By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – It’s not every day someone is cruising down the highway with a stove in their trunk and a sighting last Thursday was enough to make off-duty deputy sheriff Jim Bailey a little suspicious. Bailey had just left his residence when he noticed a Lincoln Continental with a stove…

By Betty Baker Thomas Public Relations Chair The Garden Club of WV The Garden Club of Water Valley met on March 9, with Jane Borgognoni from Hernando as their guest. Jane serves on the Board of Directors of Garden Clubs of Mississippi, Inc. as chairman of Design Study. Seven members and three guests attending enjoyed…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – The Water Valley School board approved the hiring Ezzard Beane as the new principal at Davidson Elementary School Monday night. Beane, who currently serves as an assistant principal at Grenada High School, will be formally introduced to the faculty on Thursday afternoon at the elementary school cafeteria. His…

  First Baptist Church of Water Valley’s Preschool is now accepting applications for the 2017-18 school year’s Pre-K program. They are offering a class for children who are four years old by September 1, 2017. Classes will be held each week, Monday-Friday from 8-11 a.m. A registration fee of $100, along with a completed form,…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s January unemployment rate of 6.7 percent was an increase of .4 percent over the December figure, 6.3, according to the latest release by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. The state’s jobless rate increased, too, from 5.7 percent in December to 6.1 percent in January. The U.S. rate…