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…

Here are some of the photos from last Saturday’s (June 28) Art in the Park event sponsored by the Water Valley Junior Auxiliary.

Firefighters responded to a brush fire at the Oakhill Cemetery on Blackmur Dr. just before 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. The fire was in a wooded area on the far south end of the cemetery. This was the second fire in recent days. Another blaze in the same general area occurred on Saturday and damaged a…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – A tremendous loss to the community and not just the school district is the way those who knew Anthony Barnes are describing his death. Barnes, 38, who has served as assistant superintendent of the Water Valley School District for the past year, died Thursday at University Medical Center in…