CLEVELAND —  Four Mississippi restaurants shine in a new bestselling book by Morgan Murphy. “On the Road Again” just hit number one on Publisher’s Weekly top paperbacks, and the author returned to Cleveland on Tuesday to visit one of his favorite Mississippi spots. When Morgan began his great Southern food tour, on a mission to…

  For the first time in several years, the Water Valley Melon Band, also known as the Community Band, will be the featured musical group at the 2015 Watermelon Carnival Music Festival.   The Music Festival will be held Thursday, July 30, beginning with a pre-show by the Melon Band from 6:30-7:15. The program will begin at…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Yalobusha County could become one of the first counties in the state to ban the sale of certain caffeine pills and powders to minors after supervisors agreed to adopt an ordinance following a request from the mom of a Water Valley teen who died last year.             “I am…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – An annual tradition, Yalobusha County Tax Collector/Assessor Linda Shuffield presented the 2015 tax rolls to supervisors during the “first Monday” meeting held in Coffeeville on July 6. Shuffield reported the county’s total taxable value for the coming fiscal year climbed 6.42 percent to 86,320,889. That’s the total assessed value…

Firefighter Kyle Cummings (right) watches as fire completely consumed the home of Tony and Trish Wiley on County Road 105 around 10 a.m. Sunday morning. Yalobusha EMA Director Frank Hyde reported the home was fully involved and firefighters could do little to save the structure upon arrival. Firefighters from Water Valley and Velma were primary…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – The excitement is building as 24 candidates are competing in four heavily contested supervisors’ races in the August 4 Primary Election. This week’s edition of the Herald contains input from 20 supervisor candidates responding to a questionnaire jointly sponsored by this newspaper and the Water Valley Business Alliance…

GRENADA – The North Central Mississippi Regional Railroad Authority (NCMRRA) announced Thursday that it has reached a final agreement with Grenada Railway, LLC (GRYR) to acquire the company and all the rail assets of the Grenada Branch Line, extending between milepost 403.0 in Southaven and milepost 703.8 near Canton, to include the section that runs…

WATER VALLEY – On Sunday June 28, Yalobusha Health Services held an Open House introducing the new Main Street Wellness Clinic at 422 North Main Street in Water Valley.  The new clinic will offer three services; Dietitian Services, Telehealth Services and Chiropractic Services.              Dietitian Services will be provided by Alice Anne Lee, Registered Dietitian.…

WATER VALLEY – Unemployment is on a roller coaster ride going from 7.4 percent in March to 6.2 percent in April and back up to 7.8 percent in May.             The jobless figure for Yalobusha County is up more than a point and a half over the month of May, according to the latest estimates…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – A Coffeeville couple are facing a barrage of charges after authorities linked them to drugs and stolen property. Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported Stephanie Byford and Dewayne Byford face multiple drug and theft charges stemming from separate incidents.             Humphreys said the crime spree started in Grenada County when both…