By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A $1.2 million building project  that will soon get underway by the Coffeeville School District will replace the school’s gym and administration building.     Coffeeville School Superintendent Eddie Anderson updated supervisors at the “first Monday” meeting held June 6 in Coffeeville, before requesting gravel and fill dirt from the county.…

Water Valley’s downtown was buzzing last Friday night as a pair of events brought visitors to Main Street. The new Yalo Studio had an opening reception for an exhibit of the work of Southern eccentric artist John Henry Toney. Just across the street, the Sharecroppers were performing for Music in the Park.  – Photos by…

COFFEEVILLE – Ballard Lawn Service has been hired by Aldermen to cut grass in the town cemetery. Bids for upkeep on the cemetery lawn were opened at the May “first Tuesday” meeting of the Board of Aldermen and Zane Ballard’s low bid of $600 per cut was among four submitted. Among other actions at the…

By David HowellEditor     Yalobusha supervisors heard from Democratic governor candidate and Yalobusha resident Guy Dale Shaw during the “first Monday” meeting held June 6.     Shaw,  who was not on the meeting agenda, attempted to give the county a check for $194. The money was payment from the county for right-of-way land acquired by…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY –  Yalobusha County Farm Bureau has created a new scholarship in honor of former Farm Bureau board member Brad Brooks.     Brooks was a member of the Yalobusha Farm Bureau board of directors and was instrumental in establishing the scholarship before he got sick last year.     “This is a…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The case against Marcus Telford, who is charged in the death of a Batesville man, will go to the Grand Jury after he waived his right to a preliminary hearing in City Court last Thursday. Telford is charged with murder in the death of Cornelius Obrien “Shawty” Wells, 24,…

By Jack GurnerReporter ENID LAKE – The Corps of Engineers is reducing operations and maintenance services at Corps-operated recreational facilities in north Mississippi. Reductions in Federal spending will significantly reduce services such as mowing, cleaning, and litter pick up; especially in remote, low-use areas, according to Kavanaugh Breazeale of the Corps Public Affairs and Communications…

A turkey flew into the windshield of a southbound Dodge Ram pickup truck on Hwy 7 about three miles north of Coffeeville just after 3 p.m. Friday. Driver Pamela Mister and two passengers received cuts and bruises and were covered with glass. They apparently were not seriously injured, but were transported by ambulance to the…

Paul Fischer of Water Valley was injured when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a westbound pickup on Frostland Drive Wednesday night just after 9 p.m. The truck turned into the service station just east of the Hwy 7 bypass, crossing the eastbound lane. Police took the female driver of the pickup into custody…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – A  new resident of Yalobusha County hashed out concerns about County Road 57 during the “first Monday” supervisor meeting.     Frank Brooks was on the agenda and introduced his new neighbor, Allen Rogers, who moved to the Sylva Rena community in February with his wife, Martha.     Rogers cited…