WATER VALLEY — A $1.1 million street paving project in Water Valley started Monday on Stephens Street, with portions of 19 streets expected to receive new asphalt across the city. The work comes after the city awarded the bid in July to Falcon Contracting Company. Depending on the condition of each street, work will include…

WATER VALLEY — On 232 acres outside Water Valley, Gladne Harris grows crops most people have never heard of. Some arrive as only a handful of seeds. Others come with a request for pounds of seed to be harvested and returned. Many are rare varieties that originated in other parts of the world. Harris is…

20 Years—September 14, 2006 – Cadet Larry Harris, son of Wayne and Cheryl Harris of Water Valley, has completed Cadet Basic Training at the U.S. Military Academy. A 2006 graduate of Water Valley High School, Cadet Harris was among 1,300 cadets completing the training and he plans to graduate from West Point in 2010, when…

All right, everybody, it looks like we are going to wrap up the budget process in the city during Tuesday night’s meeting. My prediction is that it will be anti-climactic: raises as promised and enough funding to barely squeak through another year. But I could be wrong. It wouldn’t be the first time. There are…

I have been out of town working for most of the past month. One week of that involved teaching art classes to students at Mississippi State University. Never would I have thought that I would venture to the dark side aka Starkville but I did and, to my great surprise, it was really fun!  One major…

When most people hear the words “Chamber of Commerce,” they naturally think about businesses. And certainly, supporting our local businesses is a big part of what the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce does. We are deeply appreciative of our business members. Their support helps make the Chamber’s work possible, and their investment in this…

The Oakland News didn’t get done last week because of Labor Day and the fact that all my siblings and I plus all our spouses, children and grandchildren decided to go all out to honor Mother (Margaret Jean Ross) for her 94th birthday celebration. Forty of 41 of us were able to be there. Most…

Little sweet pea Lilly Rose Fletcher was here Saturday, said Debbie McCool. Everyone got plenty of smiles from her, played with her and enjoyed the visit. Uncle Jason Beavers and grandmother Debbie even got a little more than they bargained for when Lilly Rose spit up on them. Allison, Cameron and Lilly Fletcher came from…