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…
Read MoreWayward 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…
Read MoreInaugural 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…
Read MoreNo 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…
Read MoreCounty’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…
Read MoreAuthorities 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…
Read MoreTwenty 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…
Read MoreCoughlin Provides Overview Of City Projects Underway During Monthly Alderman Meeting
WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County Economic Development Executive Director Kagan Coughlin provided updates about ongoing work on multiple city projects during the monthly meeting of the Water Valley Board of Aldermen on March 5. “I am here to support whatever Water Valley is doing… whatever happens in Water Valley is good is for the economy…
Read MoreLook 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…
Read MoreElectric Department Challenge Is Managing Spiraling Costs While Improving The Grid
In the newspaper reporting business you learn a little about a lot – meaning you write about many different subjects and try to understand enought to explain to the readers. One week I may be on the trail of a complex court case and the next week writing about federal funding for an electric department.…
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