WVMSA won for Best Adaptive Re-Use with their entry describing the work done on the BTC Old Fashioned Grocery Store. This award…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The school district will have to be reapportioned under provisions of the Voting Rights Act in response to population changes determined by the 2010 census. Lydia Quarles, Senior Policy Analyst at the John C. Stennis Institute of Government, Mississippi State University, explained the provisions and the redistricting process to…

By David HowellEditor BATESVILLE – The Yalobusha County 4-H Club racked up the most points, winning the Northwest District Horse Show held in Batesville at Arena One,.     This is the second consecutive year to win the district competition and earn the qualifiers a trip to the State 4-H show in Jackson this week as…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY –A maintenance worker at the Yalobusha County Nursing Home has been charged by the Mississippi attorney General’s office with one county of fondling a vulnerable person, according to a press release from the Mississippi Attorney General’s office.     Hughie Jeffries, 57, of Calhoun County, turned himself in Monday to the…

Farmers Market Saturday from 8 until 11 a.m. at the south end of Railroad Park on Main Street. There’ll be a whole bunch of friendly, helpful people and one old grouch. And, speaking of friendly, helpful people… Here’s the latest from Mickey Howley on the market: The fruit and vegetables are coming in. Eddie Rogers…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – Low interest rates prompted the Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors to refinance the General Obligation bond levied for courthouse renovations.     Chancery Clerk Amy McMinn told supervisors the bond reissue will save the county $103,000 during the remaining 11 year payment schedule.     Initially county officials thought the refinancing…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – School Superintendent Dr. Deborah Moran bid an emotional farewell Monday night quoting both Robert Frost and Rascal Flatt during her last meeting with the District Board of Trustees . In her superintendent’s report, Dr. Moran said that her favorite poem, “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost ends by…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A grand jury in the First Judicial District handed down an indictment for capital murder on Tommy Boyd following the March 7 death of his nephew, Braylon Uecker.     Boyd was initially charged four days after the death of his seven month old nephew, Braylon Uecker. Yalobusha County Sheriff Lance…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s two state representatives and state senator are running unopposed in the August Primary, but face opposition in the November General Election. In the District 33 race, Representative Tommy Reynolds faces political newcomer Jerrerico Chambers, a Republican from Oakland. Reynolds, a Democrat, has represented District 33 since 1980.…