Yalobusha County Health Department will hold a special seasonal flu clinic on Tuesday, October 20, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the Yalobusha County Health Department. During this time, health department staff will focus solely on providing seasonal flu vaccinations so that all residents can complete the process quickly and efficiently.   Seasonal flu…

By Jack GurnerReporter It looked like old times as around 300 people gathered for a dedication ceremony last Thursday at the recently constructed Ford’s Well Recreation Area and Spyglass Hill Trail. The new facility is located on the original site of the historic Ford’s Well. It includes a wrangler campground with 12 sites, gazebo, picnic…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – A milestone was celebrated last Monday, Oct. 5, as Compassion Ministries’ decade of service providing food to Yalobushians was honored during a luncheon at the First Baptist Church in Water Valley.     Ministry founder and pastor Raymond Aven helped organize the celebration, inviting board members, former board members,…

The Yalobusha County Homemakers will hold their second annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 7.

On Saturday, October 17, at 2 p.m. Nancy Fachman of Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc., and Brad Holder a Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks wildlife biologist, will present a program at the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery and Visitor Education Center. Fachman will discuss work underway by wildlife rehabilitators in northern Mississippi and Holder will…

Staff Report COFFEEVILLE – Aldermen tackled two issue involving beer sales at the regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Sept. 1. Tyler Wortham, Director of the Chamber of Commerce requested that the Board make an exception to the beer ordinance to allow beer sales on Front Street for the Town’s 175th Anniversary Celebration on Oct. 3. According…

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About 300 people attended the dedication ceremony for the Ford’s Well Recreation Area and Spyglass Hill Trail Thursday morning. The new facility includes a wrangler campground with 12 sites, gazebo, picnic shelter, comfort station, dump station, and a 17-mile multipurpose trail. Here just a portion of the Ford relatives and a fair size bunch of…

  A rattlesnake and a potato shaped like a duck were among the unusual finds in Yalobusha County last week. Have you run across anything unusual in the county? You might bring it by for us to photograph.

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY –  The county’s former civil defense director has filed a federal lawsuit against Yalobusha County, alleging that supervisors and Sheriff William “Lance” Humphreys violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.     Cecil Harrison filed the suit in federal court in Oxford last week, following his June termination after serving as…