By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The school district is getting a bonus of almost $10,000 as construction enters the final phase at the high school and junior high buildings. Hill Construction Company submitted a change order on the window replacement project that returns $7,914.50 in unused contingency funds and $2,000 in unneeded brick…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – District School Trustees voted Monday night not to join a lawsuit against the Mississippi legislature over Mississippi Adequate Education Program funding. The unanimous vote came after Superintendent Kim Chrestman recommended that the district not participate in the lawsuit. “There could be significant unintentional consequences that could be devastating…

By Jack Gurner Reporter OXFORD – A father and son with Water Valley roots got bitten by the mountain climbing bug and recently took on one of the world’s most iconic peaks. Glen Evans, president of FNC Inc., a software technology company in Oxford, and his son, Ben, a recent Millsaps College grad, scaled Mount…

By Lucia Holloway Special To The Herald WATER VALLEY – Dorris Hemphill Crawford will be the seventh recipient of the Luella Fair Community Enrichment Award. She will receive the award from the Town and Counry Garden Club on Thursday, July 31, at the Watermelon Music Festival, which will be held in the Civic Auditorium.   …

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – A talented lineup of musicians will take the stage Friday night during the Loft on Main in the upstairs room of the Main Street grocery store.     Okolona native Chance Moore, former Idol contestant Priscilla Barker, and Water Valley resident Jacob King will each play about a half-dozen…

    The Town and Country Garden Club is bringing something new and different to the stage for the Music Festival on July 31 in the Civic Auditorium. Members are excited to have ballroom dancer Lauryn Sperling along with others that are sure to entertain. Lauryn has made quite a dance debut since coming to Oxford.…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Taxpayers in the local school district will be paying more for the 2014-2015 school year. A combination of about $45,000 less in Mississippi Adequate Education Program funds and having to fund teacher pay raises will result in the Water Valley School District asking for an increase in the…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – The county’s first budget request for the coming fiscal year came last Monday when the county’s public library system director pitched several items.     Patty Bailey outlined immediate needs that received approval during the July 7 supervisor meeting as well as a $4,700 budget increase for the 2014-15 fiscal…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Two men wanted by authorities were apprehended Friday night after attempting to flee a driver’s license checkpoint established by deputies and officers with the Coffeeville Police Department.     Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported Kevin Logan, 33, and De’Reginald Booker, 23,  were arrested after they attempted to avoid the checkpoint. Both…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The Blue Devils are getting a new head basketball coach with more than 33 years of teaching and coaching experience. Larry Taylor is leaving his post as a Pascagoula City Councilman to take the position vacated by John Sherman. Taylor was most recently a health and physical education…