By David HowellEditor  COFFEEVILLE –  A side issue that surfaced during the redistricting debate created much of the tension at Monday’s supervisors meeting when District 3 Supervisor M.H. “Butch”  Surrette told supervisors that changing the district lines could affect the amount of money each beat receives from the bridge tax levy.     He was referring…

Our neighbors to the north in the Pine Flat community in Lafayette County need help getting back to normal after this week’s devastating tornado. Pastor Gene Bramlett of the Pine Flat United Methodist Church said Friday that they could use all the help they can get for the clean up and recovery effort. If you…

TUPELO – On the heals of an already slow Easter weekend for blood donations, the tornados and severe storms in NE Mississippi and NW Alabama have left United Blood Services’ shelves bare. Blood drives cancelled in anticipation of severe weather and schools scheduled to host blood drives next week have been crippled from high winds…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The School District’s financial condition is “healthy” as the end of the school year approaches, School Board Trustees were told Monday night. The district will end the current fiscal year with a fund balance well above the seven percent mandated by the state, District Business Man-ager Randy Goodwin predicted.…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Police reported a busy holiday period with several incidents, some leading to arrests over the past week. Police and sheriff’s deputies responded to a shots fired call on Lee Street at 10:54 p.m. on good Friday. No one was hit by the gunfire, but one man was transported from…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – After operating for a dozen years in Yalobusha County, Avery Outdoors is closing its distribution center in the county-owned building in Coffeeville.     Company President Allen Hughes notified county officials last week of the decision, explaining that the company needed more space. Avery Outdoors is one of the nation’s leading…

Firefighters were called to the BorgWarner plant at 1:08 a.m. Easter morning for a fire in a machine. Officer S. Crenshaw (top photo) directed the firetruck through a gate on the Main Street side of the parking lot. Employees (middle photo) waited for the all clear before returning to the building. There was apparently little…

Nature provided a beautiful spring weekend and this field of clover on Highway 315 North just west of the city provided a reminder of what the countryside looks like when it isn’t raining. More pretty weather is predicted for later this week.  – Photo by Jack Gurner

  The Water Valley Community Band will present its Spring Concert Sunday, May 1, beginning at 2:30 p.m., in the Civic Auditorium.   The program will include: “Holy, Holy, Holy” arranged by James Curnow; “Marche Des Parachutistes Belges” by Leemans/arranged by Charles A. Wiley; “Purple Heart Faces of Bravery”, David Shaffer (In honor of the…

Road Sign – City utility workers found this ominous greeting last week at the intersection of Hill and Ridge Streets about a block north of Wood Street. It looked a lot like a warning from a horror movie, one commented. The deer head was removed and the sign is scheduled for repainting.                             – Photo Submitted