YALOBUSHA – The seeds are out, and just like that, watermelon season is officially underway. Young growers stopped by on Saturday to register and pick up supplies for the 3rd Annual Youth Largest Watermelon Contest, hosted by Yalobusha County 4-H in partnership with the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. MSU Extension Agent Missy Burney…

WATER VALLEY – The Walton/Dowsing Community Scholarship Banquet was held Saturday, April 18, at 2 p.m. at Fountain Square in Water Valley. The event was sponsored by the Women’s Missionary Society of Miles Memorial C.M.E. Church, led by President Rubye Carr. The keynote address was delivered by U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson, who encouraged students to…

20 Years—April 20, 2006, Jack Gurner, Sr., curator of the Water Valley Casey Jones Railroad Museum, was pictured as he showed Karl Teller, Hobo King for 2002-03, the site of the former Casey Jones Museum in Vaughn. Teller was in Water Valley for a weekend hobo gathering.  The Water Valley Blue Devils Baseball team, the…

One of the joys of the paper business for a nosy reporter is being the first to know. For example, I knew that Tommy and Linda White would be the recipients of the 2026 Braswell Hatcher Community Service Award at the annual Chamber reception last Tuesday night. I was well positioned and captured a great…

One of the joys of the paper business for a nosy reporter is being the first to know. For example, I knew that Tommy and Linda White would be the recipients of the 2026 Braswell Hatcher Community Service Award at the annual Chamber reception last Tuesday night. I was well positioned and captured a great…

I’m writing this column on Monday morning and the temperature outside is 43 degrees. This is very much unappreciated by me as I assumed the weather had gotten all of this out of its system. Guess not. One more fling with the heater and hopefully we can say good-bye until Ole Miss wins the Egg…

Some evenings just feel good from the moment you walk in the door, and this year’s Chamber Reception was one of them. There was a steady hum of conversation, people catching up, chairs filling, and that familiar sense that you were right where you were supposed to be, surrounded by folks who care about this…

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week. Things have been pretty good in our area. Saturday Emily and I went to the Fountain Square Inn for the Walter/Dowsing Scholarship banquet. Emily received the Butler McLeod and the Walter/Dowsing scholarships. She was asked to read an essay and did a wonderful job. We had a…

With these wonderful cool days, I was craving chicken and dressing, so I got up Sunday morning and, with David’s help, we made a delicious 9×13 dish of chicken and dressing. Daughter Donna Garripoli and son Tim Sullivan helped us put a big dent in it. I had a bag of cranberries, so I made…