The Red Hat Melons wouldn’t take no for an answer Friday as they swept through the city on their Red (and Green) trolley taking unsuspecting citizens hostage for a good cause. The 50-plus ladies (you have to be 50 years old to be a member) spend most of the day riding around town gathering up…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The use of all tobacco products in City parks will become illegal after Aldermen amended the parks ordinance at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, April 6. Mayor Larry Hart told Board members that most of the signs in City parks now read “no smoking” or “no tobacco products.” “In…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County is only two percentage points behind the national mail participation rate for the 2010 Census. During the 2000 Census, Yalobusha County was at only 58 percent participation during this same period. Nationally, 64 percent of households have mailed back their Census forms so far, while 62 percent…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – A former resident goes on trial in Gwinnett, Ga, this week for allegedly beating an acquaintance to death with a television set in April 2008. Reginald “Reggie” Pulley is charged with killing Darryl Mason, 38, of Norcross, Ga., in Mason’s Meadowood Commons apartment. Pulley, a 1997 graduate of WVHS,…

n 18-month old child and his father were injured last Thursday, April 1, just after 1 p.m. when their auto ran off Hwy. 315 about a mile east of the city limits. The driver, David Lee Taylor, told authorities at the scene that the uneven road over a recently installed culvert caused him to lose…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Bill McGregor has always liked the looks of the Hendricks Machine Shop building on South Main Street. Now he owns it and is in the process of renovating the historic structure. “I remember the old building from when I was a kid coming to Water Valley,” said McGregor, 44,…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – A bridge replacement project that has been stalled after a neighboring landowner objected to the proposed work could be headed to court following a vote by supervisors during the “first Monday” meeting held April 5.     The wooden bridge crosses Turkey Creek on County Road 131 and is scheduled…

Lunch menus for schools in the Water Valley School District for the week of April 12-16 will be as follows: Davidson Elementary   Monday: Chicken Spaghetti, Chef Salad, Whole Kernel Corn, Chilled Peach Slices, Yeast Roll, Variety of Milks;   Tuesday: Hot Dog, Chef Salad, Baked Beans, Oven Fries, Applesauce, Variety of Milks, Brownies;  …

WATER VALLEY – Police arrested Robert Anderson of Water Valley, DOB 1983, on a charge of aggravated assault after an incident Friday in Rolling Hills. Anderson is currently free on bond, according to Lt. Rick McCuan. Police made an arrest for driving under suspension and possession of drug paraphernalia after a red glass hookah-style water…

The Honor Roll for students in Water Valley Elementary School for the third six weeks period of the 2009-10 School Year is as follows: Principal’s List   First Grade: Abigail Allen, Jacob Allen, Brittany Fly, Alana McCammon, Haley Walls, Brandon Anderson,Steve Hale, Kade Kuchta, Jackhia Pritchard, Taryn Surrette, Damian Willingham,  India Woodard, Courtney McCammon, Jonastaza…