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…

Kindergarten through Sixth Grade Sweet Hearts at Davidson Elementary School

The Junior Auxiliary easter egg hunt was held last Saturday in the City Park. Children ages Pre-K through fifth grade participated. Prizes were given to the winners of each age group. Watch the video at YouTube.

All City of Water Valley offices and departments will be closed Friday, April 2, for the Good Friday holiday. They will reopen Monday.

By Jack GurnerReporter WASHINGTON – Water Valley Municipal Airport is one of more than 30 Mississippi airport facilities that will benefit from $8.6 million in federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Water Valley will receive $138,684 for runway and taxiway rehabilitation, according to an announcement last Friday by…

WATER VALLEY – Police arrested Christopher Cobern, 29, of Water Valley, on charges of attempted burglary, possession of burglary tools, and trespassing after an incident Saturday in Rolling Hills. Cobern is currently being held in the Grenada County Jail on a $20,297 bond, according to Lt. Rick McCuan. McCuan reported the following law enforcement activity…

Staff Report WASHINGTON – Yalobusha County is one of eight counties in Mississippi that would currently violate an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to strengthen the national smog standards. The eight counties fall under a new cumulative “secondary” standard that would set ozone emissions within a range of 7-15 ppm-hours. It is designed to protect sensitive…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s unemployment rate dropped slightly going from 17.2 percent in January to 16.9 percent in February. Unemployment in the county is still the highest it has been for February in the past five years, topping the February 2009 rate by 4 percentage points. And, it is more than double…

James Floyd (left in top photo) is treated by Emergency Medical Responder Walt Story after he overturned a log truck on County Road 224 on Monday, just after lunch. Floyd received a nasty gash to his head and was transported to Baptist Hospital in Oxford. He was later transported to the Regional Medical Center in…

By David HowellEditor JACKSON – A House Bill introduced by Representative Tommy Reynolds authorizing Yalobusha supervisors to build a jail anywhere in the county has passed the House in a 114 – 4 vote.     House Bill 465 has now been sent to the  Senate, where it was referred to the Local and Private Committee…