By David Howell Editor   WATER VALLEY – Supervisors will revisit the 2007 ordinance that regulates the sale of beer in the county following a request from a Tillatoba store owner in Monday’s meeting. Tillatoba Truck Stop owner Tommy Griffis requested an exemption from the ordinance to allow his store to sell cold beer to…

WATER VALLEY — Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) will be holding a community blood drive in Water Valley on Friday, June 16, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The MBS Donor Coach will be at Dollar General. Donors will receive a T-shirt or a gift card (while supplies last). Donors can now check their overall cholesterol…

The Water Valley Arts Council (WVAC), under the direction of Dr. Linda and Jamie Scott, completed its Pilot Innovation & Creativity Summer Camp for elementary age children last week. Campers, as a focus group or self-proclaimed lab rats, critiqued the camp’s activities, contributed ideas for future camps, and just had fun. The pilot, by design,…

COFFEEVILLE — Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) will be holding a community blood drive in Coffeeville on Monday, June 12, from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. The MBS Donor Coach will be at the Dollar General. Donors will receive a T-shirt or gift card (while supplies last). Donors can now check their overall cholesterol levels on…

Water Vallian J. Clayton Peacock’s recent article, “the Giants of sky lake,” was published in the May-June issue of Mississippi magazine. Peacock submitted photos and an article from his visit to Sky Lake WMA, located in the Mississippi Delta near Belzoni. His article featured a legendary and ancient bald, cypress tree, estimated to be nearly…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s jobless rate dipped to 4.3 percent in April, the lowest rate for the county in 22 years with only 220 people in the county recorded as unemployed, according to the latest data from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES).  April’s jobless rate dropped seven-tenths of…