By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – Supervisors shuffled road department employees during the “first Monday” meeting held March 7 in Coffeeville.     District Four Supervisor George Suggs received board approval to shift Leslie Doubleday from District Three to his district. The move comes after James Allen retired after working two decades in District Four. Doubleday will…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – Mississippians spend more of their income on gas than residents of any other state in the nation. Mississippi families earn an average of $37,000 a year, the lowest median household income in the country, but spend about $4884, or 13.2 percent, on fuel for their vehicles. And, that’s with mid-range…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A Coffeeville man was charged with capital murder Friday afternoon following the Monday death of his seven month-old nephew.     Yalobusha County Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported that Tommy Boyd was charged with the death of Braylon Uecker just before 3 p.m. last Friday. Shortly afterwards, in an initial appearance held…

YALOBUSHA COUNTY DELINQUENT TAX LISTING – APRIL TAX SALE For Taxes Due February 1, 2011 (Listing updated 03-23-11) I, Linda Rae Shuffield, Assessor-Tax Collector, Yalobusha County, State of Mississippi, pursuant to the provisions of Section 27-41-55, Code of 1972, Annotated, will on the First Monday and the 4th day of April, 2011, at the South…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A Coffeeville man was charged with capital murder Friday afternoon following the Monday death of his seven month-old nephew.     Yalobusha County Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported that Tommy Boyd was charged with the death of Braylon Uecker just before 3 p.m. Friday.     Shortly afterwards, in an initial appearance held…

View two videos from this event on YouTube By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Poet Dessie Caulfield received the Ed Shearer The Third Memorial Award for Artistic Achievement Friday night during a special reading of her work at Bozarts Gallery. Ramona Bernard, Pati D’Amico, and Bill Warren of the Water Valley Arts Council presented the…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – At presstime Tuesday, a Senate committee has rejected the House’s redistricting proposal.     Last Friday the House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 1, which spells out new district lines in the state’s 122 House districts following the release of the 2010 Census.     Under the House proposal, all…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Dr. Deborah Moran has resigned as Superintendent of Schools for the Water Valley School District. The resignation was announced Monday night after an hour-long executive session following the regular monthly meeting of the District Board of Trustees. The Board released a brief statement: “The WVSD reluctantly accepted Dr. Moran’s…

COFFEEVILLE – Aldermen voted Feb. 1 to decline a grant through the Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Grant Program and instead apply for a FEMA grant. The original grant resolution was passed at the April 2010 meeting. In other business at the regular February meeting, Aldermen: • Amended the Town’s current leave policy. • Voted to…

By David HowellEditor ENID – An Enid couple face multiple drug charges after a real-time pseudoephedrine tracking system alerted the Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department that they had allegedly purchased pills in Memphis last Wednesday.     Timothy D. Keel, 41, and Cherlyn K. Smith, 51, were each charged with possession of pseudoephedrine, a misdemeanor, and possession…