The orders will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.  This year, the MAFES Sales Store is telling us that some of the cheese will go fast.  Since there is no guaranteed date this year, the sooner you place your order(s) the better chances you have of receiving it for Christmas.  Therefore, if you would…

WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s unemployment rate for July rose six-tenth percent from June and 1.9 percent from July of last year, according to the latest figures released by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. The July figure of 10.3 percent unemployment is eight-tenths percent higher than the average for the month for the past…

Police Investigate Assault, Stolen Truck WATER VALLEY – Police are investigating an alleged aggravated assault with a vehicle that occurred around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, on Lee St. A female was taken from the scene by ambulance to Baptist Hospital in Oxford where she was treated and released. Marie Gaston, 26, of Water Valley…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Billy Humphreys is the city’s new Zoning and Floodplain Administrator/Building Inspector. The Board of Aldermen hired Humphreys for the part-time, “three-hat” position Sept. 9. The 61-year-old contractor has been in the construction business for almost 40 years and has been partners in M&H Builders since 1984. Among his…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY  – The new Sonic Drive-In will be allowed to use their standard sign after the Planning Commission voted to grant the fast-food restaurant a variance at their meeting Monday night. The commissioners also decided to conduct a study and propose to the Board of Aldermen that the ordinance be…

Staff Report ENID – Four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes in the Vicksburg District including Enid Lake will participate in a 3-year mandatory life jacket wear test program beginning next May. The other lakes include Sardis, Grenada and Arkabutla. The new mandatory life jacket test program aims to address statistics that indicate public fatalities…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The poultry plant began its second year of operation this week processing an average of 55,000 chickens a day. Water Valley Poultry, LLC began operation Sept 14 of last year with only 6800 hens the first day. The company employed about 130 at the time. “We’re at a…

By Jack Gurner Reporter COFFEEVILLE – In the ten years since the 911 emergency number system started in Yalobusha County, most residents have posted their address on their homes and businesses. However, there are still a few who have not complied. “We tell people when we give them their address that it’s the law, said…

City of Water ValleyAdopted 2008-2009 BudgetTax Millage Rate Remainsthe same at 37.00 mills GENERAL FUND REVENUES        BUDGET AMOUNTSLICENSE AND PERMITS                $10,000FEDERAL PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAX        $15,630STATE SHARED REVENUE            $485,000GRANTS FROM LOCAL REVENUE        $34,000CHARGE FOR SERVICE                $302,500FRANCHISE                    $55,000FINES AND FORFEITURES   …

RE:  IN THE MATTER OF THE LEVYING OF COUNTY AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2008-2009,         INCLUDING SCHOOL DISTRICT, ROAD DISTRICT AND OTHER TAXING DISTRICTS     There came on for hearing and determination by the Board of Supervisors of Yalobusha County on this 15th day of September, 2008, the matter of levying ad valorem…