Kudzu Helped Hide Missing Man’s Vehicle
WATER VALLEY – An intense weekend search for a missing Coffeeville man and his red Volkswagen convertible ended Sunday around 2:30 p.m. after the vehicle was discovered on Hwy. 32 between Oakland and Water Valley. A deep gully and mounds of kudzu had obscured the vehicle, making it extremely difficult to spot from the air…
Read MoreFire Claims Life of 81 Year Old Man
SYLVA RENA – An 81-year old man was killed in a house fire Sunday afternoon on County Road 280. Yalobusha County Coroner Ronnie Stark reported Marvin Eugene “Gene” Nelson was pronounced dead at the scene from smoke inhalation. EMA Director Dalton Coleman reported fire fighters were toned out to the fire around 5:30 p.m. Sunday…
Read MoreStorm Brought Gridlock On I-55
OAKLAND – By Tuesday morning there was little evidence of the massive gridlock on I-55 from last week’s winter storm, only a single 18-wheeler remained stuck blocking one lane of traffic. “He was loaded and nobody could get him out,” Yalobusha County EMA Director Dalton Coleman explained. Click on the link below and sign in…
Read MoreWinter Storm Was Inconvenient, But The City ‘Dodged The Bullet’
WATER VALLEY – The two-punch winter storm that brought ice Sunday night and Monday and snow and ice again Wednesday and Thursday marked a first for city workers in Water Valley. The storms prompted a week-long effort that including grading streets and clearing ice along businesses, work that even included hauling the ice and snow…
Read MoreDr. Webb Opens Second Clinic In Water Valley
WATER VALLEY – Only a year after opening a clinic on Main Street, Dr. Kimberly Webb has expanded with a second location that opened Monday in the former Regions Bank building on Central Street. Webb, a board certified doctor, practiced almost two decades before opening Webb Family Medical Clinic in Water Valley last February. Since…
Read MoreCity Clears Hurdles For New Dollar Store
WATER VALLEY – City officials resolved legal issues on property where the former Fred’s building is located to clear the way for a property transaction for new Dollar Tree store. Working in a special meeting last month, aldermen voted unanimously to terminate a decades-old reversion clause and revise utility easements on the property at the…
Read MoreSupervisors Award $16.24 Million Bid For New Bridge
GUMS CROSSING – The Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors awarded a $16.24 million bid to replace the Gums Crossing Bridge on County Road 221. The bid was awarded to Malouf Construction during a special meeting Friday morning in Coffeeville and construction on the two-year project is expected to start in April. The project is the…
Read MoreScott Charged In Double Homicide
WATER VALLEY – A Charleston man who has been charged with robbing the same convenience store in Water Valley twice during a three year span has been charged with capital murder in a 2020 double homicide. Yalobusha County Sheriff Mark D. Fulco reported that Kendrick Montreal Scott, age 38, has been charged with two counts…
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