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…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Cell phone and wireless broadband service will be improving this year in Mississippi, Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley told the Water Valley Rotary Club. AT&T plans to construct over 60 new cell phone towers and upgrade over 200 sites statewide to provide 3G wireless broadband. “This effort…

COFFEEVILLE – Coffeeville Fire Chief Mack Burns (top photo) scoops up debris after a two-car crash on Hwy. 330 last Friday. A white auto traveling eastbound collided with a blue car turning into the parking lot of the Hwy 330 Superstop around 1 p.m. Witnesses described the collision as a “horrific crash” that knocked the…

WATER VALLEY – Businessman Fred White wants to help solve the recent burglaries in the City and is putting up his own money to help with the cause. White, who also serves as Ward One Alderman, is offering a $1000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the burglary…

COFFEEVILLE – Firefighters were called out around 11 p.m. Friday to a fire on County Road 212. The caller told the 911 dispatcher that there was a grass fire with a structure possibly in danger. When Coffeeville volunteers arrived on the scene they found an unoccupied house mostly consumed by fire. The Velma Fire Department…

WATER VALLEY – Emergency medical responders and rescue were were called to a rollover crash just south of the city limits on County Road 436 Saturday around 2:30 a.m. It was originally believed that two people were trapped in the overturned truck. However, it was determined that rescue was not needed. Water Valley Police went…