By David HowellEditor     Tax talk has been a recurring theme around the county as Yalobushians received their tax bills at the end of 2007.     Many have seen an increase and want to know why.     Each year, supervisors work to prepare a fiscal year budget, beginning October 1, and this year was no…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The city will participate in the Great American Cleanup – Mississippi as part of preparations for the town’s sesquicentennial, according to Mayor Bill Norris. Water Valley will be 150 years old this year and a Founders Day celebration will be held April 19 in honor of the city’s creation…

By David Howell Editor     A squabble about a county road found its way to federal court in late January when Fletcher Fly sued Yalobusha County.     Fly is seeking to settle a dispute concerning the ownership County Road 161, an issue that has been festering for several years.     The matter seemed to come…

City Crime Report Water Valley Police Capt. Roger Thomas reported the following activity in the Water Valley City limits during the past week: • Made six arrests for driving under suspension; • Made an arrest for trespassing; • Made two arrests for domestic assault; • Made an arrest for disorderly conduct; • Made an arrest…

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN …MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH…THE MID SOUTH IS THE MIDST OF A MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK.ROTATING SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES IN THEMEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA…JACKSON…NEAR OXFORD…AND MCNAIRYAND SAINT FRANCIS COUNTIES.THE MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SUSTAINED DAMAGE AS WELL AS THEHICKORY RIDGE MALL. IN JACKSON…THERE…

CITY OF WATER VALLEY BOARD MEETING January 2, 2008 6:30 PM AGENDA     ************************************** Call Meeting to Order Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes Dollie Neely – Public Hearing for Re- Zoning of property located at 935 Blackmur Drive Approval of Airport Grant Invoice :  Willis Engineering ——— $ 558.00                      …

BOARD OF SUPERVISORSYALOBUSHA COUNTYAGENDAFEBRUARY 4, 20089:00 A.M.COURTHOUSEWATER VALLEY, MS (Agenda subject to change prior to meeting. Items are presented in no particular order.)  Minutes Irb Benjamin and Joe McRaney Sheriff Lance Humphreys Tax Assessor/Collector Linda Shuffield Frank Hyde – Fire Coordinator 10:00 – Bid opening on new Fire Truck Applications for privilege licenses to sell…

Sheriff Lance Humphreys will ask the Mississippi Highway Patrol to help step up traffic enforcement at the Hwy. 7 and 32 intersection. “We have written almost a dozen tickets,” Humphreys reported since the early January accident that claimed the life of Water Vallian Tracy Jenkins. “I feel like the majority of the people who run…

  The American Cancer Society Relay for Life Dynamic Conquerors Team will be searching for the first Yalobusha County Idol, on March 8, 2008, beginning at 7 p.m., in the Water Valley Civic Auditorium.   The First Yalobusha County Idol Contest will consist of contestants displaying talents in any category of their choice. Individuals, as…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – The first restaurant in the county was granted a privilege license to serve beer for on-premises consumption during a recessed supervisors’ meeting last Friday at the Coffeeville Courthouse.             The privilege license was granted under the county’s new beer ordinance, which was passed in late December following…