By David HowellEditor Yalobusha’s Economic Development District Director, Bob Tyler, reported his department has several projects ongoing.     Tyler said an update is imminent involving the North Mississippi Railroad Coalition, a group he was instrumental in starting after state officials learned that CN Railroad were in the process of selling its Grenada Line, which included…

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…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – The new Mayor and Board of Aldermen held their first meeting on Tuesday, July 7. It was a brief 32-minute session during which they took care of mostly basic city business including some left over from last month. Their first action was to enter go into executive session to discuss…

By Jack GurnerReporter OAKLAND – A Tennessee pilot may owe his life to a patch of Mississippi kudzu. Cass Choate of Oakland, Tenn., was seriously injured Wednesday, July 8, when his single-engine aircraft crashed into a kudzu-covered wooded area about three-quarters of a mile east of I-55 and about 300 feet south of Hwy. 32.…

Yalobusha County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Frank Hyde (right) steadies the boat as Panola County EMA Director Daniel Cole (left) and Panola dive team  member Jacky Chapman prepare to search the water at Enid Lake near Plum Point last Saturday. The group was searching for a submerged car, after a tipster reported a vehicle…

According to Alexe van Beuren, market manager: Eddie Rogers’ sweet corn is still in season. Come by and stock up. Baxter Jones will be bringing a truck full of tomatoes and selling them both by the piece, the pound, and the five-gallon bucket– now’s the time for canning! Bill Forsyth will be in the shade…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – An annual tradition, Yalobusha County Tax Collector/Assessor Linda Shuffield presented the 2009  tax rolls to supervisors during a Tuesday meeting held in Coffeeville on July 7. The meeting was pushed from the regular “first Monday” date to Tuesday after state and county office were closed Monday.     The real and…

By Jack GurnerReporter COFFEEVILLE – President Barack Obama’s energy bill squeaked through the House last week, but without the help of First District Congressman Travis Childers. Childers spoke of his objections to the bill at a “Coffee with the Congressman” gathering at the Coffeeville Courthouse during a swing through the district Thursday. “I thought it…

Just a reminder that the Farmers’ Market will meet downtown this afternoon. Come by for fresh produce and more!