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Wilson Announces Commitment To Attend Gulf Coast CC
WATER VALLEY – Blue Devil senior football player Donalvin Wilson announced his commitment to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College during a ceremony last Wednesday at the high school gym. He finished the season with 111 tackles and 15 sacks. Wilson extended gratitude to his teammates and coaches for pushing him to succeed. “Dez Campbell is…
Read MoreNew Lions Club Launched In Oakland
The Oakland Lions Club has formed under the sponsorship of the Water Valley Lions Club. The club will become a stand-alone Club when it reaches 20 members. The Lions Club is an international service organization with more than 46,000 local clubs and 1.4 million members. The stated mission of the organization is to serve communities,…
Read MoreInside The Blue And White
Welcome back to Inside the Blue and White! It’s been a busy week again in the Valley. The second-year law and public safety students completed their Homeland Security certification in Overland Search and Rescue. The students had to navigate from a starting point in the woods, to three separate points, and back to the starting…
Read MorePark Shooting Remains Under Investigation
WATER VALLEY –The Water Valley Police Department is investigating a shooting in Baker Street Park Sunday night that left a 24-year-old man critically injured. Chief Jason Mangrum reported an investigation is ongoing and officers have identified two potential persons of interest. The chief said officers were dispatched to the park at 5:39 p.m. and arrived…
Read MoreAction-Packed Open House Is Saturday
WATER VALLEY – Come celebrate the season with Water Valley’s Business Holiday Open House, hosted by the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, November 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.! Enjoy a festive day of shopping and supporting local businesses while exploring the final Water Valley Farmers Market of the season under…
Read MoreRoad Striping Project Likely A Go
COFFEEVILLE – Yalobusha County supervisors have tentatively decided to allocate $1.422 million in state funding to stipe and install road reflectors along 83 miles of state aid roads in the county. The decision came during Monday’s meeting at the Coffeeville courthouse following a recommendation from County Engineer Karl Grubb. This board decision only comes once…
Read MoreDave’s World
I can still remember the security officer at the beef plant in Oakland during a visit over two decades ago. He looked like Wilford Brimley in the movie, The Firm, one of John Grisham’s early books that was turned into a movie. Remember, Brimley played the villain, the security guy who chased Mitch McDeere (Tom…
Read MoreWagner Urges Son To Keep Pushing
This election week is a good time for a Wagner Week to serve as a mental palette cleanser, don’t you think? Papa D.R. Wagner tries to tell his young adult son, George, that it’s okay to not feel like a winner right now. He says that he can relate to that feeling as he didn’t…
Read MoreLions Club Extends Thanks For Tournament Sponsors
Dear Editor, The Water Valley Lions club hosted a two-person scramble golf tournament and it was very successful thanks to the golfers and the sponsors. The proceeds will be a great help for the WVLC to meet the obligations of programs throughout the state. Many thanks to all of you with a “Heart of a…
Read MoreLook Back In Yalobusha History
An early inkling that things may not be going right at the beef plant came on a smelly Monday morning 20 years ago. Coffeeville residents awoke to find a putrid substance spilled across their town after several gravel trucks spewed waste products from the cattle processing plant in Oakland all through town. Apparently the gravel…
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