WATER VALLEY – The return of the annual Christmas parade is going to be big as the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce reports the number of entries continues to grow. Santa’s sleigh has a fresh coat of paint, Water Valley’s oldest fire truck is revving back to life and Forrest Bryan has committed to…

WATER VALLEY – The Remax Legacy  – Fischer Properties team was presented the prestigious Business Spotlight Award by the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce on November 8. Chamber president Justin Canterbury presented the award to this business that has been a cornerstone of the Water Valley business community for over two decades. In 1999,…

WATER VALLEY – Saturday’s Ole Miss football game was a sell-out, the seventh largest crowd ever at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford with the University of Mississippi reported 64,425 people in attendance. The big game also marked a busy weekend on the Hwy. 7 bypass in Water Valley as police officers issued 52 traffic citations from…

Thousands of hunters will take to the woods across the state Saturday as the anticipated gun season for whitetail deer opens. The season marks the third since Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was first detected in Mississippi in February, 2018, bringing a change in regulations and concern for the risk of human consumption for deer that…

WATER VALLEY – The Water Valley Police Department conducted a traffic patrol saturation from Friday, Nov. 5, through Sunday, Nov. 7, that resulted in 42 traffic citations, two DUI arrests and one felony arrest. Water Valley Police Chief Jason Mangrum reported the city-wide detail was conducted to help curtail driving infractions and combat drunk driving.…

WATER VALLEY – A Water Valley podiatrist who practices in Oxford has been charged in an 11-count indictment for allegedly running a five-year scheme to defraud health care benefit programs including Medicare by submitting over $11 million in false claims for medically unnecessary medications and ordering medically unnecessary testing in exchange for kickbacks and bribes.…

WATER VALLEY – A Duck Hill man faces felony charges after fleeing from law enforcement during the early morning hours Saturday. Water Valley Police Chief Jason Mangrum reported Christopher Young, Jr., 20, was charged with felony fleeing, reckless driving, DUI and resisting arrest following a brief pursuit that ended in Lafayette County. The chief reported…