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Christmas still seems far away, but I believe a few of the holiday expenditures are already showing up on the bank statement. Actually, I knew this was going to happen. My sweet bride told me it was time for a new Christmas tree, and she had found a good deal on one. Truthfully, I couldn’t…

It’s a Wagner Week! We have the infamous young socialite Elma Coleman Meek of Oxford, Miss., writing to our very own George Wagner, who is off at Cornell in Ithaca, New York. The way Elma nonchalantly talks about Barker Anderson made me think she must have surely been playfully exaggerating a simple case of a…

There’s something about October in Water Valley that just feels right. The air turns cool at night, the leaves start to whisper, and the town takes on that golden, easy pace that makes you want to linger a little longer on Main Street. Porch pumpkins seem to multiply overnight, and the smell of cinnamon candles…

20 Years—October 13, 2005 — Multiple sclerosis patient William Harris tells about his life in a front-page story written by William Browning. When the story was written, he was 28 years old and had been diagnosed five years earlier. Births announced were: Eli Trayser Sartor, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Brad Sartor, born Sept.…

BALDWYN – A tough road test on a short week proved costly for Water Valley as the Blue Devils fell 43–13 to the Baldwyn Bearcats in a Thursday night matchup during fall break. The loss drops Water Valley to 5–2 on the season heading into a pivotal division game against Myrtle this week. The game…

My sweet neighbor, Lila Myrick, was bragging on her husband, Garry, who was selected as Gym Member of the Month for September at the James C. Kennedy Wellness Center in Charleston at Tallahatchie General Hospital. He was presented with a certificate on Friday. He hasn’t missed a day since joining. Congratulations to you, Garry! I…

Sharon Bell Hamilton of Plainview, Arkansas, spent several days recently in Oakland doing genealogy research and spending time with family. She is a great researcher and has done family history for several families in the area. Margaret Scott White, who runs the Oakland Area Agency on Aging program, reports that they have had three new…

COFFEEVILLE – The public is cordially invited to attend the Mike Ayers Memorial Bench Dedication at the Coffeeville Public Library on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m., with a reception to follow. The Friends of the Coffeeville Library recently purchased a bench in memory of Mike, who served as Friends president from 2013 to 2017.…

WATER VALLEY – A football-sized device that resembled a bomb prompted road closures around the Water Valley Police Department on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 2. The Tupelo Police Department bomb squad examined and dismantled the device and found no live explosives, Police Chief Jason Mangrum said. Mangrum emphasized that the person who brought the device to…