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WATER VALLEY – A Duck Hill man faces felony charges after fleeing from law enforcement during the early morning hours Saturday. Water Valley Police Chief Jason Mangrum reported Christopher Young, Jr., 20, was charged with felony fleeing, reckless driving, DUI and resisting arrest following a brief pursuit that ended in Lafayette County. The chief reported…

WATER VALLEY – Rhonda Burchett will take office early as the new Position 5 Water Valley School District board member. School board members appointed Burchett during the October 25 meeting to fill a vacancy following the resignation of Chris Terry, who stepped down at an earlier meeting after he moved out of the district he…

WATER VALLEY – The Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of three trail cameras for use by Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks conservation officer Austin Tallent to help combat illegal dumping. Tallent made the request at the recessed meeting on Oct. 25, explaining that the $100 cameras will send pictures directly…

WATER VALLEY – There was a strong turnout for Saturday’s grand opening for three new businesses on South Main Street in Water Valley. Main Street Fitness, Down Range Outdoors and Water Valley Nutrition are owned and operated by brothers and business partners Stephen Wood and Craig Swanner. The three businesses occupy one of three new…

WATER VALLEY – Two Water Valley men were arrested Thursday following an 18-month investigation into the 2020 highway shooting that claimed the life of 27 year-old Barney Edward Frost, Jr. Yalobusha County Sheriff Jerimaine Gooch reported Jarvis Roberson and Geraldo Roberson were each indicted for first degree murder (deliberate design) during the Sept. 30 grand…

WATER VALLEY – The BorgWarner CEO Safety Excellence Award was presented to the Water Valley plant after employees recorded one million hours without a recordable incident. The presentation was made last Wednesday as top corporate officials from the global company traveled to Water Valley to congratulate plant manager Ray Robertson and employees. The presentation marked…

WATER VALLEY – Over 80 artists ranging from age eight to 80 will have work on display in the 13th Annual Art Crawl that runs from Thursday to Nov. 7. Sponsored by the Water Valley Arts Council, the Crawl includes 21 storefront window installations in a walkable route that starts at the Person residence at…

  GUMS CROSSING – The price tag for the most expensive project ever awarded by the Board of Supervisors in Yalobusha County got a little more pricey this week. In February supervisors awarded a $16.24 million bid to replace the Gums Crossing Bridge on County Road 221. On Monday supervisors approved the extra work that…

Whether the information is about the suspicious death of a woman found deceased inside her burned mobile home just after Christmas last year, or an elderly man brutally beaten and killed in his home on Calhoun Street in Water Valley in 2009, the Yalobusha County Crime Stoppers is offering big bucks for information about unsolved…