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Bryan Wins 5K, Sets New Personal Record

Seventeen-year-old Sam Bryan was the fastest runner at the inaugural Casey Jones Blues Fest 5K Run Walk with a blazing 15 minute, 38 second finish, winning the teen category and finishing several minutes ahead of all other contestants. The time was a personal record for Bryan, who reported his previous record in a 5K was…

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Wayward Pig Is Apprehended

COFFEEVILLE – A wayward pig was on the lam for almost a week before he was apprehended Thursday morning after traveling almost 20 miles in a cross-county adventure. Sam escaped from his home on Hwy. 315, just north of Water Valley. He was captured on Hwy. 7, just north of Coffeeville, in an effort that…

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Inaugural Blues Fest Is Saturday

WATER VALLEY – Make plans to be in downtown Water Valley this weekend for the inaugural Casey Jones Blues Fest. The weekend will kickoff celebrating all things local on Friday night with the Water Valley Wine Down and a Spring Open House from 5:30-8 p.m. Saturday will start with the Casey Jones Blues Fest 5K…

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No Change In Stray Dog Policy In The County

COFFEEVILLE – County supervisors affirmed that the current approach of not picking up stray dogs in unincorporated areas of the county will remain unchanged.. The item was on the meeting agenda on March 13 after Board President Cayce Washington cited recent phone calls including a complaint about an abandoned litter of puppies. Washington initially suggested…

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County’s Insurance Premium Is Up To A Quarter-Million Dollars

COFFEEVILLE – County officials are reviewing the lengthy inventory list for vehicles, equipment and buildings in preparation for the annual renewal of the insurance policy. The premium for the next year has passed the quarter-million dollar mark and supervisors contemplated increasing coverage on several essential buildings while decreasing coverage on other buildings before the April…

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Authorities Probe Multiple Pharmacy Burgarlies

The Drug Store in Coffeeville was broken into Sunday morning around 10 a.m. in what could be related to a string of pharmacy burglaries in the state. The Coffeeville Police Department reported that the suspect broke the front door glass and entered the building. The suspect was wearing all black and got away with cough…

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Twenty Percent Of County’s Voters Cast Ballots In Primaries

WATER VALLEY – Just over 20 percent of Yalobusha County’s 8,070 registered voters cast a ballot in the March 12 Presidential Primary to select party nominees in three races. In the most contested primary on the primary ballots in Mississippi, Senator Roger Wicker prevailed in the three-way race on the Republican ticket, receiving 53 percent…

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Look Back In Yalobusha History

Bishop Marvin A. Franklin, presiding bishop of the Jackson area of the Methodist Church, dedicated the new church building, March 28, 1954, which was erected to replace the building burned on January 11, 1949. Following the fire, while deliberations were underway, a tornado on May 1, 1949, blew over some of the walls of the…

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