By David Howell Editor GRENADA LAKE –  It was a sound like no other at daylight Monday morning as 317 hounds were turned loose to start the 92nd annual Chase Futurity on Monday, followed by the 118th National Field Trial that gets underway on Thursday.     The hunt, or “cast” as the start of each…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Unemployment is up slightly over the month of September for Yalobusha County. The latest figures from the Mississippi Department of Employment Services show 9.4 percent unemployment for the county in September, up by just .3 of a percentage point over August’s 9.1 percent. The MDES estimates actually show…

View a video from last year at YouTube (click here). By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Main Street will once again resound with music and laughter as the Arts Council presents the third annual Community Sing-Along. “This is turning into a party that the community is giving for itself,” said Betsy Person, coordinator of…

Students, parents, teachers and staff paid little attention to the wet and cold last Friday to enjoy the annual DES Fall Festival…indoors, of course.

Water Valley 56 Mantachie 3 – Photos in the Sports section (click here)

By David Howell Editor Construction has started for a new  100,000 gallon water tank for Young’s Water  and Sewer District (YW&SD) in southwest Yalobusha County.     Work got underway this month on the water tank, a process that took over two years as YW&SD directors sought funding to help offset the $484,000 project.     In…

By David Howell Editor MEMPHIS – For-ty-six days after narrowly escaping death in a plane crash, a Germantown doc-tor has been released from rehab and spent his first night at home last Thursday.     Dr. Kenneth Byrd crashed his Cessna 210 airplane on a stormy night in a wooded area in western Yalobusha County, just…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – The Main Street Association has had a major economic impact over the five years of its existence, helping to create 52 full-time and part-time jobs downtown. “That is what we do as an association,” WVMSA Director Mickey Howley said at the annual general membership meeting last Thursday. “We…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – After months of negotiations, an agreement for Jeff Davis Water Association to provide water for a new county jail was hammered out last Friday with Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley on hand.     Jeff Davis Water Association serves the Yalobusha County Complex south of Water Valley…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Last week’s storms caused an interruption in AT&T cell service. But, for some cell phone users, it was a perceived lack of customer service and information about the problem that caused the most fustration. Complaints about loss of service began coming to the Herald Thursday morning in a…