WATER VALLEY – Calling all Blue Devils past, present and future!     Water Valley Main Street will host a “Remember When” Homecoming Pep Rally in Railroad Park at the Pavilion on October 11 at 6:30 p.m.       Coach Hammond, the Blue Devil football team, the WVJH and WVHS cheerleaders, the Devil Dolls, the Water…

By David Howell COFFEEVILLE – It has been just over 31 years since Yalobushians  have seen an alcohol-related issue on the ballot, a statistic that is soon to change following a split vote during a recessed meeting in Coffeeville last Friday.     Supervisors voted 3-2 to set a special election on Dec. 11 to allow…

By Jack Gurner WATER VALLEY – Aldermen voted unanimously during the “first Tuesday” Sept. 4 board meeting to deny a tax exemption request from the county’s largest employer.     Officials at Borg Warner Air Systems had submitted an application for an ad valorum tax exemption for a 2001 addition at the Water Valley plant.  A…

Water Valley – Mississippi’s new motor vehicle license plate will feature the Biloxi Lighthouse.

By David Howell WATER VALLEY – Although the millage rate will decrease slightly in Yalobusha County, many property owners could see a slight increase in the taxes following a state-mandated reassessment.     Tax Assessor Linda Shuffield and her staff traveled the county reassessing each parcel of land in Yalobusha. State law requires this process each…

Three Water Valley men face felony drug charges following a routine driver’s license checkpoint last Thursday, Sept. 6. The checkpoint was held at the intersection of Stevens and Jones streets according to Water Valley Police Lt. Rick McCuan.     Ricky Caldwell, 36, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, which was alleged crack, after…

By David Howell OXFORD – A vision that has been over a decade in becoming a reality culminated with the dedication and blessing of the Oxford Medical Ministries Clinic Sunday afternoon.     Although located just outside of Oxford on Hwy. 7 South, the clinic will serve Lafayette, Yalobusha and surrounding counties and is designed to…

  The Water Valley High School Technology Department would like to invite local businesses to participate in the 2007-08 Tech Expo. Each year the Department host this event in order to give local business owners and entrepreneurs the opportunity to come and exhibit their use of technology in the work place. This is a valuable…

 Beer Petition Turned In To County Supervisors Questions Surface Following Tuesday’s Discussion By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A three-inch stack of papers said to contain more than 2,800 signatures signed by Yalobushians in favor of having a county-wide vote to determine the future of beer found its way to the supervisors’ table in Coffeeville Tuesday.…

    On August 30, 2007, the Mississippi Main Street Association  will designate Water Valley, as its 52nd official Main Street program in a formal ceremony to be held at 11 a.m. at the Casey Jones Railroad Museum in Water Valley. Water Valley enters the Main Street “Small Towns Program.”     Speakers at the designation program…