Look Back In Yalobusha History
The Yalobusha County medical community formally endorsed a plan by the Water Valley Jaycees to give mass Sabin inoculations in the county 60 years ago in February of 1964. The Sabin Oral Vaccine was two drops of an odorless, colorless, tasteless liquid placed on a sugar cube and swallowed. It provided permanent protection against polio…
Read MoreTillatoba News
Valentine’s Day is Wednesday and I hope it will be a sweet day for you with a box of candy, flowers or just a sweet card. The ones attending had so much fun at the Tillatoba Baptist Church’s Valentine’s Day Banquet! It was an evening full of good food and good friends. Jill Elliott McLendon…
Read MoreObituaries 02/15/2024
Michael Henry Dollahite WATER VALLEY – Michael Henry Dollahite passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis on February 9, 2024, at the age of 64. Born in Memphis on February 26, 1959, he was the loving son of the late Albert and Irene Dollahite. Michael graduated from Water Valley High School and went to…
Read MoreInside The Blue And White
Welcome back to another exciting edition of “Inside the Blue and White” after another busy week. Students are loaded with assignments while looking forward to a packed calendar of school activities. As fall sports are coming to an end,spring sports are getting underway! The basketball team has officially completed their season as the girls and…
Read MoreCounty Garbage Pickup Cost Will Increase 37 Percent
WATER VALLEY – County supervisors approved a 37 percent rate increase for residential garbage pickup that will push the monthly charge from $17.50 to $24 starting in late April or early May. The rate hike was adopted during Monday’s Board of Supervisor meeting after a new bid was awarded to Waste Management for garbage pickup…
Read MoreTurnout Could Be Big In Mayor’s Race
WATER VALLEY – Voter turnout could be strong in next Tuesday’s special election for mayor if absentee ballots are an indicator. City Clerk Vivian Snider reported 50 absentee votes had been cast by presstime Tuesday and several days remained before Saturday’s deadline to vote absentee. “That is as many absentee ballots for a city election…
Read MoreCity’s Population Has Steadily Declined Since 1980 Census
WATER VALLEY – When a new mayor takes office following the special election in Water Valley, one of the challenges ahead not often discussed will be reversing a 40-year trend of declining population in the city. According to the 1980 census, the city’s population was at a 60-year high with 4,146 people. Ten years later,…
Read MoreRockette Receives Grammy Nomination As Co-writer Of Coco Jones’ Billboard Song
By Terry Rockette Singer-songwriter Roy Keisha Rockette was nominated for this year’s 66th Annual Grammy Awards for her dynamic contributions to Dej Jam’s billboard-charting R&B songstress Coco Jones’ Grammy nominated EP, “What I Didn’t Tell You.” Known in Hollywood as Rockette, she co-wrote Jones’ breakout platinum single ICU, as well as co-wrote Caliber and Headline and…
Read MoreDave’s World
The long anticipated replacement for the heating and cooling system at the Water Valley courthouse may no longer be on the backburner following the discovery of a large water leak last week. The courthouse is heated and cooled using a geothermal system as water is pumped through a closed -loop underground water line system and…
Read MoreDon’t Press Snooze On The Mayor’s Race
We have us a mayor’s race, folks! And a “special” mayor’s race at that. Outside of French fries, I’m not sure there’s anything I love more than a special election. Well, maybe a few things but I do enjoy the ala carte nature of getting to vote directly on one single issue. In this case,…
Read More