The 2008 budget for the City of Water Valley was the topic of a short – very short – public hearing held before the regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen Tuesday night (September 4).     It took less than a minute for Mayor Bill Norris to open the hearing, ask if any members…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – A Water Valley man remains on the run following a Friday seizure of illegal narcotics from his residence on Walnut Street.    Authorities have an arrest warrant for Raynard Turner, after executing a search warrant on his residence, according to Yalobusha Sheriff Lance Humphreys.    The initial raid Friday was made…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY –     The Water Valley Blue Devil softball team will finally get a home field following a unanimous vote Monday night, August 20, by the Water Valley School Board.     The decision was made after Jerry Holt detailed plans to construct the field. Holt, who retired last year as…

By David Howell Editor     Appointed sheriff William “Lance” Humphreys will see a full four-year term after taking the majority of  Yalobusha votes Tuesday in the Democratic Primary runoff. The sheriff’s race was the only county position on the ballot.     Humphreys defeated former Highway Patrol Trooper Jamie Caldwell in a hard-fought election that began…

By John Howell    Good news from the Pascagoula River basin in south Mississippi is also good news for fishing in Enid and Grenada reservoirs, North Mississippi Fish Hatchery Director Justin Wilkins said.     Wilkins and co-workers released 5,000 fingerling flathead catfish at Enid and Grenada Friday. The catfish had been raised from eggs extracted…

By David HowellEditor     County supervisors started the month with a public hearing on real and personal property tax assessments in a lengthy “first Monday” supervisors meeting a day before the primary election.     In that hearing the sole objection that the county received by the July 31 deadline was submitted by the county’s largest…

    A Crime Stoppers tip led to two drug arrests Thursday night according to Sheriff Lance Humphreys. The tip came a week earlier and the caller did not ask for a cash reward.     “The caller said there was a guy selling dope, both out of his house and making deliveries across the county,” Humphreys…

    A two-week crime spree ended for a Coffeeville man after he was captured by deputies siphoning gas from a vehicle on County Road 87.     Harold D. White, age 19, of County Road 87 was apprehended  after the vehicle’s owner saw him outside and called 911 Wednesday night.     After White was transported to…

By David Howell Editor OXFORD – Failed beef plant operator Richard Hall was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. to eight years imprisonment last Friday. Hall was also ordered to pay more than a half million in restitution and given five years probation after his release.     Hall was taken into custody, following…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha voters will head back to the polls next Tuesday, August 28, to determine who will serve as sheriff for the next four years. This race will be the only county position on the ballot in Yalobusha.     A second, statewide election will be the final race on…