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…

An early morning crash slightly injured Joyce Bryant when her car apparently hydroplaned on rain slick County Road 224 just east of the city limits Thursday. The vehicle left the road and hit a hole in the yard of a home in the 3800 block. It then flipped over and struck a pickup truck registered…

Art Show Among Events At Education Center By Deborah FreemanPark Ranger ENID – The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks officially opened the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery and Visitor Education Center in April of 2009. This state-of-the-art fish hatchery is located on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ property, just below the dam.     As…

February Star Students Kindergarten through 6th Grade At Davidson Elementary

The Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual banquet April 15 beginning at 6 p.m. in the multipurpose building at Water Valley High School. Robert Khayat will be the entertainment for the evening. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from any Chamber Director, at MidTown Auto Parts and the Chamber of…

WATER VALLEY – The downtown emergency siren sounded just before 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon after rainwater shorted out the electrical system. The false alarm was probably the result of vandalism to the control box located at the base of the pole, according to Andy Hall of the Electric Department. Hall had been dispatched to turn…

Some of the 600 Daffodils planted recently by the Town and Country Garden Club showed their stuff in front of the Yalobusha Nursing Home on Wednesday afternoon. Daffodils are constantly recurring flowers with at least 50 species and many hybrids. The Romans thought that the sap from Daffodils had healing powers. Actually the sap contains…

Snakes make you shiver and spiders make you shudder? Take a second look and you’ll find that Mississippi’s assorted creepy, crawlies are some of nature’s most amazing creatures. Learn more about reptiles, amphibians, insects and spiders, and how they contribute to our environment during the Creepy Crawly Critters of Mississippi program at the North Mississippi…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A new store located on Hwy. 330 East was granted a permit by supervisors to sell beer and light wine. The approval came during a recessed meeting held March 22 at the Coffeeville Courthouse.     The permit was approved for Sullivan Haywood, III, who opened S&H Short Stop in the…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The School District’s policy of an automatic one-day suspension for students who use profanity was questioned by a parent at Monday night’s School Board meeting. Levert Hawkins appeared before the Board to request that the school’s administrators be given some flexibility in their choice of punishment when a child…