York Gets Credit For Crappie Drop Idea
I always have sort of unexplored, mixed feelings about the fanfare around New Year’s. And it’s not the idea of a new year that I have mixed feelings about because as an eternal optimist, there is nothing more exciting to me than a yet-be-be-realized future! I also love to party and consider myself a West…
Read MoreLook Back In Yalobusha History
• 15 years ago, Jan. 8, 2009 – Employment in November, 2008, was up and higher than the previous year, according to the numbers from the MDES. A brief ceremonial paper-signing was held and pictured on the front page showing Carothers Construction Co. President Ben Logan inking the deal with supervisors to donate property as…
Read MoreObituaries 01/04/2024
Mary Lou Forsyth WATER VALLEY – Mary Lou Forsyth, 76, passed away at home on December 26, 2023 surrounded by her loving family. Mary Lou was born March 7, 1947, in Oxford to Buford and Irene Baggett. She married her high school sweetheart on June 1, 1962. She worked at Big Yank for many years,…
Read MoreMt. Moriah, NAACP Plan MLK Celebration
The Mt. Moriah District Missionary Baptist Association along with the Yalobusha County Branch of the NAACP, and area churches are spearheading an area-wide weekend of service and celebration, marking the upcoming Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday. The weekend will commence with a parade and peace march through downtown Coffeeville on Saturday, January 13…
Read MoreFire Claims Life Of Water Valley Resident
WATER VALLEY – A 75-year old woman died in a house fire on Hill Street in Water Valley Thursday morning, Dec. 28. Yalobusha County Coroner Ronnie Stark reported that Lillion Holmes succumbed to smoke inhalation in a bedroom where she was sleeping. The Water Valley Fire Department received the call at 9:37 a.m. Fire Chief…
Read MoreCrappie Drop Will Mark Start Of New Year – Water Valley Style
WATER VALLEY – What kind of fish has fire bell eyes, an ooga horn, confetti breath and is six feet long and tips the scales at almost 100 pounds? A Steampunk Crappie Contraption of course – the kind that makes an annual New Year’s Eve appearance on Main Street. Water Valley resident James McCormick has…
Read MorePitcock Tapped As Interim Superintendent
WATER VALLEY –The Water Valley School Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Drew Pitcock as interim superintendent for the remainder of the school year. The appointment comes after superintendent Jerry Williams announced that he will retire on Dec. 31. The vote followed discussion in executive session during a meeting held on Dec. 21. Pitcock…
Read MoreMore Indictments Served From Dec. 7 Grand Jury
WATER VALLEY – Five additional defendants have been served after grand juries in Water Valley and Coffeeville handed down 53 indictments during the December 7 session. The list includes Kaylynn Ferguson Gordon and Macie Lauren Gordon, each indicted for possession of a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit a crime in the City of Water…
Read MoreHearing Scheduled Tuesday For Rezoning Request
WATER VALLEY – A public hearing is scheduled Tuesday, January 2, at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall for input on a property owner’s request to rezone a 98 acre tract on Hwy. 7 to C-1 Highway Commercial. Jordan Bankhead provided details about his request to city officials during the December 5 city meeting, explaining that…
Read MoreTillatoba News
Well sadly this will be our last news column for 2023 but happier and healthier times are just ahead of us, I pray. Another New Year! Thank you, Father, for giving us the start of another new year in just a few more days! Congratulations to the Jacob and Kellie Young family on the newest…
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