By Dixie Scovel When one moves to a new part of the country, everything seems different. The sky wears a different shade of blue, its high cumulus clouds fill the horizon. Pecan trees and magnolias line front yards, fields of cotton edge the roads. Words have unknown meanings. Here calling someone a mess means they…

WATER VALLEY – On Friday, December 16, at 7 p.m., Foster Music and Arts’ Old School Theater will present The Yes Virginias Holiday Spectacular, an evening with Oxford’s favorite swingin’ and rockin’ holiday ensemble and their special guest Damein Wash. The Yes Virginias were born on the back of a flatbed truck in 2007 (at…

NORTH POLE –  Santa and his elves are already making the rounds in the Valley, including a special visit Tuesday morning at the Water Valley Head Start to share Christmas joy to almost 100 students. The special visit marks the eighth year Trey Jordan has donned the red suit as the children line up for…

By David Howell Editor TILLATOBA – A Yalobusha County man remains behind bars after deputies charged him with a burglary reported last month at a Tillatoba business. Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported Jimmy Joe Putt, 29, was charged with burglary, petty larceny and malicious mischief after allegedly breaking in Kathy’s One Stop in Tillatoba in mid-November.…

Mississippi Blood Services Schedules Blood Drive In Tillatoba  TILLATOBA  — Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) will be holding a special blood drive for Destiny Stephens at the Tillatoba Baptist Church, located at 27052 Highway 330 in Tillatoba, on Wednesday, December 14, from 1 – 7 p.m. The MBS Donor Coach will be in the church parking…

JACKSON – Visit Mississippi and the Mississippi Blues Commission invite all who wish to attend to a celebration of 10 years of the Mississippi Blues Trail on Monday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. with a Blue Monday Jam at Hal & Mal’s, located at 200 Commerce St., Jackson, Miss.   “The Mississippi Blues Trail Program…