Water Valley Police Report Light Activity WATER VALLEY – Lt. Rick McCuan reported the following law enforcement activity within the Water Valley City limits during the past week: • Made two arrests for driving under suspension; • Made an arrest for possession of marijuana; • Made two arrests for shoplifting, first offense; • Made an…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – With a March 23 deadline fast approaching, an organization dubbed Home Team has mounted a fundraising effort to raise $9,350.70 to restore junior high baseball, junior high track and volley for the coming school year at the Water Valley School District.     These three sports were among cuts totalling…

By David HowellEditor TILLATOBA –    With less than than two months before it was set to go to trial, a federal lawsuit filed against Yalobusha County seeking to resolve ownership of a county road has been tossed out of federal court.     The lawsuit, filed by Fletcher Fly,  alleged that the county’s ownership claim of…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – The hope that state legislators would provide an answer to Yalobusha County’s aging jail problem was dashed after multiple Senate and House bills authorizing a regional jail in one or more counties did not make it out of committees.     Building a regional jail in the county has been…

Water Valley Police were called to the scene of a vehicle crash on Market Street Friday night. A pickup truck struck a utility pole in the 100 block just after 11 p.m. knocking out electric power from that location all the way past the high school and out Airways Drive. No one was injured in…

An early morning fire Saturday severely damaged a home at 3 Wayne Drive in Coffeeville. About a dozen firefighters from Coffeeville and Velma were called to the scene around 1:30 Saturday morning. A pumper from the Coffeeville Fire Department was backed up by a pumper and a tanker from the Velma Fire Department. A family…

The WVHS Lady Blue Devils were defeated by West Tallahatchie 72-68 in the Class 2A North Half Tournament Thursday night. Photos of the girls in action Monday night are in the Sports section of this website along with a photo of the boy’s action Tuesday night.

Below are the Legal/Public Notices which appear in the most recent issue of the North Mississippi Herald.  These notices are also available on-line along with those from participating Mississippi newspapers at the Mississippi Press Association website: http://publicnoticeads.com/MS/ Here, in one place, you now have access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to statewide…

Water Valley WATER VALLEY – Lt. Rick McCuan reported the following law enforcement activity within the Water Valley City limits during the past week: • Made nine arrests for driving under suspension; • Made two arrests for assault; • Made two arrests for no drivers license; • Made two arrests for possession of marijuana in…

(Webmaster’s note: Don Simoneaux qualified to run for Alderman At Large Wednesday.) By Jack Gurner Reporter YALOBUSHA – With just two weeks left for candidates to qualify for municipal elections in the county, four news names have entered the races. Former Mayor Larry Hart qualified Tuesday to run for Mayor against incumbent Bill Norris. Kagan…