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…

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…