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…

The O’Tuckalofa Open Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Yalobusha County Club. The tournament benefits the North Central Mississippi Service Center of the Red Cross headquartered in Oxford and serving six counties including Yalobusha. The tournament is a two person Ryder Cup format with shotgun starts from 9 a.m. until 1:30…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – If it sounds too good to be true, it is, warns Sheriff Lance Humphreys after taking a report that a Water Valley lady lost almost two grand in a recent international scam.     Humphreys said his department took a report after the victim received a check for $1,895.22. The…

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…

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…

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

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – Police responded to several fireworks related calls over the July 4 holiday weekend starting Thursday night when a Blackmur Drive resident reported hearing gunshots. Just moments before the midnight call, several loud aerial burst type fireworks went off in front of the public housing units nearby. On Saturday, police were…