WATER VALLEY — A proposal to rezone a former church on Calhoun Street for use as transitional housing for women sparked ...

COFFEEVILLE — The rising cost of fire trucks is placing small towns like Oakland in a difficult position, a challenge Yalobusha County supervisors discussed during their Jan. 5 “first Monday” meeting ...

The calendar has rolled around to a fresh New Year, meaning many of us will struggle for a few weeks to write 2026 instead of 2025. Many will have made New Year’s resolutions or, as is currently ...

A New Year always makes you think ahead a little. Not in a resolutions and big promises kind of way, but in a quieter way. At the Chamber, when we talk about hopes for 2026, we’re really talking about ...

OXFORD – Mr. Paul McKibben Byars, 84, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi in Oxford. The funeral service was held Tuesday, December ...

The Hubert Creekmore Literary Society (HCLS) will celebrate the 119th birthday of Water Valley poet, writer and editor Hubert Creekmore on Friday, Jan. 16, at 6:30 p.m. at Bozarts Gallery. Mississippi ...

A New Year always makes you think ahead a little. Not in a resolutions and big promises kind of way, but in a quieter way. At the Chamber, when we talk about hopes for 2026, we’re really talking about ...

MURPHY, Texas — Joyce Dean Spencer Anthony, age 91, of Murphy, Texas, formerly of Water Valley and Greenville, passed away after a brief illness on December 12, 2025, at her home in Murphy, Texas.

JACKSON — Mississippi hunters will be required to purchase a new Wild Turkey Stamp beginning next spring, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. The Wild Turkey ...

Hope everyone has had a great week. I’ve been crazy busy. We made two trips to Indiana this past week. My mom’s uncle was sick and passed away, and we went to be with family. I won’t be complaining ...

WATER VALLEY– The Water Valley Electric Commission voted unanimously Monday night to appoint Jim McClure of Lafayette County as the new General Manager of the Water Valley Electric Commission, citing ...

December always feels like the busiest time of the year. So many gatherings and celebrations and parades and ways to come together as a community make this month so very merry and bright. Our Junior ...