By David Howell Editor PINE VALLEY –  The much anticipated, mostly complete list of artists signed up to exhibit at the Second Annual Pine Valley Music and Arts Festival has been finalized and it’s a doozy.             Event coordinator John Forsyth released the list exclusively for print publication in the North Mississippi Herald. The artists…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – A mandated 36-day shutdown for natural gas line supplying the Oakland-Yalobusha Natural Gas District starts Saturday and city, county and state officials are scrambling to find a backup plan that could include trucking the natural gas to the pipeline.             The shutdown is mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The school district has a new superintendent with a proven track record of improving and sustaining student achievement.             The appointment of Dr. C. Michael McInnis was announced at the May meeting of the school board Monday night. McInnis is currently assistant superintendent of the Grenada School District…

By David Howell Editor TORRANCE – A Coffeeville man was killed in an ATV accident  Saturday night  on U.S. Corps of Engineers property near Torrance Boat Landing at Grenada Lake.             Yalobusha Coroner Ronnie Stark reported Shelley Ray Taylor, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene around 11:32 Saturday night. Taylor died from head injuries…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – You could say the press release from the Mississippi Department of Corrections  (MDOC) on April 30 announcing the end of the Joint State County Work Program was untimely. The announcement from MDOC Commissioner Marshall Fisher last Thursday arrived on the same day Yalobusha County completed construction on a…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The school district has a new superintendent with a proven track record of improving and sustaining student achievement. The appointment of Dr. C. Michael McInnis was announced at the May meeting of the school board Monday night. McInnis is currently assistant superintendent of the Grenada School District and…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – A pair of men charged in a brutal liquor store robbery last May are scheduled to appear in court Thursday during plea day.             Nicholas Hall and Keith Cook each face two counts, robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime. The incident occurred on May 2, 2014, as…

            The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is seeking public comment on proposed hydroelectric projects at Sardis and Enid Reservoirs. Applications to build the projects were filed November 13, 2014, according to a legal notice seeking public comments published in the April 16 edition of the North Mississippi Herald for Enid Lake and the April…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – The town is scheduled to get a good spring cleaning Saturday morning, May 2, as The Town and Country Garden Club is sponsoring its second annual city wide clean-up day. The effort gets underway at 8 a.m. in the parking lot behind City Hall for a picture before volunteers are…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Unemployment in Yalobusha County was 7.3 percent for the month of March.             That’s a slight drop from February’s figure of 7.9 percent, according to the latest estimates from the Mississippi Department of Unemployment Security.             The latest estimates do show that Yalobusha’s 7.3 percent unemployment rate is…