WATER VALLEY – Scheduling is underway for a series of community engagement meetings next month to allow public input into the implementation of a long-range plan to guide future growth in Yalobusha County. Supervisors scheduled three meetings in different areas of the county to ensure everyone will have an opportunity to speak about the plan.…

 Budget talk was the primary topic during a pair of city meetings held during the last week as part of the annual process to adopt a budget for the city’s fiscal year that starts in October.   Mayor Larry Hart provided an overview of the proposed $3.2 million budget during the monthly meeting held August…

WATER VALLEY – Budget time is approaching for county officials and supervisors heard their first request for the 2017-18 fiscal year with a dire need for more funding from Yalobusha County Library System Director Patty Bailey.  Bailey requested an additional $14,000 in county funding to offset cuts from state funding that flows through the Mississippi…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker announced a $7.54 million federal transportation grant to support restoration of Grenada Railroad that extends from Southaven to Desoto County. The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved the North Central Mississippi Regional Railroad Authority (NCMRRA) application for FASTLANE grant funding to undertake a series of…

It’s hard to believe the very popular Train Tracks Pork Attack BBQ Cooking Contest, a big event at Water Valley’s Watermelon Carnival, is only eight years old.  This project adds so much to this special weekend, and it just keeps growing every year.  We owe this event’s beginnings to one chamber of commerce board member…

Enid Lake News By Park Rangers  On July 31, 2017 John Henry Ford retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Enid Lake with 36 years of service. Mr. Ford was born March 3, 1957, in Panola County on his father’s property along Hentz Road south of Batesville in the general area of Pope.…