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I hope everyone has had a great week. Things have been going well at Mt. Liberty. We were blessed to see Bro. Dave baptized on Sunday, and we’re excited to see what God has in store for him. I know many of you probably enjoyed the Watermelon Carnival over the weekend. I didn’t make it…

North Central Planning and Development runs the lunch program for senior citizens each weekday at the Timothy Booker Senior Citizens Center in Oakland. Program Director Margaret Scott White said they have openings for new participants. If you are 60 and over and live in the Oakland, Tillatoba, Scobey, or Enid area in Yalobusha County, you…

We got a good rain Sunday afternoon. David and I had been sitting on the porch watching the last of the company pulling out of the drive, and I told him that I saw a few clouds up in the sky and hoped they were rain clouds so I wouldn’t have to water my flowers.…

COFFEEVILLE – The Mt. Moriah District Missionary Baptist Association honored Mamie Shields for her loving and dedicated service to the association, which spans more than five decades. Shields was appointed District Youth Leader in 1968 under the leadership of the late Honorable Moderator J.C. Batteast. She faithfully served in this role until 2016, totaling 54…

It’s another week for Inside the Blue and White and such a busy week for the students and teachers. The seniors are quickly marking things off their lists. We took our senior portrait photos Wednesday. Last first day — CHECK. Senior portraits — CHECK. After senior portraits, some had brunch at IHOP, then some went…

TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY – A month-long manhunt for 49-year-old Sam Seymore ended Monday night when U.S. Marshals and multiple law enforcement agencies captured the fugitive at his mother’s home on Highway 35 south in Tallahatchie County. Seymore, who had been on the run since a July 10 multi-county pursuit that ended in the woods near Ascalmore…

WATER VALLEY – You know it was a good carnival when the police chief is happy. “It was the smoothest running Watermelon Carnival that I have been a part of,” Police Chief Jason Mangrum said after the weekend whirlwind. “In years past, my phone would blow up Wednesday through Saturday night.” This year? Crickets. And…

WATER VALLEY – The newly formed Water Valley Electric Commission held its first official meeting Monday night at City Hall, a two-hour session that outlined early priorities for the city-owned electric department while also addressing ongoing financial challenges. One of the more serious discussions during the meeting came when Chairman Brandon Presley explained that on…

I don’t want to put the cart before the horse, but I have a feeling we’re heading toward a difficult conversation in the not-so-distant future—one that’s going to involve electric rates. Now, I’m not saying it’s happening tomorrow, and I’m certainly not campaigning for it. But after sitting through Monday night’s meeting with the newly…

I write this column on the Monday morning after Watermelon Carnival. It is a cool 64 degrees outside! This means that the Watermelon Carnival did its job in definitively marking the high peak of the sweltering summer. We are over the hump! Or the watermelon, if you will. We are now sliding down the green…