Work by Oxford artist Nancy Mitchell is  on display at Renasant Bank on Central Street. Almost a dozen pieces hang in the bank’s lobby as the latest installment of a series of rotating shows sponsored by the bank and Water Valley Arts Council.  Mitchell is a multimedia artist who gravitates toward watercolor and contemporary realism.…

WATER VALLEY – This year’s Christmas in the Valley will be another fun-filled weekend with a two-day lineup of events as the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce promotes local businesses and provides holiday activities Friday and Saturday. The action gets underway Friday night, Dec. 4, with Christmas in the Valley from 5 to 8…

By David Howell Editor SYLVA RENA – There’s a revival underway at Big Springs Baptist Church in the Sylva Rena community – Lloyd Caulfield is on the downhill side of a three-year project to restore the 100-plus year-old church building that is part of his late grandfather’s farm.  The work was christened with the official…

The last of the Christmas shoe boxes were loaded in the trailer at First Baptist Church’s Christian Activity Center Monday as part of Operation Christmas Child. Helping load the boxes are (from left) Vivian Gilley, Relay Center Coordinator; Arlene Wilbourn, helper; and Dale Wilbourn, packer-driver.  The crew helped pack more than a thousand shoe boxes…

Oxford writer, Ashton Lee, will be appearing at the B.T.C. Old-Fashioned Grocery Store and Dixie Belle Cafe on Wednesday, November 30 from 2 to 5 p.m. for a book signing for his new novel in his ‘Cherry Cola Book Club’ series–‘Queen of the Cookbooks.’  The series is about a feisty, young northeast Mississippi librarian, Maura…

Author Shares Work With Town And Country Garden Club The Town and Country Garden Club met at the Presbyterian Church Education Building for their October dinner meeting. Zandra Walker led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag followed by the blessing of the meal. Retired botanist at the University of Mississippi, Dr.…

The official Mississippi Highway Patrol 2016 Thanksgiving Travel Enforcement Period starts Wednesday, November 23rd at 6 p.m. and will conclude Sunday, November 27th at midnight. Extra troopers will be patrolling the state’s highways to keep your family safe.  Last year, the  troopers investigated 221 crashes including four fatalities during the Thanksgiving enforcement period. Safety checkpoints…