The failure of an oil-insulated circuit-breaker located in the electrical system near the intersection of Eckford and North Court Streets blacked out the city for just over an hour Wednesday night. Andy Hall of the Water Valley Electric Department speculated that water may have gotten into the device through a crack in the insulation.

Staff Report     Residential customers of Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association (TVEPA) could see a drop in monthly power bills starting January 1 following a decrease in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) fuel adjustment cost.     Batesville Mayor Jerry Autrey, a member of the Association of Tennessee Valley Governments, said that the decrease would average…

WATER VALLEY – A police officer and the store manager were allegedly assaulted during the arrest of a shoplifter Dec. 20 at the Dollar General Store on Central Street. Jerry Lynn Pomlee, 40, of Water Valley has been charged with felony shoplifting, assault on a police officer, assault on the store manager, and resisting arrest…

Superintendent Honored By State Peers By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – An industrial water rate rollback under consideration by Water Valley aldermen has attracted the attention of another large employer in Water Valley, the school district.     “It may be worth asking about,” Water Valley School District board member Cayce Washington said during a brief…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – It’s been a year since city officials were first told that the town was entering the “age of replacement” for it’s aging water and sewer infrastructure. At the December 2007 meeting of the Board of Aldermen, Water and Sewer Department Manager Morris Surrette explained to aldermen that it is…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY –     A longtime Yalobusha company  is a step closer to moving to its new facility in neighboring Lafayette County after county supervisors officially voted to accept the company’s property as a donation in a recessed meeting held last Thursday.     In what has been described as a bittersweet deal,…

Staff Report YALOBUSHA – City and county offices across Yalobusha will be closed two days during Christmas and on New Year’s this year. Closings scheduled include Thursday, Dec. 25, and Friday, Dec. 26 for  Christmas holidays and on  Thursday, Jan. 1, and Friday, Jan. 2, for New Year’s holidays.     The holiday schedule includes the…

Noe Completes Basic Enforcement Training Water Valley Police Officer Nathan James Noe completed the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program at the Tupelo Police Academy Dec. 11 after a ten-week training course, according to Chief Mike King. Officer Noe was hired in September and started his training at the Tupelo Police Academy on Oct 5. He…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY –  Water from the county-owned well located at Windsor Foods near Oakland will continue to flow into pipes that serve customers on the  Billy’s Creek Water Association after supervisors approved a contract extension during a recessed meeting held last Thursday in Water Valley.     The association, which serves customers in…

Valley residents are certainly showing their creativity for the Christmas season.