By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Unemployment in Yalobusha County has dropped by 2.6 percentage points in the past month. However, the August rate of 14.7 percent is still the highest in the northern third of the state with the exception of Clay County to the east, according to the latest figures from the Mississippi…

Don’t forget the Farmers’ Market downtown today. Look out for shrimp, Brown Family Diary milk and cream, fresh produce, eggs, homemade breads, and more awesome porch furniture, according to Alexe van Beuren of the Main Street Association.

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Staff Report A fish plate fundraiser is scheduled Saturday as the Fans of Fast Pitch Booster Club continues to raise money to complete work on the new high school softball field.  Tickets for a fish plate dinner are currently being sold by booster club members for the dinner, which is scheduled at the Lions Club…

Driver Arrested After Fleeing Accident Scene     A motorist is facing D.U.I. charges after crashing into a Beat One county pickup and leaving the accident scene on Hwy. 7 between Coffeeville and Water Valley on Monday morning.     Sheriff William “Lance” Humphreys reported the motorist was arrested on County Road 436, near the new sheriff’s…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – In a decision designed to curtail politics and provide a quality applicant pool, the Water Valley School board hired an outside association to assist in the hiring process to replace retiring superintendent Sammy Higdon.     Higdon, who has served in the school district for 25 years, both as principal…

By Benjamin PitcockPark Ranger ENID LAKE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Enid Lake would like to invite everyone to “Hunting and Fishing Day” scheduled at Riverview Recreation Area located below the dam at Enid Lake on September 26.  Activities will kick off at 8 a.m. and continue until 1:30 p.m.     The…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The sweet potato crop in Yalobusha County is expected to be better than average this year with producers expecting yields above 400 bushels per acre. “This year seems to be doing better than a lot of other years. Above average in other words. We’ve had rain whenever we’ve needed…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – After voting to move forward with the construction of a new jail on Sept. 8, supervisors met with an architect company who handles the dome jail design for several ongoing  jail projects in the state.     G.G. Ferguson, company president of Ferguson and Associates Architects, told supervisors during a Sept.…

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