A pulpwood truck overturned on Hwy. 32 east near the Pine Valley community Monday afternoon, Mar. 10. The driver received cuts and bruises in the crash, but was not seriously injured, according to emergency responders on the scene. Looking over the damge are (from left) Herbie Rogers, Chief of the Velma Fire Department, Bess Simmons;…

COFFEEVILLE – The Yalobusha County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting the 22nd Annual Wildlife Tasting Buffet this Thursday, March 20. The event will be held at the Multi-Purpose building on Hwy. 7 in Coffeeville. The doors will open to the public at 6 p.m. and the program will start at 6:30 pm. There…

Alderman Adopt Flag, New Water Rates By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The City will have a new flag in about three weeks and new water rates in about four after actions by the board of alderman at the first Tuesday meeting, March 4. The new city flag was selected from a number of entries…

Shelby Hernandez (left, bottom photo) was first place winner and Breanna Baker took second place in the first Yalobusha County Idol Contest held Saturday, March 8, at the civic auditorium. The winners will advance to the final competition during the Relay for Life event April 25. The contest was sponsored by the Dynamic Conquerors Team.…

Trent Hammond resgined as the head coach of the Water Valley Blue Devils football team. Hammond was officially hired by the Franklin County School Board Tuesday to be Franklin County’s head coach.

Hunt Underway for Blue Devil Coach By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – High school sports always stir up a lot of community interest and the recent news that the Blue Devils head coach was leaving really got the town talking. The announcement that Trent Hammond has been hired by the Franklin County School System as…

By David HowellEditor OAKLAND – The opening date for Windsor Quality Food Company has been pushed back to early fall while the company makes modifications to the Oakland plant that formerly housed Mississippi Beef Processors, LLC.     “They are looking at sometime around August or September,” Supervisor Tommy Vaughn said at the “first Monday” supervisor…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – Job retention and job recruitment are at the top of the list for Yalobusha County’s first full-time Economic Development District (YCEDD) Director, Bob Tyler.     Tyler has been on the job since late 2007, after county supervisors voted to designate and fund an economic district last summer.     Supervisors…

    Yalobusha General Hospital and Nursing Relay for Life team members have multiple fundraising events planned for the days and weeks leading up to the April Relay For Life.     The team, dubbed “Hunting For A Cure” will have annual jumbalya plates on March 20 in the hospital parking lot. The plates include cornbread and…

After Taking Bullet In The Leg, Victim Pistol-Whips Shooter Holding Him Until Deputies Arrive Grand Palace Club Cited For Alcohol Violations Staff Report A Water Valley man is recovering from a gunshot wound after a shooting on County Road 58, south of the Sylva Rena community, Sunday night. Ray Charles Hickinbottom, 43, was shot in…