WATER VALLEY – Authorities are continuing to search for a Yalobusha County man who did not show up for court last week. John Parks was scheduled to appear in Yalobusha County Circuit Court last Wednesday and plead guilty for possession of firearm by a felon, according to Sheriff Lance Humphreys.  Parks was arrested by the…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE  – The four-step process to implement a long-range comprehensive plan for the county that will likely include land use regulations and zoning was outlined by planner Bob Barber at last Thursday’s Board of Supervisor meeting at the Coffeeville courthouse. Barber is employed as a planner with Orion Planning+Design, the company…

Here he comes! (Boogity, boogity) There he goes! (Boogity, boogity!) And he ain’t wearin’ no clothes! Oh, yes; they call him The Streak!              — Ray Stevens, 1974 By John Howell The Panolian BATESVILLE Panola County deputies may have rediscovered The Streak early Wednesday when they spotted a naked man…

David Karr of Batesville, and a Water Valley native,  was honored by the Mississippi Water and Pollution Control Operator’s Association on April 20 with the Howard K. Williford Special Service Award.   The Howard K. Williford Award is the Association’s most prestigious honor and is given each year to a member who displays “outstanding dedication…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Two-term incumbent Larry Hart will face Terry Rockette in the Democratic Primary Runoff for mayor on Tuesday, May 16. Hart received 38 percent of the votes cast  in the four-way race for mayor in last Tuesday’s Democratic Primary, 60 more votes than Rockette. Herbie Rogers trailed only 10…