I hate to say it but the county’s best (and only) reporters, John Beshears and myself, almost missed the action last Wednesday morning. We were in the Coffeeville courthouse courtroom for a couple of hours as Judge Jimmy McClure worked through a busy docket. Our interests included multiple defendants charged in two different murders who…

This past Friday I went to a luncheon at Ole Miss to accept an Award of Merit from the Mississippi Historical Society for my decade of transcribing and publishing Wagner Week columns. As other groups were accepting their awards, I realized that I was expected to give a little mini acceptance speech in front of…

I was about ten when I first saw a nickel-plated pistol in a bureau drawer in my grandparents’ home. As I later learned, it was a Smith & Wesson revolver with a patent date of July 7, 1903, and something of a milestone in that company’s development of its modern revolver. Today, the significance of…

• 15 years ago, March 5, 2009 – A late winter wet snow fell overnight on Saturday and into Sunday morning, but disappeared quickly. Longtime school district superintendent Sammy Higdon announced he would retire after the next school year. At the same time, board president Ray Hawkins said he would not seek reelection. Testimony began…

When I was closing out February birthdays I said I was closing out March birthdays by mistake. Bobby Joe McClanahan was in a work related accident along with his coworker, Derek Sims last week. A scaffold collapsed and they both fell from their ladders and landed on their feet, crushing Bobby Joe’s heels and breaking…

OXFORD – FNB Oxford Bank announces two key appointments – Charly McClatchy, Vice President, Finance; and Raymond Hawkins, Senior Vice President, Head of Operations. McClatchy began his tenure as Vice President, Finance last September. Originally from Holly Springs, he received his Bachelor and Master of Accountancy from the University of Mississippi and earned his CPA…

WATER VALLEY – There have been no new leads in a case of a woman reported missing from Yalobusha County in 2018. The missing person case attracted renewed scrutiny last week after it was posted on a Facebook page, MissingSippi: Mississippi Missing Persons asking for any information regarding the disappearance of Trinity Harvey. She was…

Once again, it has been an extravagant week overflowing with activities, field trips, academics, sports and, as always, CHAOS! The halls were loud and the students were rowdy, and with spring break right around the corner, the atmosphere will surely only become more hectic! This past Tuesday, the Water Valley High School Marching Band attended…

WATER VALLEY – The first meeting for the Friends of Water Valley Rails to Trails project is scheduled Thursday, March 7, at 5:30 at the Hendricks Building on Main Street in Water Valley. The meeting follows an informational meeting held Feb. 8 as plans were made to launch a Friends of Water Valley Rails organization.…