By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Lack of enforcement of portions of the city’s zoning ordinance concerning blight prompted a long-time citizen’s request to appear before the mayor and board of aldermen at their June meeting.             Eckford Street resident Lilly Loyce Horan, a life-long Water Vallian, said that she had come before the…

By David Howell Editor OXFORD – Jerry Wayne Hill, Edwin Earl Hill and Thomas Franklin Hill accepted the Silver Star posthumously awarded to their brother, Alfred Bennett Hill, Jr. Friday during a ceremony held in Sen. Thad Cochran’s field office in the Federal Building in Oxford Friday morning. The medal was presented by Cochran’s state…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Tommy Edwards threw out the last pitch of the 2015 season for the Magnolia Youth League during the closing ceremony held June 2. His pitch marked the end of a decade of service as director of the league as Jacob Edwards took over in April for the start…

By David Howell Editor  WATER VALLEY – The Main Street Wellness Clinic is scheduled to open Monday in Water Valley and will house chiropractor Dr. G.R. Orndorff and registered dietician Alice Anne Lee as well as a new e-clinic. The clinic is owned by Yalobusha Health Services (YHS), formerly Yalobusha General Hospital and Nursing Home.…

Art by husband and wife, Fred Asbury and Patty Simon, is currently on display at Renasant Bank. Patty’s work is colored pencil and watercolor and Fred’s work is fine art photography, acrylic painting and ebony pencil drawing. The couple are currently residents of Bartlett, Tenn., but they are soon to complete a new studio and residence…

WATER VALLEY– Voters who do not already have some form of photo ID can have a Mississippi Voter ID card  made in the Circuit Clerk’s offices in Coffeeville or Water Valley for free.  This year’s elections mark the second year voters are required to show a photo ID in order to vote.             The IDs…

WATER VALLEY – Mississippi Blood Services will hold a community blood drive on Thursday  from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. The MBS Donor Coach will be parked at the Piggly Wiggly in Water Valley. Donors will receive a t-shirt. Donors can now check their overall cholesterol levels on their MBSConnect account.             All donors are…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY –Bruce Mayor Rudy Pope attended Monday’s  supervisor meeting in Water Valley to gauge support for a potential “Rails to Trails” project on the 21-mile stretch of abandoned railroad right-of-way that stretches from Coffeeville to Bruce. “Rails to Trails” projects convert abandoned railroad right-of-ways to bicycle and walking trails.            …

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Unemployment in Yalobusha County was 6.2 percent for the month of April. That’s a drop of more than a percentage point from March’s figure of 7.4 percent, according to the latest estimates from the Mississippi Department of Unemployment Security. The new figures do show that Yalobusha’s 6.2 percent…

WATER VALLEY – The group working to obtain the necessary signatures to petition a county-wide vote on switching the county to a countywide system of road administration reported they are nearing the half-way mark.             Speaking to the Herald in mid-May, organizers Frank B. Brooks, T.G. Baker and Jeremy Warren reported they have almost 400…