By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A discussion about permanently designating the conference room in the county-owned Multi-purpose Building for use one day a month for four hours by the Mississippi Food Network led to a heated debate during Monday’s supervisor meeting.     William Shelton, who attended Monday’s meeting to question a decision made the previous…

WATER VALLEY – Police need to talk with a man who assisted a young woman who was injured during an aggravated assault last Thursday night around 8:30. Being sought for questioning is a black male in a white car who drove the woman back to her vehicle at Martin and Railroad Streets. Capt. Roger Thomas…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Mississippi’s county governments are doing a good job of providing services to their citizens with very little funding, Derrick Surrette told Water Valley Rotarians. The state’s counties are operating only off property taxes, business taxes, and the like, while most other states allow their counties to collect sales tax,…

  David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – Problems with residential garbage service prompted county officials to request that a company official with Resourceful  Environmental Services (RES) meet with supervisors before a decision is made on renewing the company’s contract for an additional three years.     Chancery Clerk Amy McMinn reported to supervisors during the Monday, Sept. 14…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Residents got a not-so-nostalgic trip into the non-electric past Wednesday after a J. R. Dukes Trucking Company dump truck knocked down the north feeder line coming out of the main electrical substation. About 95 percent of the city went without power for just over seven hours after the truck…

Art Aficionados Take To Streets By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The city’s emerging art scene will take center stage Friday evening with a photography show at Bozarts Gallery and a studio crawl featuring the area’s artists. The event, sponsored by the Water Valley Art’s Council, will begin at 6 p.m. with a reception at…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The Mayor and Board of Aldermen met briefly by window light on Wednesday, Sept. 9, to adopt the 2009-2010 budget. The two-and-a-half minute meeting took place in the Mayor’s office because of the power outage that had put City Hall and the windowless boardroom in the dark. Mayor Hart…

    Yalobusha voters will not have to go to the polls to vote this November as there are no contested races on the ballot.     There are two school board elections, one in the Water Valley School District and one in the Coffeeville School District, but only one candidate qualified in each of the slots.…

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Water Valley Police need to talk with a man who assisted a young woman who was injured during an aggravated assault Thursday night around 8:30. Being sought for questioning only is a black male in a white car who drove the woman back to her vehicle at Martin and Railroad Streets. Capt. Roger Thomas of…