By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – A new $2 million medical clinic on the drawing board by Yalobusha General Hospital officials  could provide the use of a current clinic as a health department building in Water Valley.     The hospital-owned clinics in Water Valley would be consolidated in the new building, according to Yalobusha…

The Mississippi Department of Transportation has reopened to local traffic the west end of a 3.5 mile section of Hwy. 315 east of Water Valley near Valley Animal Hospital. The road had been closed while MDOT replaced a bridge with a double culvert. Simultaneously, the east end of this section, near O’Tuckalofa Baptist Church, will…

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Water Valley Mayor Bill Norris recently attended three days of training and leadership development presented at the Mississippi Municipal League’s 77th Annual Conference at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum & Convention Center. The theme of this year’s conference,  “Hometown Voices—Wise Choices,” recognizes the importance of local municipal leaders who are committed to making their city…

By Jack GurnerReporter TILLATOBA – As most Yalobusha County residents slept in the hours preceding the long holiday weekend, emergency personnel had already responded to a vehicle crash and a fire. At 2:12 a.m. Friday paramedics and Tillatoba volunteer firefighters were called to the scene of an crash on I-55. A truck headed northbound struck…

  Over a decade after his retirement as a public school band director, Stanley Crow received two prestigious awards during the 2007-08 year from the current Mississippi band directors.   Selected as the “2007 Phi Beta Mu Outstanding Contributor to Mississippi Bands,” he was presented the award at the Mississippi Bandmasters Association in December. Several…

HATTIESBURG – Austin Brooke Mills will represent Water Valley in the Mississippi Miss  Hospitality Pageant, August 1st and 2nd at the Saenger Theater in downtown  Hattiesburg. Miss Mills is the 18-year-old daughter of Tim and Lisa Mills and is a graduate at Water Valley High School. “We are thrilled to have 38 contestants this year,”…

WATER VALLEY – Police reported last week was relatively quiet in the city – if you don’t count the July 4 fireworks. Police investigated the burglary of a garage in the 1400 block of Boyd St. sometime between July 3 and July 5. Several tools were taken, according to Lt. Rick McCuan. Anyone with information…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – An annual tradition, Yalobusha County Tax Collector/Assessor Linda Shuffield presented the 2008  tax rolls to supervisors during the “first Monday” meeting held in Coffeeville on July 7.     The real and personal roll consists of all houses, acres, business and industries in Yalobusha County, but does not include automobiles…

A Grenada County fisherman (far left) ended his trip to Enid Lake on a bad note when his Ford pickup rolled down the boat ramp at McCurdy Point.  Members of the Panola County Dive Team and the Yalobusha Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene Thursday afternoon to assist U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials. The…