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Honor Students Named At WVHS

The honor roll lists for the first nine-weeks term at Water Valley High School have been released. Students named to the Principal’s Honor Roll for earning all A’s are: Amaurie Antron Benson, Jamyia ma’ree Benson, Joniyah Antoinette Benson, Selena Marie Boedecker, Evelyn Jewel Brooks, Madison Laine King Bryant, Joseph Parker Chapman, Martin Hayes Cobern, Annaliese…

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DES Releases Honor Rolls For First Nine-Week Term

The honor roll lists for the first nine-weeks term at Davidson Elementary School have been released. Students named to the Principal’s Honor Roll for earning all A’s are: Pre-school: Jonatheran M Baskin, Juan L Bobo, Rowan Case Boyle, Isabelle Lee Briscoe, Landon Kyng Bush, Lukas C Chapman, Ryan Reese Craven, Zola Grace Crow, Dustin C…

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Tillatoba News

Can y’all believe it will be November by the time this news comes off the press. I wonder if the young folks are having a problem with time flying. Maybe the earth is spinning faster, I don’t know but my head has been spinning a little lately. My granddaughter, Miranda, says “that is inner ear…

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Blue Devils End Regular Season As Region Runners-Up

BRUCE – The Blue Devils made a Thursday night trip to longtime rival Bruce High School to take on the Trojans in the final game of the regular season play on Oct. 26. The Blue Devils started fast and went on to roll to a 55-29 Region 2-2A victory. The win was the fourth of…

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Inside The Blue And White

What a lovely week inside the Blue and White! The leaves are falling, teachers are creating cozy environments in their rooms and students are learning more day by day. Each week brings something new and exciting. The senior class of 2024 is back at it again! As each senior is slowly piecing together their post…

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Burn Ban Enacted In The County

WATER VALLEY – The Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors enacted a burn ban Monday following a busy weekend of volunteer fire fighters battling grass fires across the county. Effective immediately, the burn ban will extend until sufficient rainfall is recorded in the county. Yalobusha County EMA Director Stewart Spence recommended the ban, explaining that Tillatoba…

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Entries Needed For Rotary’s Chili Cook-Off

Is your name going to be on the “Great Chili Cook-Off Roster?” It’s sign-up time for one of the most contested cook-offs in the Valley, the Rotary Club’s eighth annual Chili Cook-off is scheduled Nov. 11 in conjunction with the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Open House. Competition is always stiff with dozens…

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Three Hundred Jury Summons Will Be Mailed For Brooks’ Trial

WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County Circuit Clerk Daryl Burney will mail out 300 jury summons on Nov. 9 for an upcoming murder and arson trial for defendant Billy Brooks. Circuit Judge Smith Murphey signed the order directing the circuit clerk’s office to summon the large jury pool earlier this month. The jurors will report for…

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Solero Hosts Annual Safety Day

WATER VALLEY – Hundreds of employees at Solero Technologies gathered outside the plant for the annual safety day last Thursday. “Safety first, quality always,” CEO Dr. Donald James told the crowd to kick off Solero Safety Day 2023. He also challenged workers, setting the bar for three million accident-free hours at the plant. The hour-long…

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Look Back In Yalobusha History

Bond was set at $7,500 each for A. I. Shaw, mule dealer and chairman of the Yalobusha County Election Committee; and A. L. Heffner, Coffeeville poolroom operator, charged with the first-degree murder of John T. Durkin, 20, a soldier from Tulia, Texas, the Herald reported in October 1943. Mrs. Margaret Nicholson Hunt, 22, was held…

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