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Zediker’s Work Is On Display In Bank Lobby
“New Works by Matthew Zediker” is the featured exhibit at the Renasant Bank gallery space in Water Valley. The show opened Monday. Matthew is well known in the community as a musician. He’s half of The Zediker Brothers band, and has four albums and several singles to his credit. Matthew started painting a few years…
Read MoreVoters Return To The Polls Tuesday
By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Voters will return to the polls Tuesday in what is likely the next-to-last election in an extended saga to seat city leaders in Water Valley. Six candidates qualified for alderman-at-large and will run in a special, non-partisan election on Feb. 27 to fill the vacancy after two-term alderman-at-large…
Read MoreSchool Trustees Weigh Funding Sources For Needs
By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – The final payment for a 20-year general obligation bond issued by the Water Valley School District in 1998 will be paid in May and school trustees are taking preliminary steps to issue new bonds next year to make improvements at the schools. Board members met with Young Law…
Read MoreSCAA Seeks New Contract With The City
By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Volunteers with Second Chance Animal Alliance (SCAA) reached out to city officials to negotiate a new contract to help with the care provided for dogs picked up in the City of Water Valley. Speaking at the Feb. 6 city board meeting, SCAA director Melissa Smith explained to aldermen…
Read MoreOne-Night Show At Bozarts Features Work From Longtime Blues Advocate
Bozarts Gallery and the Jewish Federation of Oxford team up to show Through the Years: Music Legends by Dick Waterman. Agent, manager, producer, promoter, Dick Waterman is the only person inducted into The Blues Hall of Fame who was neither a performing artist nor a record company executive. He established himself in the Blues community as…
Read MoreFor Poor Folks, Living In The Depression Was A Matter Of Survival
(Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a series written by Baxter Jones about his early years.) Things were looking up for the country. The Great Depression had finally past, and there were jobs about. Daddy did carpenter work to try and pick up a little extra money to run the household, and he…
Read MoreGallery In The Green Room Opens Friday
Pati D’Amico and Bill Warren are launching their new “Gallery in the Green Room” with an inaugural exhibit of collages by local artist Katrina Geenen. The opening night festivities will begin on Friday, Feb. 16 from 6 to 9 p.m.. The gallery is located at 200 Panola Street in Water Valley in the home of…
Read MoreOak Seedlings Offered Feb. 22 At USDA Service Center In C’ville
The Yalobusha County Soil and Water Conservation District will provide seedlings to the public at no cost. Trees will be given out on first-come-first-serve basis. The seedlings will be given away on Thursday, Feb. 22 starting at 9 a.m. at the USDA Service Center on Front Street in Coffeeville. There will be a variety of…
Read MoreAldermen Approve Small Increase For Water Rates
By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Aldermen approved a small rate increase for water and sewage for residential customers in last week’s city board meeting but stopped short of implementing an increase for industrial customers. The residential increase will increase the monthly bill 15 cents per thousand gallons for usage over 2,000 gallons and…
Read MoreSix Will Run In Special Election
By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Six candidates will be on the Feb. 27 ballot for the special election for alderman-at-large after submitting qualifying papers by the Feb. 7 deadline last week. Candidates include Hubert House, Terry Rockette, Herbie Rogers, Taylor Trusty, Lorraine Turner and Dr. G.R. Orndorff, Jr. A seventh candidate who previously…
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