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 – 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…

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…

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 …

By Abby Vance and  Pierce Morrison WATER VALLEY – On October 6 Water Valley welcomed its newest business, The Humble Bee Cafe, to Main Street. The Humble Bee Cafe serves a variety of coffees, teas, pastries and fresh-to-order beignets. Sarah Stone and Maggie Richardson opened the cafe as mother/daughter partners and are hopeful the community…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – The electric outage scheduled by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on Nov. 3 is part of a $1.5 million project to replace wooden poles with steel poles on the transmission line from Coffeeville and Batesville that includes service to Water Valley. During the outage, TVA will be replacing wooden…