YALOBUSHA – City and county offices across Yalobusha will be closed two days during Christmas and on New Year’s this year. Closings scheduled include Thursday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 25 for  Christmas holidays and  Thursday, Dec. 31, and Friday, Jan. 1, for New Year’s holidays.     The holiday schedule includes the city departments in…

    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

Yalobusha General Hospital will be holding a hospital challenge blood drive on Monday, December 21, according to a news release received Friday, Dec. 18, from Mississippi Blood Services. The blood drive will be held from 1 – 6 p.m.  Mississippi Blood Services will have a donor coach in the parking lot.  Mississippi Blood Services is…

The Water Valley Blue Devil Cheerleaders will compete in the Class 3A Large Cheer State Championships on Dec. 19 at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. The team is scheduled to appear at 10:27 a.m.

 This city-dwelling hawk has been seen in the downtown area in recent months. Last Wednesday morning the bird captured a squirrel and stared at curious bystanders from the lot at Main and Panola Streets. The hawk is believed to be responsible for the disappearance of a number of the city’s pigeons. – Photo by Jack…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – For Cayce Washington and his employees at Valley Tool Inc., 2009 has been an exciting year.     The highlight of the year was  being named one of the Top Ten Best Machine Shops for 2009 by American Machinist, a globally-distributed magazine for contract manufacturers and job shop leaders.     Valley…

Authorities Seek Information About Burglaries     The Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Office is asking for information about two burglaries that occurred on County Road 224 and County Road 109 sometime during the afternoon hours of December 4, between the hours of 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.     In the break-ins, an unknown suspect(s) entered the two…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Mayor Larry Hart called a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen on Monday to get approval to advertise for four mobile aerators for the sewage treatment plant. Hart told Aldermen that Steve Pond, the city’s environmentalist, had digested the samplings and data sent to him by Water and…

By David HowellEditor BATESVILLE – Congressman Travis Childers visited with Mississippi farmers Monday, making three stops in the First District including one at the Batesville Civic Center.     The meeting was well attended by farmers from North Mississippi, including Yalobusha County, as Childers reported that  bills have been introduced in the House and Senate to…