By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – April Pullen has fulfilled a long-time dream with the opening of Valley Dance Company on Main Street. The dance school opened Monday with about 40 students.     Pullen, an English teacher at Lafayette Junior High School during the day, will teach jazz, tap, and ballet on Monday and Tuesday…

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By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY –  A Sayle LP Company truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas (propane) struck a bridge and flipped over into the Herman White Creek mid-morning Tuesday. The crash occurred approximately two miles east of Water Valley on Hwy. 32. The driver, who was not seriously injured, lost control on the rain-slick highway,…

By David HowellEditor          David McFadden of Water Valley found a surprise earlier this month while checking the deer camera he had placed in a secluded hunting area near Hwy. 315 in southeastern Panola County.     He had attached his motion-detector camera just after Christmas on a 49.5 acres tract of land on…

By Jack GurnerReporter COFFEEVILLE – A general county fire alarm was issued last Wednesday morning, as firefighters were called to respond to a burning Coffeeville business.     Denley’s One Stop, located on Oklahoma Street, caught fire mid-morning last Wednesday. The family business had been in operation at this location for almost six decades, according to   …

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Repairs to the water-damaged floor of the Blackmur Memorial Library are expected to cost at least $75,000, according to Mayor Bill Norris. “Water got water underneath the building and everything rotted out,” Mayor Norris said after inspecting the damage to the library located on Blackmur Drive at South Street.…

By David HowellEditor     A Monday afternoon automobile accident took a bizarre twist after the victim fled the scene when he learned law enforcement was responding.     After allegedly crashing his car on Hwy. 32, Cody Britt was receiving medical attention from Yalobusha Hospital paramedics in an ambulance when he heard over the radio that…

Festivities Will Include Town Flag Design By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Preparations continue for Water Valley’s sesquicentennial celebration and city officials are asking for help with city clean-up. “Keeping the city clean is always important,” Mayor Bill Norris said, “And the 150th birthday celebration provides an opportunity for the community to come together and…

By David HowellEditor     Sixth grade math teacher Ashley Rich has become somewhat of  a local celebrity at Davidson Elementary School.     Rich, accompanied by her mom, brother and husband, traveled to Los Angeles earlier this month, and was a contestant of the popular game show Wheel of Fortune.  The show was filmed on Jan.…

By David HowellEditor     Water Valley Police spent last Friday visiting beer retailers in the city, informing them that cold beer cold no longer could be sold after next Friday, January 18.    The town’s new ordinance, which was approved by aldermen on December 18, will take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 19, according to…