A vehicle crashed into the Miles Memorial CME Church at Blackmur Drive and Simmons Street Saturday morning around 11:45. An elderly Water Valley man apparently lost control of his vehicle on Simmons Street and hit on the left side of the entrance to the church. Witnesses say the car’s engine continued to rev up after…

Country and gospel singer Wade Cottonfield of Southaven will perform for Music in the Park this Friday evening. The music begins at 7 p.m. at the Railroad Park pavilion, according to Chamber of Commerce officials. Cottonfield, who is described as sounding like Charlie Pride, will be singing selections from his album, “Angel On My Shoulder.”…

By David HowellEditor BATESVILLE – The Yalobusha County 4-H Club racked up the most points, winning the Northwest District Horse Show held in Batesville at Arena One,.     This is the second consecutive year to win the district competition and earn the qualifiers a trip to the State 4-H show in Jackson this week as…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY –A maintenance worker at the Yalobusha County Nursing Home has been charged by the Mississippi attorney General’s office with one county of fondling a vulnerable person, according to a press release from the Mississippi Attorney General’s office.     Hughie Jeffries, 57, of Calhoun County, turned himself in Monday to the…

By Jack GurnerReporter OAKLAND – Sales tax collections continue to grow in Oakland while both Water Valley and Coffeeville are down from the same time last year. The latest figures from the Mississippi State Tax Commission show that Oakland has received $60,230.25 in sales tax returns from July 1, 2010, through May 31, 2011. That’s…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s unemployment rate is on the upswing again, going up slightly from April to May. The increase was just .2 percent – from 10. 6 in April to 10.8 in May – but it follows three months of decreasing unemployment. There were 670 people out of work last…

By David HowellEditor TILLATOBA – With the primary election just over a month away, political candidates lined up to speak in the first public forum last Saturday at Tillatoba Fire Department’s political rally.     The candidates represented ranged from the Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Dennis to almost every local race on the ballot. Most of…

Storms that rolled through the area Tuesday caused wind damage in the Pine Valley community and may have been responsible for a crash on I-55.

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – The North Mississippi Herald will have early deadlines next week due to the Fourth of July holiday on Monday. The deadline for advertising for next week’s edition is this Friday, July 1, at 5 p.m. The deadline for news, including coming events, church activities, birth announcements will be Monday, July…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY –– The Internal Revenue Service has revoked the tax-exempt status of 12 Yalobusha County organizations because they did not file legally required annual reports for three consecutive years. Water Valley groups listed by the IRS include Bethel Baptist Cemetery Maintenance, Everdale Development Corporation, Salem Memorial Associa-tion, Inc., and Yalobusha Economic…