Creekmore Series Continues Tuesday With Rhoades
WATER VALLEY – The Hubert Creekmore Literary Reading Series continues Tuesday, November 4, with guest author Lauren Rhoades at Bozarts Gallery, 403 N. Main Street in Water Valley. Rhoades will read from her recently published memoir, Split the Baby: A Memoir in Pieces, released in June 2025 by Belle Point Press. A writer and editor…
Read MoreFire Department Is Building Hiring Pool For Future Openings
WATER VALLEY – Water Valley Fire Chief Mark McGavock is encouraging anyone interested in a career with the Water Valley Fire Department to submit an application for a new hiring pool. “We’re trying to make a pool to be able to hire from when positions become available,” McGavock explained. “That way, we can move more…
Read MoreInside The Blue And White
Hello and welcome back to another exciting week of Inside the Blue and White! It’s been another great week here at Water Valley High School, filled with hard work, school spirit, and plenty of memorable moments. Teachers and staff have been busy preparing for upcoming events and celebrating the many successes happening around our school.…
Read MoreCommission Approves Work-Order Tracking, Accelerates Final Meter Upgrades
WATER VALLEY — The Water Valley Electric Commission continued its push to modernize the city’s utility system during a meeting Thursday night, approving an electronic work-order tracking system, authorizing bids to finish replacing the last outdated smart meters, and setting new standards for customer service and staff training. The latest modernization comes as commissioners voted…
Read MoreAldermen Take Step To Expand City Limits
WATER VALLEY – City officials took the first step toward expanding Water Valley’s boundaries with a vote to begin the annexation process for portions of the W.C. Gardiner Industrial Park during a special called meeting on October 14. Mayor Tommy Reynolds explained that the proposed annexation will apply only to city-owned land in the park…
Read MoreThacker Mountain Radio Draws Packed Crowd In Return Trip
WATER VALLEY – The Hendricks Building was packed Thursday evening, Oct. 16, as Thacker Mountain Radio made a return trip to Water Valley for its weekly public radio show. The Oxford-based program, hosted by Jim Dees and featuring house band The Yalobushwackers, set up for a free one-hour performance from 6 to 7 p.m. The…
Read MoreMDEQ To Study Wagner Street Property
WATER VALLEY – Plans to sell city-owned property on Wagner Street for new residential development are moving forward, with state officials now involved in evaluating the site. Yalobusha County Economic Development Executive Director Kagan Coughlin reported Monday that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has agreed to fund a Phase I Environmental Study for…
Read MoreObituaries 10/23/2025
Meri Jo Higdon WATER VALLEY – Meri Jo Higdon, 61, passed away Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Born Sept. 5, 1964, in Big Spring, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Earl Miller Higdon and Barbara Jean Montgomery Higdon. Meri was a longtime resident of Water Valley and…
Read MoreResident Declares Fence a Matter of Faith And Freedom
Letter to the Editor I am writing this letter as a follow-up to the fence dispute on Calhoun Street. I was given a permit to build a fence and approved by the city inspector and city clerk to build it along my property. Eleven days after the approval I was a given a stop work…
Read MoreBack by Request: County Guvment Talk
It’s a funny thing — last week’s column about the new Christmas tree at the Howell house generated more feedback than anything I’ve written in a while. Truthfully, I was struggling for words, and the story of that old tree was the first thing that came to mind. For those who missed it, I wrote…
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