By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Manufacturing operations will begin during the first quarter of next year in a new 7500-square-foot cleanroom at the local BorgWarner plant. The facility, described by company officials as “cleaner than a hospital operating room,” will house production equipment for a new transmission solenoid being launched for General Motors. The…

A costume contest and pumpkin painting competition will be held at the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery Education Center on today beginning at 2 p.m.  The costume contest is open to all costumes, but a special award will be presented for best “Nature Costume.” Pumpkins must reflect an outdoor theme, with a special ribbon going to…

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This afternoon starting at 2:30, City Park will be filled with the sounds of Water Valley citizens singing together. Books of lyrics will be handed out to help those who usually mumble along to beloved hymns and old favorite popular songs. A music exchange bulletin board will offer a place for music teachers, hopeful music…

Vertigo, a true classic movie, “older than me and most of the population with the exception of the morning coffee club at Turnages,” said Mickey Howley, Main Street Director.  Jimmy Stewart stars with Kim Novak, Alfred Hitchcock directs. This film is the last of Movie On Main’s 2010 season. The MOM Crew has worked pretty…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – A Lafayette County man accused of being the city’s first bank robber in memory was in City Court Monday afternoon and waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Christopher Eric Cooper, 39, of 06 County Road 204 between Oxford and Abbeville, is alleged to have robbed the Regions Bank…

COFFEEVILLE – A residence in Oxford was treated with a pesticide not registered for indoor use and authorities believe that additional properties in this area may have also been treated. An investigation conducted by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Bureau of Plant Industry has revealed that Howe’s Termite Control, LLC, of Coffeeville is…

WATER VALLEY – The Police Department is requesting assistance to help install a monitoring system in the high school.     A representative of the WVPD and Superintendent Dr. Deborah Moran will make a presentation Thursday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at the Water Valley Main Street office.     They have asked to meet with civic…

By David HowellEditor A Texas man faces federal charges after being arrested by the Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department while serving a warrant.     Eric Jason Craft, 34, was arrested at a home on Hwy. 32, approximately four miles east of Oakland.     “We had a warrant on him for grand larceny for allegedly taking a…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Parents will get a first official measure of their child’s progress in school when report cards go out this week. Superintendent Dr. Deborah Moran told District School Board members at their meeting Monday, Oct 4 that the cards would be issued Thursday, Oct. 14. “The first nine weeks of…