Staff Report     The year started out as a promising one for Yalobusha County Farmers. But, three times the normal amount of rain in September and October turned it into a major disaster at harvest time. Crop loss estimates run as high as $5 million in Yalobusha, according to Gary Crafton, County Director for the…

Staff Report     With a global recession raging in 2009, Yalobusha County’s jobless rate indicated that the effects were felt at home as the county recorded a 22-year high in July with 17.4 percent of Yalobushians unemployed.     The July rate was the highest recorded since late 1986, when unemployment topped out at 21.1 percent…

A Month By Month Look At 2009 News Events January Police started the New Year with an attempted armed robbery of the Water Valley Package Store on Blackmur Drive around 8:30 p.m. Jan. 1, when a lone black male entered the store and pointed a gun at the clerk. School officials wanted to get Water…

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    Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In 2008, 11,773 people died in highway crashes involving a driver or motorcycle rider with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher.     The Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department is joining with thousands of other law enforcement and highway safety agencies across the nation from…

 Yalobusha Nursing Home employee Courtland Jenkins, who has given blood seven times, was ready to go again Monday for the hospital challenge blood drive. Mississippi Blood Services Supervisor Robin Coleman is assisting with the donation. In the background, Phlebotomist Bridget Austin prepares another donor.                – Photo by Jack Gurner

Ray Hawkins, (left) President of the Water Valley School Board, is presented a plaque in recognition of a decade of service to the Water Valley School District by Vice-President Lamar Burgess at his last meeting held December 18. Hawkins did not seek reelection and his term expires at the end of the year.   – Photo…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – C. Columbus Buford was laid to rest Saturday, Dec. 19, four days after being found dead at his home, the victim of a homicide. Buford, known as Jimmy to his friends, was 73. He leaves a wife, Gertie Buford, four sons and two daughters. Authorities went to the Buford…

Tobacco Is Restricted During Work Hours By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha supervisors implemented a tobacco ban for county employees while on the job in an effort to combat rising health insurance premiums for the new year.     The new tobacco-free policy will save the county more than $13,000 annually, based on a $16…