By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Photographer J. Clayton Peacock believes that art should be affordable. His regional landscape prints, which range in price from $25 to $50, are currently on display in the lobby of Renasant Bank on Central Street. It is the latest installment of a rotating show sponsored by the bank…

By Leann McCoy Staff Writer – Grenada Star GRENADA – Grenada’s mail processing facilities have been granted a six-month reprieve by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).    The USPS announced last month that consolidation plans are on hold for now. The processing facility handles mail dropped at all post offices in Yalobusha.    Postal officials…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – The March 13 Primary election is heating up in Mississippi as at least eight candidates vying for the Republican nomination will appear on the ballot. The candidates include Michelle Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, John Huntsman, Gary Johnson, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Rick Santor-umm according to the…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Yalobusha supervisors started the first meeting of the new term with appointments that included several changes.     In a unanimous vote, District 1 supervisor Tommy Vaughn was appointed board president and District 2 supervisor Amos Sims as vice-president. The vote reversed their leadership roles, as Sims had served as…

Watch the ceremony on YouTube. By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s elected officials took the oath of office Tuesday, Dec. 27 in preparation for beginning their new terms this year. “These are your leaders of Yalobusha County,” said Circuit Judge Smith Murphey after he administered the oaths. “So, look to them for…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – Unemployment is down slightly in Yalobusha County from October to November, dropping from 10.9 percent to 10.3 percent, the lowest rate recorded in 2011.     The latest figures from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security show that the number of people out of work in November was 660 compared to…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – When the first board of supervisors’ meeting gets underway next Tuesday in Coffeeville, there are lingering issues and routine matters that will be addressed.     Supervisors will appoint a board president and board attorney, a ritual that comes at the first meeting each year. Among lingering issues are…

January The New Year opened with politics heating up in Yalobusha County as candidates began to qualify to seek office. Circuit Clerk Daryl Burney, who was manning the Water Valley office on the holiday, filed his paperwork becoming the first candidate in the county to qualify for the Aug. 2 primary. Former supervisor Bailey Walker…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – One of the stories that spanned the entire year in 2011 was completed at presstime Tuesday night as newly elected county officials took the oath of office. The ceremony culminates months of politicking that spanned the pages of the Herald in 2011, starting as candidates began qualifying last…

All City of Water Valley offices and departments will be closed Monday January 2, 2012 to observe New Year’s holiday.