WATER VALLEY – Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) will be holding a blood drive with Water Valley High School on Monday, April 16, from 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The MBS donor coach will be parked in the back of the school. Donors will receive a T-shirt. Seniors donating twice during their senior year will receive…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Supervisors voted 3-2 to contract with Second Chance Animal Alliance (SCAA) at a cost of $1,000 per month to handle animal problems in the county, duties that will include responding to reports of negligence or stray dogs as well as answering calls about vicious dogs. Monday’s vote followed…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – It’s been months since supervisors fielded a complaint during a board meeting about a road, but Monday’s meeting brought scrutiny from Calvin Schaefer about County Road 237 in District 4. Schaefer said the road, located north of Hwy. 330 and east of I-55, is impassable and members of…

TERRY – Greta Burgess has been named postmaster at the Terry Post Office, becoming the first African-American to fill this position.   Greta’s postal career continues a family tradition and she considers herself following in her mom, Joyce Judson’s footsteps. Judson, now retired, served as postmaster of Taylor. Greta’s father, Norwood Burgess is a retired…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – In a split 2-2 vote with Mayor Donald Gray breaking the tie, city officials voted to return to one meeting per month, rescinding an earlier ordinance to have meetings on the first and third Tuesdays.  The motion in the March 20 meeting came from Ward 2 Aldermen Fred…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – It’s been over two weeks since a towering oak tree came crashing down on the Central Street house of Donald and Sherry Gray and they are still counting their blessings. They were sitting in a den in the back of their home after church on Sunday, March 11,…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Persistence paid off in last Tuesday’s special election for Herbert “Herbie” Rogers after he won the run-off for alderman-at-large with 56 percent of the 450 votes cast in the runoff.  Rogers ran unsuccessfully twice last year for mayor and was among six candidates competing for the city’s at-large…

WATER VALLEY – Veteran New England singer-songwriter Cormac McCarthy will return to the Melonvine Marketplace for a very special concert. McCarthy takes the stage on Saturday, March 31, at 7 p.m. and offers the audience a chance to get up close and personal with one of Maine’s true local treasures. McCarthy is a literate and…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Adopting land development standards in the county is a step closer after a draft proposal was presented to supervisors during a recessed meeting Monday in Coffeeville.  The proposal follows almost a year of work that started last April when supervisors hired Orion Planning Plus Design to implement a long-range,…