By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Wood Street resident Janice Crow used to feel safe going for walks in her neighborhood. Not anymore. Sunday morning she and her miniature dachshunds, Jimmy Doo and Diddle Doo, were attacked as they walked down the street by a neighbor’s dog running at large. Crow was bitten on the…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The City budget for the upcoming fiscal year is projected at $2,640,150, just $116,250 above the current year. Mayor Larry Hart described the new budget as pretty much in keeping with the past year’s budget. “The current year’s budget has performed well,” Hart said at the August first Tuesday…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The District School Board will meet in a special called session Thursday to approve tax resolutions for both Yalobusha and Lafayette Counties. The resolutions were originally set to be approved during a special session Monday. However, the vote was delayed awaiting action by the U. S. House of Representatives…

This week’s Herald contains a four-page section of photos from the 2010 Watermelon Carnival. You can also view video highlights from the event at YouTube.

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – As the 2010 Census winds down, state lawmakers have already started work for redistricting. A series of 12 public meetings to allow public input into redistricting kicks off Monday, Aug. 16, and continues through Sept. 15.     The closest public hearing to Yalobusha County will be held August 19,…

COFFEEVILLE – Aldermen hired Justin Robertson as a full-time police officer during their regular monthly meeting in July. Police Chief Mark Martin made the request that Robertson be hired and sent to the police academy in August. He had been working part-time 20 hours per week. Robertson will be required to sign a two- year…

WATER VALLEY – There were no major problems for Police over the Watermelon Carnival weekend, according to Lt Rick McCuan. McCuan reported the following law enforcement activity within the Water Valley City limits during the past week: • Made two arrests for possession of marijuana and driving under suspension; • Made two arrests for DUI,…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY –  The parking lot at Dollar General in Water Valley was a hotbed of activity Saturday as store officials authorized five or six vehicles to be towed for parking in the store’s privately owned parking lot.     The vehicles were towed after an announcement was broadcast at the park’s gazebo…

Jack Gurner Reporter JACKSON – Mississippi received just $175 in restitution during fiscal year 2010 from two of the men involved in the failed Mississippi Beef Processors plant in Oakland. Richard N. Hall Jr., former owner/manager, paid $75, leaving a balance of $548,085.59 owed to the State, according to the Audit Exceptions Report issued July…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Synthetic marijuana will soon be illegal in the City after Aldermen voted to draft an ordinance banning the sale and possession of the substance. “It’s an herbal mixture that offers the same or a better high than marijuana,” Mayor Larry Hart said during the Aug. 3 City Board meeting.…