Art in the Park was held Saturday in the Water Valley City Park. The event, sponsored by the Water Valley Junior Auxiliary, featured art related fun for youngsters pre-kindergarten through 6th grade.

Coffeeville Chamber of Commerce officials were all smiles Saturday as Front Street filled with people enjoying the town’s 175th Anniversary Celebration. “It’s a great turnout,” said Tyler Wortham, Director of the Chamber. Nearly perfect weather contributed to the large crowd, estimated in the thousands over the day-long event.

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Dr. Joe Walker is retiring after 40 years of taking care of the community’s health care needs. The news spread rapidly last week and was greeted with a combination of sadness and disbelief. “I had originally planned to retire at the end of the year,” Walker said Monday morning…

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Art in the Park will be held Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. in the Water Valley City Park. The event, sponsored by the Water Valley Junior Auxiliary, will feature art related fun for youngsters pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. Showing off the butterflys they made using the “fit to be tie-dyed” technique are (from left) Wesley…

The Farmer’s Market Fiesta and Antique Tractor Show will be held Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon. There will be a potluck party. You can bring a dish, or just bring yourself! While at the market, stock your pantry with delicious, local preserves, grits, cornmeal, and more! View Yalobusha County’s antique tractors under the magnolias.…

If You Build It, They Will Come By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – Not unlike the theme in the 1989 movie, Field of Dreams, a Yalobusha couple have designed and constructed a new farm attraction that features a 500-foot rooster in a corn field maze and other farm-related activities to attract visitors in droves.   …

By Park Ranger Chris Hannaford  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Enid Lake extends an open invitation for the dedication ceremony of the newly constructed Ford’s Well Recreation Area and Spyglass Hill Trail at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 8. The Ford’s Well Recreation Area is located on Yalobusha County Road 557 off Mississippi Highway…

By Jack GurnerReporter COFFEEVILLE – “Where old friends gather” is a saying long associated with Coffeeville. And, that will be the case this weekend when the town celebrates it 175th birthday. “We expecting a couple of thousand folks to show up,” said Tyler Wortham, Director of the Coffeeville Chamber of Commerce. “We’re looking for it…

Water Valley High School Homecoming Queen and Court.