Supervisors Have No Wiggle Room On Past Due Garbage Bills By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – County officials were unable to grant a request from a Scobey man to lift a hold on his vehicle tag if he agreed to a payment plan to catch up on his $286 past due garbage bill. Trevor…

Ambassador Christmas Breakfast Is A 22-Year Tradition At Ford Home By Lucia Holloway Herald Contributor WATER VALLEY – The Christmas ambassadors’ breakfast was held at Cecil and Melvin Ford’s home last Tuesday morning. The couple has hosted the annual December event each year since the group was organized in 1993 by Melvin Ford who also…

WVHS Listed In Top 100 High Schools In State Water Valley High School (WVHS) was listed among 2016’s top best 100 public schools in Mississippi. The rankings were released by Niche, a national education assessment company that evaluates more than 100,000 public and private schools annually. WVHS came in at 76th on the list out…

Yalobusha Cattle Farmer Named Farm Bureau Woman Of The Year From The  Coffeeville Courier Cattle farmer and Yalobusha County resident Christine Fielder was named Mississippi Farm Bureau Federal Farm Woman of the Year. She was selected from entries across the state prior to the state convention activities in December. Fielder was presented with the award…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY  – Nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards were announced Monday morning and a Water Valley producer has an album nominated for Best Blues Album. Amos Harvey produced Cedric Burnside Project – Descendants of Hill Country. Harvey reported the 13-song album was recorded live at Electraphonic Studio in Memphis…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – A property owner may get a reprieve on his 2015 property taxes after he explained to county supervisors that his renovation was not complete when it was assessed in January. Speaking at the “first Monday” supervisor meeting in Water Valley, historic preservation enthusiast Kagan Coughlin explained that work on…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha Health Services (YHS) administrator Terry Varner reported the year will end with strong ratings for the hospital and nursing home.  The most recent survey measuring patient satisfaction on the quality of care at the hospital reports 95 percent overall approval and 100 percent of the patients would…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – City officials approved the purchase of a police car and generator during the brief monthly meeting held Dec. 1. “We try to purchase a police car each year,” Mayor Larry Hart explained about the new cruiser. The purchase price for the Dodge car is $22,213, which is state…

October Jobless Rates Increases By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s unemployment rate of 6.3 percent for October is up two-tenths of a percentage point over the September rate. The latest figures from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security show that Yalobusha County’s unemployed rate is four-tenths of a percent point above the…

Funny Money Tops Crime Report By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – A pair of bogus $100 bills, a stolen purse and a shattered door top the criminal activity in the City of Water Valley in recent weeks. Police Chief Mike King reported Dollar General and Sonic each reported a fake $100 bill on Nov.…