All chili chefs are invited to sign up for the fourth annual Rotary Club of Water Valley’s Chili cookoff. The annual event is held in conjunction with the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce Holiday Open House. The cook-off will be held in the Pocket Park from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.…

The Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Christmas Decorating Contest for all downtown businesses this year.  Three category winners will reap cash prizes including $50 for Best Door, $50 for Best Window, and $100 for Best Overall Decorations.  Decorations must be up no later than Tuesday, Nov. 27, in order to be…

This month, First Baptist Church in Water Valley will serve as a drop-off location for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child, joining nearly 5,000 U.S. locations collecting gift-filled shoeboxes for children in need around the world. During the project’s National Collection Week, Nov. 12 – 19, Yalobusha County residents will transform empty shoeboxes into…

By David Howell Editor JACKSON – Although the peak season for West Nile virus (WNV) in the state typically ends in September, activity is still being reported across the state including a new human case in Yalobusha County. The mosquito-borne illness in a county resident was reported by the Mississippi Department of Health on October…

By David Howell Editor JACKSON – Discussion about the 2017-18 school test scores released by the Mississippi Department of Education earlier in the month was included on Monday night’s school board meeting agenda as Superintendent Dr. Michael McInnis updated board members on the data. As reported in last week’s Herald, McInnis explained that both the…

By David Howell Editor JACKSON – A second case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a whitetail deer in Mississippi is suspected after a deer in Pontotoc County tested positive last week. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) reported that a 1.5 year-old male whitetail deer that was collected on October 8…

JACKSON – Today there are reports of one new human case of West Nile virus (WNV), bringing the states total to 43 so far for 2018. The reported case is in Yalobusha County. So far this year human cases have been reported in Adams (2), Attala, Calhoun (3), Copiah, Forrest (2), Harrison (4), Hinds (16), Itawamba,…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – A resident of the Boat Landing area west of Water Valley was taken into custody Sunday morning just after 7 a.m. without incident after allegedly going on a shooting spree in his neighborhood earlier that morning. Sheriff Lance Humphreys reported Tim Tucker, 49, faces at least seven charges …