Water Valley has lost a very special man. Some people are so much a part of a community that it is difficult to imagine the town without them. Binnie Turnage was one of those people. For generations, Turnage Drug Store has been more than a business on Main Street. It has been a place where…

Happy first birthday to my great-nephew Sadler Ross of Oakland. He’s the son of Bailey and Hilary Ross and grandson of my brother Rich and sister-in-law Jennifer. Like many in our area, we had family and friends who were evacuated or fleeing the recent hurricane. Fortunately, our crew from the Florida Panhandle suffered little damage…

I pray all the boys and girls and school faculty had a great week during their fall break. We prepared for the storm as well as we could this past weekend. God was watching over us, and all we got was a little rain, and not much of that. Debbie McCool said her granddaughter, Allison…

WATER VALLEY – Water Valley found the end zone three times Friday night, but Baldwyn’s powerful running game and timely scoring plays carried the Bearcats to a 34-18 victory over the Blue Devils at Bobby Clark Field. The Blue Devils struck first and twice cut into Baldwyn’s lead, but missed opportunities and an inability to…

Angela is on vacation this week, so I took the task of filling in. Hoping you all have a great week.  The sermon from Bro. Grant Coffey this week was “The Math of the Soul: Why Worldly Riches Offer a Losing Return on Investment.” We live in a culture relentlessly engineered to convince us that…

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another week inside the Blue and White! Fall break has come and gone, and the Valley is settling back into the rhythm of school days. Let me fill you in on everything that’s been happening. Fall break ran Oct. 5–9, and students spent it in about a hundred different…

  As we enter our second fiscal year, I want to thank my constituents and the citizens of Water Valley for their support during what I would consider one of the most significant years of change in our city’s recent history. There have been a lot of opinions and positions shared publicly over the past…

OAKLAND — A Yalobusha County native wants to turn nearly 48 acres near Enid Lake into a destination RV resort featuring 75 campsites, cabins, horse facilities, a fishing pond and storage for RVs and boats. Michael Donald presented plans for Oak Haven RV Park & Resort to the Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors during its…

The Town & Country Garden Club will make Thanksgiving a little easier for one lucky winner. The club is giving away a new freezer stocked with a turkey, homemade casseroles and homemade desserts. Tickets are $15 each, and the drawing will be held November 16, giving the winner plenty of time to enjoy the prize…