It’s a Wagner Week! Little sister Kalista is writing back home to Jesse, who is in Water Valley. Kalista is a newlywed in Norman, Oklahoma, and living with her professor husband, Frazer, who later became a prominent psychology professor. Kalista was the most enthusiastic and of-the-day of the female Wagner sisters. She was young, fun…

There is something slightly ridiculous about planning Christmas events in August. Outside, temperatures are still soaring. The air conditioner is working overtime and walking across a parking lot in the afternoon can make you reconsider whether you really needed whatever you went outside to get. And yet, at the Chamber, we are already talking about…

Christian love and sympathy to the Hunter Roberts family of Duck Hill. Hunter passed away Sunday, Aug. 9. Please pray for his family and his many friends. Hunter had a winning personality and a kind heart. Jacque Chambers reports that they had their ladies meeting Wednesday at No Way Jose in Grenada. The group is…

WATER VALLEY — Their names are etched in Watermelon Carnival history. Marty Bost. Jerry Vaughn. Hal Vaughn. And now, Allen Rogers. Each raised the bar over the past two decades, growing bigger and bigger watermelons for the annual Largest Watermelon Contest. This year, Rogers rewrote the record book. His 233.8-pound giant became the largest watermelon…

COFFEEVILLE – The Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department made a quick burglary arrest Saturday, Aug. 1, after a property owner received security camera images showing a break-in in progress. Yalobusha County Sheriff Jerimaine Gooch reported James Bardo, age 60, was arrested after allegedly stealing multiple items from a property on County Road 267 outside Coffeeville. Bardo…

By Edee Henderson Reporter WATER VALLEY – The annual BankFirst Watermelon 3k Run/Walk was held early Saturday morning, and it is certainly one to remember. Not only was a new course record set by Tristan Bryan with an incredible time of 8:12, but also the race had the most participants, 396. This race is a…

WATER VALLEY, Miss. — Lee McMinn, broker and owner of McMinn Realty, has earned the Accredited Land Consultant designation from the REALTORS® Land Institute, the nation’s leading professional organization for land real estate specialists. The ALC is the only land-specific professional designation backed by the National Association of REALTORS®. It recognizes land professionals who have…

WATER VALLEY — Water Valley attorney Tommy W. Defer has been elected president of the Mississippi Municipal Court Judges Association, a statewide organization that supports and educates municipal judges across Mississippi. The election took place during the group’s annual summer seminar and training conference in Biloxi. Defer has served as Coffeeville’s municipal court judge since…

Sons Of Confederate Veterans WATER VALLEY — Mary Lucia Holloway of Water Valley was recently presented the Friends of the SCV award by the Water Valley Rifle Guards Camp No. 2360, Sons of Confederate Veterans. Holloway is a descendant of L.Q.C. Lamar, who served the Confederacy during the Civil War as a colonel and diplomat.…