By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Sooner or later residents are going to pay more for some basic city services. It’ll be sooner for garbage collection and later for electricity after aldermen voted to raise sanitation rates and amend the current contract with TVA at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Mar. 1. The rising cost…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The curtain goes up at 7 p.m. this Thursday night, March 3, on the Water Valley High School Drama Club production of “Almost, Maine.” The romantic comedy by John Cariani will be presented at the Civic Auditorium on North Main Street. Admission is $5 at the door. The play…

Staff Report COFFEEVILLE – Y-Fest 2011 is here! The Yalobusha Baptist Association will be hosting the 9th annual Y-Fest Mar. 4, beginning at 7 p.m., and Mar. 5, beginning at 6:15 p.m. This event will be held in the Yalobusha Multi-Purpose Building, located on Hwy. 7 South, Coffeeville.     “Every year promises to be the…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The lack of cell phone service in some parts of Yalobusha County was the topic of a meeting at the Yalobusha County Court House Tuesday, Feb. 22. Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley hosted the session as part of his “Connecting Rural North Mississippi” tour aimed at improving…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – School District Trustees have raised the test score needed to be in the gifted program at Davidson Elementary School from 119 to 122. When the issue was first brought up at the meeting on Feb. 7, Superintendent Dr. Deborah Moran told the Trustees that raising the score would not…

Stolen ATV Recovered In Panola By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – A four-wheeler stolen from County Road 153 near Oakland on Feb. 20 was recovered in Panola County.     Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported that a Charleston man will be charged in the theft after Panola deputies discovered the ATV while working an unrelated home burglary.…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – There was a flurry of activity in Yalobusha in the days prior to the March 1 qualifying deadline including a local candidate qualifying to seek the state’s highest elected position.     Former Tax Assessor /Collector Guy Dale Shaw  turned in qualifying paperwork with the state’s Democratic party in Jackson…

View the video on YouTube.  By Jack GurnerReporter OAKLAND – Investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were at the scene Tuesday morning of a fire that destroyed the Antique Mall on Hwy. 32 at I-55. Firefighters from four Yalobusha County fire departments battled the blaze that was reported just after 1…

The sky cleared and the sun came out Monday around noon turning what started out as a gloomy day into a warm, bright treasure. The Bradford pear trees are in bloom at City Park and Rojeron Blackmon (1) was giving little sister, Samarrah (9 months) a push through the not-yet-green grass. The weatherman warns of…

View the preview on YouTube. WATER VALLEY – The WVHS Drama Club will present “Almost, Maine” this Thursday night, March 3, at 7 p.m. in the Civic Auditorium on North Main Street. The play by John Cariani is not a farce or a fairy tale, according to Drama Club Sponsor and play director Debra Anderson.…