Two Water Valley High School juniors recently attended the 2025 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards conference (RYLA) held at the Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Center in Olive Branch on Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1. Madison Bryant and Drake Marbary were selected for this honor based upon their academic and leadership qualities and were…

Mrs. Betty would have gotten a kick out of the 6 p.m. train whistle Monday afternoon. Many longtime readers will recall, she despised Daylight Savings Time and routinely shared her opinion each year when we had to spring forward. One year Betty wrote that she started a day early, setting her clocks forward Saturday morning…

Happy Spring Break, Water Valley! All the teenagers are gone (or wishing they were gone) and all the teachers are bragging about not having to go to work. A week of not having to deal with our town’s children is certainly brag-worthy so we’ll let them have it. My Spring Break plans involved taking my…

A recent article in a maritime publication relating how the value of cargo lost off the deck of a ship was partially covered by the ancient principle of General Average made me recall a class I took decades ago at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. To refresh my memory on the subject, I found my…

Tornado season was underway in 1985, less than a year after the devastating tornado that ripped through Water Valley and Brother Guy Reedy shared words of comfort. Reedy wrote in a Letter to the Editor in the March 14, 1985, edition that he was listening to his radio when he heard the announcer make reference…

I hope all you school students from Pre-K on up enjoy your spring break. Also hope the faculty are having a great week. Treasure and Cody McLendon are the proud parents of a precious baby girl. Sweet little Farron Raynes arrived at 8:24 p.m. Monday, March 4. She is beautiful with a head full of…

I hope it’s been a very good week for everyone. I’m already enjoying the time change. I love this time of year as the temperature warms up and the longer days are back. We don’t have much going on right now at Mt. Liberty Church, but we’re about to pick back up. Easter is right…

The Lady Devils softball team enjoyed an exciting week by defeating Hickory Flat, M.S. Palmer and J.Z. George to ride a victory wave into spring break and improve to 6-4 (1-0 District 2-2A). On Monday, the team traveled to Hickory Flat and senior Tryn Walton pitched a complete game to defeat the Lady Rebels 18-6.…

By Wes Brown Water Valley High School Band Director Spring break is a welcome sight for all educators. We get to spend extra time with our families, tackle that nagging list of jobs to do around the house, and finally do things that we always say, “I’m going to get that done TODAY!” However, it…