Hi all, Rain or shine, the produce farmers will be down under the magnolia trees, 4-6pm. Stop on your way through town and grab good stuff for dinner (fresh figs promised by Wilbur Herring!). See you there– Alexe van BeurenFM Manager

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – It’s that time again. The 2009 Watermelon Carnival is only a week away and plans are being finalized by the 30th annual event, according to Chamber of Commerce officials. The festivities kick off with the Watermelon Carnival Music Festival, on Thursday, July 30,  at the Civic Auditorium sponsored by the…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – Registration dates have been released for Water Valley Junior High and High School students, kicking off next Tuesday, July 28 and continuing through Thursday, July 30.     School officials also want to remind new students at the junior high and high school need to bring two proofs of residence, immunization…

COFFEEVILLE – Aldermen approved a motion to divide property being sold by the Town into one or two acre lots, according to minutes from the June meeting. Alderman Joe Bourn suggested the action after the recent sale of a piece of property that had wide highway frontage, but ran at an angle to the rear.…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A bridge replacement project on County Road 2, near Tillatoba, continues to move slowly as county officials wrangle with a final potential heir of the  property required by the county.     “We are talking about a three percent interest (in the land),” Board Attorney John Crow explained to supervisors during…

Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Martin Street resident Emma Gooch has been working for ten years to get some properties in her neighborhood cleaned up. Monday night she appeared before the Planning Commission continuing her quest to find someone willing to help. Gooch showed Commissioners recent photographs that depict the condition of the properties. She…

A line of severe thunderstorms passed through the area Thursday night into Friday morning causing some minor damage. A tree was reported down on Calhoun Street near the intersection with Wood Street and the Electric Department had to respond to several power outages around the city. This photo shows a severe thunderstorm that passed south…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – Using a powerpoint presentation, Sheriff Lance Humphreys unveiled a plan Monday at a recessed supervisors’ meeting in Coffeeville to build a new $2.5 million jail that would house 56 county and pre-trial inmates and 25 joint-state worker inmates.     Humphreys’ told supervisors he could build and operate the jail without…

HATTIESBURG -Steffi River will represent Water Valley in the 60th Anniversary Mississippi Miss Hospitality Pageant, July 26th – August 1st at the Saenger Theater in downtown Hattiesburg.        Steffi is the daughter of Keith and Jayne River. She attends the University of Mississippi and is majoring in Business. Steffi hopes to attend law school…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – County supervisors began divvying offices in the freshly acquired Carothers Building at their July 7 board meeting held in Coffeeville. Supervisors voted to allocate just over a third of the 30-plus offices and space at the house located adjacent to the building for the Department of Human Services offices currently…