The Hudu Engineers will play the outdoor music series at the Main St. Pavilion, downtown Water Valley 7- 9 PM Saturday, October 18th in a free outdoor concert. Having recently are released their first full length original CD, Rollin’ in Rhythm, with a bang, the band looks forward to playing and promoting their songs and…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – While the world’s financial markets and Wall Street are still trying to make sense of the government’s financial rescue package,  it’s pretty much business as usual in Yalobusha County. A check of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) website shows that the county’s banking institutions are in very sound…

Suspects Sought In Armed Robbery By Jack GurnerReporter COFFEEVILLE – Police are investigating an armed robbery, aggravated assault, and burglary that occurred Tuesday, Oct. 7, around 4 p.m. George Fly was assaulted and pistol-whipped by two males, possibly juveniles, inside his home at 955 Tennessee Street. The pair took an undetermined amount of money, according…

Supervisors Receive Positive Audit Report By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – As a November projected opening date Oakland-based Windsor Quality Foods approaches, supervisors agreed at the “first Monday” board meeting in Water Valley to knock out some cosmetic work at the site.     “We’ve got a little promised work and in-kind work to do,” District…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Renovation of Baker Street Park is finally set to begin Oct. 25 after approval by city aldermen at the regular “first Monday” meeting Oct. 7. Board members voted unanimously to accept a revised cost estimate that includes $4,000 in administrative fees. The project is being funded by a $97,779…

The Water Valley Main Street Association has a new manager. Susan Hart has been selected for the position. Read more in her Street Talk column (click on the blue link).

Volunteers have two more weekends to work on the Water Valley Main Street Association’s Better  Backstreet Project. Want to work? Show up on Duncan Street Saturday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Water Valley – 39Williams-Sullivan – 6Complete coverage in the upcoming edition of the North Mississippi Herald.

COFFEEVILLE – Police are investigating an armed robbery, aggravated assault, and burglary that occurred Tuesday around 4 p.m. A Coffeeville resident was assaulted and pistol-whipped by two males, possibly juveniles, inside his home on Tennessee Street, according to Police Chief Mark Martin. The pair took an undetermined amount of money “The victim is at home…

This is the first time since 1944 that the Kimzeys do not have cotton planted. – Kevin Kimzey By David Howell Editor YALOBUSHA – Though cotton acreage statewide and in Yalobusha continues to dip, several local cotton producers have expanded the land they devote to the traditional fiber crop, and others are hoping for a…