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 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…

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…

Supervisors Approve First Beer Permit By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – Gathering around the table in the Coffeeville Courtroom last Monday, Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors re-elected Amos Sims as its president and Tommy Vaughn as the board’s vice-president in their first meeting of the new term.     “Amos, I feel like you need that job…

By Jack GurnerReporter The strong tornados that ripped through Mississippi last Thursday destroyed much of the Turnipseed Dairy Farm in Weir. The Dairy is owned and operated by Todd and Parker Turnipseed, grandsons of Mr. And Mrs. Paul Parker of Water Valley. According to Jackson television station WLBT, only a twisted pile of lumber and…

2007 Crime Statistics From The Water Valley Police Department     Water Valley Police Chief Mike King released the following crime statistics from 2007 generated by his department:     1500 – Citations Issued     600 – Adult Arrests     85 – Juvenile Referrals/Arrests 1,239 – Offenses Investigated to include: • 032 – Minor traffic accidents •…

    Water Valley Police worked Friday visiting beer retailers in the city to inform 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 Water Valley…

Judge Andrew Baker administered the Oaths of Office .