Ambassadors Welcome Peck’s Trading With Ribbon Cutting
The Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors hosted a ribbon cutting for Peck’s Trading, located east of the city on Hwy. 315 last Thursday. The store was reopened last year by Abby Davis. “My dad grew up with the original store in the same spot as Peck’s Trading dreamed that one day he would…
Read MoreGrenada Man Drowned In Tillatoba Lake
TILLATOBA – A fishing outing at Tillatoba Lake turned tragic for a Grenada County man Sunday afternoon. Yalobusha County Coroner Ronnie Stark reported Kalawinski Shaw, 38, drowned after his boat capsized. Shaw was at the lake fishing with friends. Multiple agencies responded to the scene after receiving the call at 1:54 p.m. Yalobusha EMA director…
Read MoreSuspect Faces Felony Charges After High Speed Pursuit
WATER VALLEY – An 18 year-old is behind bars facing felony charges after leading officers from multiple departments in a high-speed chase in Yalobusha and Lafayette counties Thursday afternoon. Water Valley Police Chief Jason Mangrum reported Jonathan Love was arrested without incident at his residence on Grand View Drive Saturday night and charged with…
Read MoreNational Day Of Prayer Will Be Observed Thursday
WATER VALLEY – The local observance of the National Day of Prayer will be held at the flagpole in front of the Crawford Sports Complex at noon on Thursday, May 4. Local ministers from area churches will participate in this observance which was initiated by the US. Congress and proclaimed by President Harry S. Truman…
Read MoreTVIfiber Shares Progress On Broadband Buildout
COFFEEVILLE – Almost 100 people attended a meeting Thursday in the Multi-Purpose Building in Coffeeville as representatives with TVIfiber provided an update on the fiber-optic broadband deployment project in Yalobusha County. TVIfiber, Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association’s (TVEPA) broadband subsidiary, started construction on the final phase of its fiber-optic broadband deployment project in March, 2022.…
Read MoreI Guess The Frozen Pizza Was Better Than Tag Soup For Sunday’s Supper
It was almost tag soup for supper when I got home from a turkey hunting trip in the Missouri Ozarks Sunday night. That’s right, after four mornings chasing gobblers in those steep hills, Del and I came home empty-handed. Del is my co-worker’s husband, and he loves turkey hunting as much as anybody. We covered…
Read MoreHill Country Living
Greetings from Miami. I’ve been here on a work trip for a few days. Having never been to Miami before, I realize this is the farthest South I’ve ever been in the United States. There’s not too much farther you can go, I guess. While this may be the furthest south I’ve ever been latitude-wise,…
Read MoreConsider What the Future Holds If A Teacher Wants To Discuss Reality With Your Offspring
Dear Editor, In regards to the letters about High School subject matter. I grew up in the 60’s and we didn’t have books like this or classroom discussions about all that and do you want to know what came next? The 70’s. I won’t sugarcoat it for y’all, most of your worst fears were realized.…
Read MoreCareful How You Judge A Statute (Or Book)
Dear Editor, I write to you today in response to a letter published April 20, 2023 regarding a parent questioning the choice of a novel assigned to 11th grade students. The writer took issue with the assignment of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky to Juniors in Water Valley and declared the…
Read MoreLook Back In Yalobusha History
• 15 years ago, May 8, 2008 – A Panola Street resident was bitten by a dog while on a morning walk on Wagner Street. Although the bite was minor, the incident was just one of an increasing number of reported dog incidents in the city. Vaughn Hart, Ally Avant and Haley Catherine Russell won…
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