As a touring musician, I’ve had Verizon service for years because it seems to work well everywhere I go, including extensive travels in Europe, Mexico, and the very deep wilds of rural Canada, north of Toronto. In Water Valley, however, and particularly in the outlying areas of the county, Verizon cell phone service has been…

It’s a Wagner Week for the Wagner Week fans out there. All 10 of us! I love when I get a letter from a Wagner sibling to another Wagner sibling. Here’s one from John Henry to little brother George, who’s off at Cornell in Ithica, N.Y. Here John pays his second wife Evelyn a compliment…

Your Main Street Association needs your input, knowledge and daily life experience to help us drive the local Water Valley economy. Working with Dr. Rachael Carter of Mississippi State University, we have designed a locally focused economic survey to gauge how people here shop and spend. We did something like this a bit over a…

On April 7, I transferred from my home to my second home in Pope with my sister Jimmie and her husband, Bill. I’ll most likely be here through the next week or so. After my fall last week Sunday, I was not quite able to maneuver by myself without a walker, so we developed a…

I am so proud of my great-grandson, Bradley Fred Holliday, for making the superintendent’s list. He had breakfast with the superintendent Tuesday morning and was so excited. Joyce Stevens went for a scan Monday morning. Prayers that she will get a good report. Richard Beck has moved from Tillatoba to Pontotoc after taking a job…