Callahan Quick Print Reaches Out To Water Valley Customers
OXFORD – Callahan Quick Print, Inc. is approaching the mid-century mark since opening in Oxford back in 1972. For many of the early years business founder Robert Callahan had a lot of customers in Water Valley and now second generation printers Glen Callahan and his sister, Stephanie Callahan Mills; along with Glen’s wife, Christy, and…
Read MoreCity Officials Navigate Lengthy Agenda In Two-Hour Meeting
WATER VALLEY – Aldermen tackled a lengthy agenda during the Jan. 5 city meeting. Following the routine actions that mark the start of each monthly meeting – approving the agenda and paying the bills – the action started with a complaint from a Main Street business owner about people not cleaning up behind their dogs.…
Read MoreVirtual Training Planned For Master Gardener Program On January 28
We finally got our first snow last week. It is just the kind I like. It was pretty to watch and fun to play in, but not too bad to get around in. As I write this week’s article the weather outside is just the opposite. It is clear, sunny and a whopping 55 degrees.…
Read MoreLongtime Meteorologist Will Be Missed
Please pray for the sick in and around our little community. The list includes Robert “Mobo” Hill of Scobey along with Opal Bell, Sadie Harper, William Earl Tillman, Joshua and Jerry Milam and Bailee Kelley. Love and sympathy to the family of Mr. James Ervin “Butch” Jones, 73, of Rosebloom. Butch passed away Thursday, January…
Read MoreIt’s Time To Revisit Medicaid Expansion
I think it’s time that we take a fresh look at a highly controversial decision made several years ago that has cost Mississippi several billion dollars so far, and has lessened the healthcare coverage for 300,000 mostly, working Mississippians. This decision has cost the hospitals in our state and healthcare providers hundreds of millions of…
Read MoreKing’s Words In 1968 Still Ring True: ‘It’s Non-Violence Or Non-Existence’
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. – Martin Luther King Jr. Whenever you think things are too much, remember that. I’ll suggest you read or listen to all of King’s last speech from April 3, 1968. The “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, given the evening…
Read MoreThe Town-wide Joy Among The Youth On Our Snow Day Was A Sight To Behold
I don’t think a group of kids in the whole world was more appreciative of a Snow Day last week than our town’s crew of Mississippi young ones. Boy, did they play! They pulled two pairs of socks over their hands, borrowed garden gloves from Momma, put on two Ole Miss hoodies instead of just…
Read MoreObituaries 01/21/21
Ivy Faye Arbuckle WATER VALLEY—Ivy Faye Arbuckle, age 80, of Water Valley died Tuesday, January 12, 2021, in Baptist Memorial Hospital– North Mississippi at Oxford. Born in Calhoun County, November 25, 1940, Faye was a daughter of the late William Samuel and Cora Melton Stark. She was a life-long member of Scuna Valley Baptist Church.…
Read MoreRockette Inks Deal With Music Publishing Company
Water Valley hometown girl KeKe Rockette, (stage name Roy Rockette) ended the year 2020 with a bang. Rockette secured a major inks Publishing Deal with Sony/ATV – the world’s No. 1 music publishing company offering a diverse catalogue of iconic songs written by legends such as The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and The Rolling Stones, as well…
Read MoreSecond Candidate Qualifies For Mayor, Deadline Is Feb. 5
WATER VALLEY – Just over two weeks remain before the qualifying deadline for municipal offices and only three candidates have submitted paperwork to the city clerk’s office in Water Valley. Terry Rockette is the latest candidate to qualify as he will run again for mayor. In 2017 Rockette competed in a four-way race for mayor…
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