Charles Pittman, Staff Assistant to Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, appeared at the Yalobusha Historical Society meeting Thursday, Sept. 16 in Coffeeville. Pittman spoke to the group about his Yalobusha County ancestors. He also sang several songs including “Roll On Yalobusha” which he adapted from Charlie Pride’s “Roll On Mississippi.” View the video of his song…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The School District Board of Trustees adopted a bullying policy at their regular meeting Sept. 7. Under the new policy the Water Valley School District does not condone and will not tolerate bullying or harassing behavior. The document not only defines bullying and harassing behavior as physical acts, verbal…

WVHS Senior Kreneice Reid,was crowned Homecoming Queen Friday night. Here are additional photos of the evening’s events.

By Jack GurnerReporter OAKLAND – If you see David Dunn standing along County Road 211, don’t stop and check on him. He’s just out counting frogs. Dunn is a volunteer in the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program. He and around 500 other volunteers nationwide are taking America’s annual frog-and-toad census, run by the U.S. Geological…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Davidson Elementary School has moved to a Successful rating and has met growth standards, according to accountability model results released last Friday by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE). Students in the Water Valley School District showed some improvements in statewide test results, Superintendent Dr. Deborah Moran told School…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY –  A Huntsville, Ala., firm was hired by Yalobusha County to update the county’s aerial tax maps at a cost of $28,000.     The Alabama company, Spatial Net, sent Kirk Neill to the August 30 board meeting that coincided with tense budget deliberations as supervisors planned for a tight upcoming…

 Lunch menus for schools in the Water Valley School District for the week of September 20-24 will be as follows: Davidson Elementary   Monday: Stromboli, Seasoned Lima Beans, Peas and Carrots, Sugar Cookies, Chef Salad, Assorted Fruit Juice, Variety of Milks, Fruit Cocktail;   Tuesday: Beef-a-Roni, Chef Salad, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Peach Slices, Chocolate…

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BULLYINGThe Water Valley School District does not condone and will not tolerate bullying or harassing behavior.Bullying or harassing behavior is any pattern of gestures or written, electronic or verbal communications, or any physical act or any threatening communication, or any act reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic that (a)…

The Water Valley Arts Council Studio Crawl was held Friday night from 5:30 until 9 p.m. The event, in its second year, drew a good crowd who did the walking tour of 12 local art studios with more than 25 participating artists. The tour began at Bozarts Gallery downtown for the opening of the Southern…