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Hart To Headline Oakland’s Yalo-Ribbon Festival on May 2
OAKLAND – The Oakland Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce that Danica Hart, formerly of the nationally recognized country trio Chapel Hart, will headline the 2026 Yalo-Ribbon Festival in Oakland on Saturday, May 2. With the addition of Hart and growing regional interest in the event, festival organizers have moved this year’s celebration…
Read MorePole Inspection Starts Monday In Water Valley
WATER VALLEY — The Water Valley Utilities Commission will begin a comprehensive inspection of every electric pole in the city starting Monday, March 23. The work will be carried out by contractor PPMC as part of an ongoing effort to strengthen the city’s electric infrastructure and improve service reliability. During the inspection process, crews will…
Read MoreCity Raises Storm Debris Contract To $1 Million
WATER VALLEY — The Water Valley Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday night, March 3, to increase the city’s debris removal contract limit to $1 million as cleanup from Winter Storm Fern continues across the city. Mayor Tommy Reynolds told aldermen the increase was necessary as contractors continue removing storm debris from city streets and rights-of-way.…
Read MoreAuctions Planned As Cleanup Gets Underway On City Properties
WATER VALLEY — Aldermen approved a contract with Taylor Auction Company to sell surplus equipment from the former poultry processing plant during their March 3 meeting, a move officials hope could generate tens of thousands of dollars for the city. The vote to approve the contract was unanimous. City attorney Daniel Martin explained during that…
Read MoreCourtroom Security Upgrade Approved
COFFEEVILLE – The Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of a metal detector for use at the courtroom entrance at the Coffeeville courthouse. The approval for the expense was for an estimated price of $5,000 or slightly lower and passed unanimously during the “first Monday” meeting on March 2. “We have one in…
Read MoreAll These Murders And Nobody Asks The Dog
I have expanded my surveillance routine beyond my yard and Dupuy Street to international horizons. My human calls it watching British mysteries. I call it scenery with a body count. At first glance, these villages appear harmless. There are stone cottages with climbing roses. Narrow lanes. Church bells ringing politely across tidy greens. Women cycling…
Read MoreWater: The Battle Few People Saw After Ice Storm Fern
When Winter Storm Fern roared through Yalobusha County in late January, most of the public attention focused on restoring electricity. Crews worked around the clock clearing trees and rebuilding power lines, and understandably that’s what people were watching. But another battle was happening at the same time, mostly out of sight. The fight to keep…
Read MoreInterstate Speed Limits Increased To 70 In 1996
10 Years Ago — March 10, 2016 – County supervisors met with attorneys from the Jackson-based law firm Watkins & Eager PLLC to discuss possible legal action related to contamination from a decades-old release of trichloroethylene (TCE) at the former Colt Industries/Holley Automotive facility on Highway 32. Testing by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality…
Read MoreAnother Prized Letter From Oxford Socialite
It’s a Wagner Week! Surprise, another letter to our own George Wagner from Oxford socialite, Elma Coleman Meek. We’ll just keep what she says about the Chancellor’s wife between us, okay? January 12, 1904 Dear George, Knowing how busy you have been with your exams, I fully intended writing you before. Usually someone has borrowed…
Read MoreTate ‘Is Better Than Your Average Republican’
Dear Editor, I had to compliment some politicians recently. I hate to do that. Our local Democrats squeezed out some praise through utter competence and now I guess I want to give equal time. So, our Governor Tate Reeves, Better Than Your Average Republican. Nobody’s perfect. He will be needing a job soon, in a…
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