Bozarts Gallery and the Water Valley Arts Council are teaming with the Ole Miss Beginning Poetry Workshop to offer local residents an opportunity to hear new poetry and share their own.  The Bozarts Gallery, 403 N.  Main Street, is the location, and the microphone will be open and available the evenings of March 12 and…

Staff Report COFFEEVILLE – Aldermen voted unanimously at the January Town Board meeting to move forward with action to clean up property on Okahoma Street owned by David Hall, Jr. Mayor Mack Burns informed the Board that negotiations on cleaning up the property were not going anywhere, according to the minutes of the meeting. The…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Aldermen voted to replace problematic stage lights at the City Auditorium at their regular “first Tuesday” meeting, March 2. “We’ve had trouble with lighting at the auditorium on the stage for many years,” Mayor Larry Hart told the Board. The Mayor said that he had Electric Department Manager Joe…

The Twenty-Eight Annual Watermelon Pageant will be held Saturday, April 10, in the Water Valley Civic Auditorium. The pageant, sponsored by the Junior Auxiliary of Water Valley, Inc., will begin at 6 p.m.   Contestants must be a resident of Yalobusha County or live in Water Valley. Contestants will be judged solely on stage personality.…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Lisa Thompson, new finance officer for the School District, was introduced to School Board members Monday, March 1. Thompson, who is with the Mississippi Department of Education Office of Financial Services, replaces former finance officer Suzanne Carter who resigned after her comments at the January School Board meeting on…

WATER VALLEY – The Mississippi School Boards Association (MSBA) reported in a meeting with the Water Valley School District Board of Trustees on Monday, March 8 that 16 inquiries were made and 14 applications received by the February 12 deadline in the search for a new superintendent of the district. MSBA Executive Director Michael W.…

View the videos on YouTube – Structure Fire – Oakland Fire By Jack GurnerReporter COFFEEVILLE – Yalobusha County fire officials and the Sheriff’s Department are investigating one of Monday’s six fires as a possible burglary and arson. Investigators were still on the scene in the early hours Tuesday of a structure fire on County Road…

By David Howelland Billy Davis WATER VALLEY – A heated Congressional election and at least one contested race to fill a judge’s position are signs that political activity in Yalobusha County could be intense this year.     The announcement that longtime Circuit Court Judge Andrew Baker would retire at the end of this term opened…

Crimestoppers Offers Cash Reward By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Police are investigating the death of Carey Shantell McCollins, 31, who was apparently shot Tuesday, March 2. The incident occurred at a residence on West Lee Street just west of the Suggs Street intersection. Emergency Medical Techni-cians were called to the scene of the shooting…

James Bardo was captured outside of Coffeeville on County Road 135 Wednesday afternoon by the Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department. He is charged with one count of burglary of a residence with possible other charges pending. “We have searched a number of residences and knocked on a lot of doors,” Humphreys said about the search for…