Authorities Seek Tips In Home Invasion By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – Law enforcement are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men who robbed a homeowner at gunpoint Sunday night. Sheriff Lance Humphreys said the residence targeted is located just off Hwy. 7, south of Water Valley.     “We had two males enter…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Renovations at Baker Street Park should be completed by the end of the month, Mayor Bill Norris announced at the regular first Tuesday meeting of the Board of Alderman on May 5. “It looks mighty bright over there,” Norris said as he described finishing touches being put on new…

Ackerman defeated the Blue Devils, 7-5, in the second game to take the North Half. . The Indians of Ackerman High School won Friday’s first game, 3-0.

An art show was held Saturday and Sunday for students of Imagination Station art school. The show was in the studio at 32 South Main St. On Display were works by artists from ages five to 15. The art school is a center for art lessons and creative studies, according to owner Anissa Wilkinson. “The…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – ­ Former mayor Larry Hart defeated incumbent Bill Norris in the Democratic Primary Tuesday to take back the city’s top elected position. Hart received 551 votes to Norris’s 269 votes, winning in each of the town’s four wards, according to the unofficial vote count Tuesday night. The election is…

May 9Market Fest Event Schedule 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Farmers Market Kick Off: at Magnolia Tree on Main & Blackmur (includes fresh produce, breads, honey, eggs, etc…. Fiddlin’ Rooster Kids Train Ride 10 a.m. to noon –  Children’s Stage at Farmer Market Jim McGaw Kelli and Kelly 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. –…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A stalled bridge replacement project located on County Road 2 near Tillatoba remains in the limelight after a landowner demanded public apology from supervisors.     “Y’all chopped me up pretty good last month in the paper,” Mark Hartley told supervisors during the “first Monday” supervisor meeting held in Coffeeville on…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Aldermen were scheduled to appoint a special prosecutor to try one of their own at the regular monthly meeting of the city board last Tuesday night. However, Mayor Bill Norris will make the appointment later this week, according to information received after press time Tuesday. The matter was not…

CITY OF WATER VALLEY BOARD MEETING for May 5, 2009  6:30 pm AGENDA      ************************************** 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Approval of Minutes 4. Burns Law Firm Invoice 5. WIA Summer Youth Employment program 6. Approval to purchase drinking water fountains 7. Bids on Stationary 80 KW Generator for Water…

The Water Valley High Blue Devil baseball team advanced to the MHSAA Class 2A semifinals with a 2-0 win over Hamilton Saturday.