By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Electric power customers in the City can expect to receive higher than normal bills in December. But, the rates aren’t going up. The increase will be for about six or seven additional days of power consumption, according to Mayor Larry Hart. “TVA has requested that we move our billing…

View a video interview with Ernie Aune on YouTube. By Jack GurnerReporter The recent holdup of the Regions Bank in Water Valley is the only known bank robbery in memory within the city. However, there were a number of incidents of gunplay and felonious acts reported in the pages of the North Mississippi Herald, especially…

By David HowellEditor OAKLAND – A $29,000 Appalachian Regional Commission grant is the final funding mechanism in an expansion that will bring 35 new jobs to Oakland-based Windsor Foods.     The ARC grant will provide funding to extend the industrial gas line to the expansion that is primarily supported with a $650,000 state-funded Community Development…

Coffeeville Chamber of Commerce officials were pleased with the turnout for the Coffeeville Again in 2010 celebration last Saturday. The crowd was estimated at about 3,000. The winner of the car show was Jimmy Garrett with his 1965 Mustang. The Mayor’s Award went to Eddie Fly for his 1974 Bronco. The winner of the quilt…

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The Coffeeville Chamber of Commerce is finalizing plans for “Celebrate Coffeeville Again in 2010” festivities on Oct. 9. “Thanks to our many sponsors, we are expecting to provide the crowd with many activities during the day,” stated organizers of the event. Sponsors for the Celebration Day include the  Coffeeville Chamber of Commerce, Mechanics Bank, Delta…

By David HowellEditor OXFORD – A federal judge issued summary judgment in favor of Yalobusha County in a  lawsuit filed by former Civil Defense Director Cecil Harrison.     In an opinion filed Tuesday, Judge Sharion Aycock dismissed the lawsuit citing that Harrison could not prove allegations that the county supervisors and Sheriff “Lance” Humphreys had…

JACKSON – Gov. Haley Barbour today declared a State of Emergency banning all outdoor burning because of extremely dry conditions statewide. The dry conditions have increased the risk for wildfires, and forest fires already have burned wide areas of Mississippi, causingdamage to public and private property and timberland. “Everyone across the state needs to take…

By David HowellEditor OAKLAND – It’s official, Cossar State Park is off the chopping block for now and will not close as scheduled on October 31.     The reversal comes as the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks  (MDWFP) sent a letter  to the Mississippi State Personnel Board requesting to delay a previous request…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – First Baptist Church will celebrate its 150th anniversary this Sunday with special services at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The keynote speaker Sunday morning will be Rev. Joel Haire, who served as pastor from 1964 until 1969. Current pastor Dr. Randy Bain will speak at the afternoon service. The…