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Electric Commission Explores Partnership With MSU for Grid Work
WATER VALLEY – The Water Valley Electric Commission is looking to Mississippi State University for help tackling decades of underinvestment in the city-owned electric system. At a Thursday, August 21 meeting at Everest, commissioners hosted three MSU officials — Dr. Dallas Breen, executive director of the Stennis Institute of Government; Dr. David Wallis with the…
Read MoreTelford Pleads Guilty In 2023 Fatal Shooting
WATER VALLEY – Nearly two years after a fatal shooting in Water Valley, Ja’Quin Telford has pled guilty to heat of passion manslaughter in Yalobusha County Circuit Court. Telford entered the plea on August 26 in Water Valley, and sentencing is scheduled for September 18. The case stemmed from a Sept. 14, 2023, shooting that…
Read MoreSupervisors Address Roof Leaks, Grants And Burial Policy
WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County supervisors worked through a wide-ranging agenda Monday, August 18, in Water Valley, tackling topics from courthouse roof repairs and economic development to road adoptions before closing the session with two matters in executive session. Supervisors approved bids from Marchbanks Specialty Co., the low bidder on two projects, to repair leaking…
Read MoreVictory Turns Small-Town Roots Into Big-Stage Vision
WATER VALLEY – If you were at The Town and Country Garden Club’s Music Fest at The Civic and found yourself gawking at the lights, amazed by the sound, and thinking, Okay… this is next level, you’ve already had a little taste of Victory Event Group. At the helm is Max Victory—yes, that’s his real…
Read MoreCity Budget Faces New Challenges
City officials are fine-tuning the budget for the new fiscal year beginning in October, and it will present some unusual challenges. One of the big questions on the table is the PILOT payment—short for Payment in Lieu of Taxes. This is the money the city receives from the electric department each year, transferred into the…
Read MoreFrom Ole Miss To The Wagner Girls: Then And Now
I write this on Monday, the 25th, which is the first day of 2025 fall classes at the University of Mississippi. Let us all send up our collective thoughts and prayers to Water Valley’s young people — this time with an emphasis on those who are newly arrived at Ole Miss and Northwest. And State,…
Read MoreGuard Deployments Strain Budgets And Communities
Dear Editor, It seems like there is concern about the idea of sending Mississippi’s National Guard units to other cities or states—like Washington, D.C.—when those areas have not formally requested assistance. This article aims to explore the financial and social implications of such a move, without diving into political affiliations or naming specific figures. First,…
Read MoreTillatoba News
Haven Rose Dukes is a big five-year-old now, and she celebrated big Sunday afternoon with a Hawaiian theme party. There was a bouncy house with a swimming pool that all the little ones enjoyed, while the grandparents, great-grandparents, uncles, aunts and friends watched them having a good time. I don’t think I have ever seen…
Read MoreInside The Blue And White
Hello again, and welcome back to another week of Inside the Blue and White! What a beautiful week it has been, and I’m so glad you’re back reading and enjoying this column! Once again, it was a busy week for golf and volleyball! The golf boys played two tournaments last week. Tuesday they went to…
Read MoreBlue Devils Enter Season With Depth, Experience And High Hopes
WATER VALLEY – The third year of the Coach Clint Faust era kicked off last Friday with Meet the Blue Devils and a scrimmage. The Blue Devils are coming off a 5–6 campaign in 2024, and Faust believes this year’s squad has the experience, skill and numbers to put together a strong season. Water Valley…
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