By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Aldermen approved a $23,515 change order on the city’s sewage project to fix a box culvert that runs in front of the curb at the post office after it was damaged during the replacement of the city’s main sewer line. The request came after aldermen initially balked at…

WATER VALLEY – School officials are forging ahead with plans to make much-needed improvements at the elementary and junior high/high school buildings. Tentative plans are to utilize a three-mill note to address imminent needs this summer and issue general obligation bonds in 2019 for a broader scope of work that could include the addition of…

WATER VALLEY – Volunteers with the Second Chance Animal Alliance (SCAA) appear to be inching toward inking a new contract with the City of Water Valley and negotiating a contract with the county to help the organization provide for animals under their care. SCAA, a donor supported, non-profit organization, was founded in 2014 with a…

WATER VALLEY – This is it. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, voters in Water Valley will go to the polls one more time Tuesday in what should be the last city election until 2021. Tuesday’s runoff for alderman-at-large between Taylor Trusty and Herbert Rogers marks the seventh time in less than a year for voters go…

WATER VALLEY – Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) has scheduled a community blood drive with Larson’s Cash Saver in Water Valley on Friday, March 16, from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. The MBS Donor Coach will be set up in the grocery store parking lot. Donors will receive a limited edition green T-shirt (while supplies last).…

A parlor reading by Baltimore author and screenwriter Rafael Alvarez sharing stories from his new book, “Basilio Boullosa Stars in the Fountain of Highland-town,’ is scheduled Friday, March 9, at 7 p.m. Alvarez is a former staff writer for the HBO drama “The Wire” and the author of four books of literary fiction. He will…

Help feed the needy and have a chance to win a 25-pound chocolate bunny in this year’s Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Easter raffle. Proceeds from this year’s raffle will benefit Compassion Food Ministry, Inc. again this year. Last year over $1,000 was raised for the local food ministry in the raffle. Three dollar raffle tickets…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Almost 16 inches of rain recorded during February has pushed the lake level at Enid Lake to 259.20 feet above sea level, almost 24 feet above the normal lake stage for this time of the year, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The high water is…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Police Chief Tony Hernandez reported Zacharias Turner of Coffeeville was charged with the commercial burglary of the B.T.C. Old Fashion Grocery on Feb. 27. The arrest followed a break-in at the business reported on Feb. 25 after a store employee arrived at work and alerted police. Chief Hernandez…