The Oakland Club meets on the first and third Thursday of each month at 6 pm at the Oakland Area Chamber of Commerce office ...

WATER VALLEY – President Elect Donald Trump carried 10 of the county’s 12 precincts in the Nov. 5 Presidential Election, earning 60 percent of the votes cast in Yalobusha County with 3,498 votes. Vice ...

The Mississippi Association of Coaches (M.A.C.) from region 2-2A met on Nov. 6 for post-season awards. Donalvin Wilson was named Most Valuable Lineman. The Super 22 Team is nominated and voted on by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joy Jones WATER VALLEY – Joy Carol (Samuels) Jones passed away peacefully at her home in Water Valley on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. She loved hot summer days, time spent with her family by the pool ...

The Mississippi Association of Coaches (M.A.C.) from region 2-2A met on Nov. 6 for post-season awards. Donalvin Wilson was named Most Valuable Lineman. The Super 22 Team is nominated and voted on by ...

I hope everyone has had a great week. We have been pretty busy as we count down for the All Saint’s Day festival on Nov. 2. We have a lot of fun and games planned and hope to see everyone there. There ...

The City of Water Valley, Mississippi, has used tax dollars to erase the speech of President Donald Trump guaranteed in the 1st Amendment, on Wagner street. I respect this newspaper’s resistance to ...

Jason Purdy, 54, of Coffeeville, was a beloved member of the Water Valley High School teaching staff and has been for many, many years. Known for his dry humor and laid-back personality, Coach Purdy ...

The third week in October has been proclaimed Chamber of Commerce Week in Mississippi to align with the national recognition of the work that local Chambers perform through the country and our state.

It’s a Wagner Week and here is the first half of a letter from Corinne to her dad, Daniel Wagner. Corinne is on a college trip to Scotland! The letter is long so part two will publish next week. We ...