COFFEEVILLE – In Defense of Animals, the international animal protection organization that runs the Winona, Mississippi-based Justice for Animals Campaign, has announced a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Johnathan Perrigin, wanted by the Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department since September of 2016 for the alleged poisoning of at least three…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – County officials revisited the discussion about using inmate labor to combat litter on state highways and county roads during the “first Monday” meeting held May 1 at the Coffeeville courthouse. The topic surfaced last month and supervisors agreed to extend an invitation to the justice court judges to determine…

Mechanics Bank participated in this years “Jeans for Justice Day,” a fund raiser for Family Crisis Services of Northwest Mississippi  to raise awareness and help fight to stop sexual violence.  “Jeans for Justice Day” helps raise awareness of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, was held  Thursday, April 27. An overturned 1998 rape conviction in Italy sparked this…

COFFEEVILLE – Hearings were held in Monday’s supervisor meeting to address a pair of petitions filed in the Chancery Clerk’s office back in March requesting the county to clean up private property straddling the entrance of Pine Ridge Circle in the Water Valley Boat Landing Community. Property owner Carol Holland attended the hearing as county…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – The already reduced operating hours at libraries in Coffeeville and Oakland could be cut again unless funding is increased at the local level. Yalobusha County Library System Director Patty Bailey reported during the “first Monday” supervisor meeting that by July 1, the local library system will be cut more…