By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Teachers will no longer keep their jobs based solely on length of service after the District School Board adopted a new reduction in force policy last Friday. Superintendent Dr. Deborah Moran told the Board that in the past the District’s professional personnel reduction in force policy had been based…

By David HowellEditor A Coffeeville man and a Panola County man were arrested last Tuesday in what is described by Yalobusha County Sheriff Lance Humphreys as “one of the largest drug rings in the state.” Lonzo Lezell Griffin of Courtland and Cypress, Texas; and Michael Allen, of 80 Vaughn St., Coffeeville, were both arrested in…

View the video of the Character Program songs on our YouTube site. By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The true spirit of Thanksgiving became more real to the students at Davidson Elementary School last week as the youngsters participated in projects to help them understand what it means to be thankful. One of the projects…

Water Valley lost to Winona, 10-7, in a close one at Bobby Clark Field.

    On September 15, 2010, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced disaster aid would be made available to producers in specified counties whose rice, upland cotton, soybean, and sweet potato production was affected by excessive moisture and related conditions that occurred in 2009.       USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) identified 953 counties (disaster counties) in…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – Although the most publicized races on the Nov. 2 General Election ballot have already been determined, voters in five north Mississippi counties including Yalobusha will return to the polls for the Nov. 23 runoff.     Gerald Chatham Sr.  and Stan Little advanced to the runoff in the three-way race…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month more than a hundred people gathered at the Veterans Monument in Railroad Park to honor those who have served our country. Veterans Day is a special time to remember all veterans, both the living and the dead,…

Oakland Man Faces Charges In Crime Spree By David HowellEditor OAKLAND – An Oakland man faces misdemeanor and felony charges after his alleged involvement in the theft of almost a dozen heavy duty batteries. The batteries were stolen from three different rural locations in the county in the late night or early morning hours on…

By Jack Gurner Reporter Ashley Phillips began playing softball while in the third grade. Next year, after a decade of honing her skills, she’ll be playing for Mississippi State. Phillips, the 17-year-old daughter of Darlene and Rodney Phillips, signed a letter of intent Monday afternoon to play for MSU. The Lady Blue Devil shortstop said…

A young Water Valley man was killed early Sunday morning when his vehicle crashed near the old bridge on Hwy. 32 about a mile and a half east of the city limits. Jeremy Michael Barber, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene by Yalobusha Coroner Ronnie Stark. The incident is under investigation by the Mississippi…