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.…

The 8th annual Enid Lake Cleanup Day will be held this Saturday. Volunteers interested in participation of the cleanup day activities will meet at Enid Lake’s main office at 7:00 a.m. and conclude at approximately 11:30 a.m. with lunch. Late arrivals are asked to check in with rangers located throughout the area.  Volunteers will collect…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Establishing a medical presence in Water Valley High School came up for the third time since November at Monday night’s meeting of the School District Board of Trustees. Yalobusha General Hospital Administrator Terry Varner made a presentation on the benefits of having a school nurse. His appearance followed two…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Operations have begun in the 7500-square-foot cleanroom manufacturing facility recently completed at Borg-Warner. Start of production on the mini direct-acting solenoid being produced for General Motors happened last week, according to Plant Manager Kent Tobin. About 10,000 of the high-tech solenoids will be produced per day during phase one…

By David HowellEditor TILLATOBA – A Eupora couple were arrested and charged with stealing a puppy after a bizarre twist of events led to their capture.     Cary and Robert Medders were charged with grand larceny and burglary after they allegedly took a four-month old Maltese puppy and a grill from a home on Hwy.…