By David Howell Editor   WATER VALLEY – During a recessed meeting Monday Yalobusha County supervisors formally accepted the Dec. 4 resignation letter from District 1 Constable Brent Anderson and appointed Larry Tritt to fill the remaining year of Anderson’s four-year term.     The appointment came with little discussion after all four supervisors attending the…

Kids singing and the downtown lit up are all part of Christmas in Water Valley.

Staff Report The Herald will have an early deadline next week as the printing schedule will come a day early due to the holiday. The deadline for advertising, submitted news, legal notices and weekly columns will be Monday, Dec. 29, at noon.

“This incredible act of man’s inhumanity to man is why my dominant civil libertarian inclination is only 95 percent against the death penalty.” —Ray Mosby, publisher of the Deer Creek Pilot and award winning newspaper columnist on learning of Jessica Chambers’ death. By Rupert Howell The Panolian BATESVILLE  – “Be at peace with her, (Jessica)…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Law enforcement from multiple agencies conducted a routine drug search Tuesday morning at the Water Valley High School.     “I am pleased to report we did not find any drugs at the school,” Humphreys said at the conclusion of the hour-long operation that included a drug dog from…

A three-vehicle pileup and an empty chicken hauler slipping into a ditch caused damage, but no injuries Monday.

The Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) is urging people to give the life that keeps on giving – the gift of life during two blood drives scheduled in Yalobusha County this month. The MBS donor coach will be set up in Oakland on Saturday, December 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dollar General…

By John Howell The Panolian Investigators need help finding Jessica Chambers’ killer. Or killers. “There’s not a lot of street talk out there about it,” said District Attorney John Champion with Panola County Sheriff Dennis Darby during a press conference Thursday. “There have been no arrests made at this point, nor do I anticipate any…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Frosty the Snowman, horse-drawn carriages, shopping, and singing are all on the schedule again Friday night after stormy weather delayed a portion of Christmas in the Valley originally scheduled last weekend.     The action starts at 5 p.m. with carriage rides that will go up Panola Street and…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – A potential new restaurant in Water Valley is on hold after the owner expressed concern with the city’s revised beer ordinance.     Chef Beau Bailey has worked since October on plans to open an upscale restaurant on Main Street.  Bailey told the Herald he had met with city…