The Water Valley Chamber of Commerce will sponsor Music In The Park Friday, July 2. The Swinging Prevaricators will take the stage at 7 p.m. We had to look it up too… prevaricate  (pr-vr-kt) vb (intr) to speak or act falsely or evasively with intent to deceive [from Latin praevaricari to walk crookedly, from prae…

Billy Bryce Williamson, self-described retired farmer, brought in the first cotton blooms late last week. He said he had spotted several the week before, but was just now getting around to bringing them in. The cotton was planted in late April, he added.             –  Photo by Jack Gurner

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s unemployment rate went back up in May after a steady decline over the first four months of the year. The May unemployment rate of 15.3 percent is the highest it has been for the month in the past five years, more than doubling the May 2007 rate…

The North Mississippi Herald won six awards, including a first place, in the annual Mississippi Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. The awards, which are for work published during 2009, were presented Saturday at the Mississippi Press Association’s Tri-State convention with Tennessee and Arkansas. Herald reporter Jack Gurner won Best Spot News Photograph for a picture…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Sylandria Roberson won’t soon forget her 19th birthday Monday. Sylandria, known as “Fat Cat” to her friends, was on the way home from her job at Windsor Foods when she and Mandy Hilliard ran off Hwy. 32 West in a rainstorm sometime after 4 p.m. Their car apparently went…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – The county’s proposed flood insurance ordinance continues to take shape after supervisors  participated in an hour-long work session with Mississippi Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Plain Management Specialist Stacey Ricks last Wednesday, June 23.     Adopting the ordinance will allow the county to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program…

By Jack GurnerReporter ENID LAKE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants everyone to be safe over the July Fourth holiday. Corps officials expect Enid Lake campgrounds to be filled to capacity and day use visitors to be plentiful.   Park Rangers will be patrolling on land and water and they will be stationed…

Mississippi Main Street announces 2010 Annual Award Winners in Downtown Revitalization The Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) celebrated achievements of Mississippi Main Street communities and member towns at the 2010 Annual Awards Luncheon held at the King Edward Hotel in downtown Jackson. The presentation of awards was made by MMSA Executive Director Bob Wilson and…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – There’s a time machine downtown that can take you back to an era when there was no fast food and people were interested in what they ate, where it came from, and how it tasted. It’s called the Farmers Market and there can be found fresh local produce as…

COFFEEVILLE – Firefighters were called to the 12000 block of Hwy. 330 east around 8:30 Wednesday night for a structure fire. The home was “well involved” according to radio traffic. Fire units from Coffeeville were backed up by Skuna Valley and Clear Springs volunteers. Firefighters had the blaze under control in less than 30 minutes.…