WATER VALLEY – Police are investigating a burglary of the Shell Gas Mart #48 at 1207 Central Street. Several items were taken during the Feb. 7 break-in. Also under investigation is a Jan 29 burglary from a storage unit at O’Tuck Supply. Officers made a felony shoplifting arrest on Jan. 26. Arnold Wayne Folson, 38,…
By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The possibility of coaches handling more than one sport as a cost-saving measure reemerged at the Water Valley District School Board meeting last week. The issue first came up last year when former Board President Ray Hawkins suggested coaches double-up and coach a second sport during their main sport’s…
By David HowellEditor ENID LAKE – Change could be around the corner for the state’s 2010/11 deer season following the introduction of a house bill that provides the most drastic adjustment to the state’s deer season in more than two decades. House Bill 1282 passed in the Mississippi House of Representatives 86-30 on Thursday,…
Staff Report JACKSON – The North Mississippi Herald has won 14 advertising awards in the Mississippi Press Association’s 2009 Better Newspaper Contest including a second place Advertising Excellence. The awards were announced Jan. 30 during the association’s annual Mid-Winter Conference. The Herald competes in the weekly circulation division of less than 4,000. Sales representative and…
By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Aldermen have declared May 8 as Main Street Market Festival Day in the City. Water Valley Main Street Association Director Mickey Howley presented a letter to the Board at their regular monthly meeting Feb. 2 outlining the group’s plans for the second annual Main Street Market Festival. There will…
By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – A revised flood map becomes effective in March and supervisors are considering enrollment in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Yalobusha County is the only county in the state not enrolled in the program, according to the county’s Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Hyde. County officials weighed the…
In an amazing display of the ages-old art of timekeeping mixed with modern technology, the Railroad Park Clock started keeping time today. At exactly 12:01 p.m. Central Standard Time, the hands moved for the first time since the clock was erected Monday on the north corner of the downtown park. Electric Department Manager Joe Newman…
By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Austin Hodge is a man of few words. But, his wide grin spoke volumes Saturday when it was revealed that he and his family would be going to the Super Bowl thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi. Austin, 16-year-old son of Angie and Tim Hodge, was diagnosed in…
By David HowellEditor A wooden bridge crossing Turkey Creek scheduled for replacement could be stopped after a former Yalobusha elected official threatened to sue the county in federal court. Former longtime tax assessor/collector Guy Dale Shaw, who owns property adjacent to the bridge, argued that the bridge replacement on County Road 131 would…
By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Every dollar matters. That’s what Superintendent Sammy Hidgon told School Board members Monday night as he recommended over a million dollars in cuts to the district’s budget. Higdon said that administrators across the state had been told to prepare for a 10 percent cut in funds. That figure has…
Is there a hearing for Billy Brooks concerning Ashley Henley’s death?
Can any one give me the phone number to call for the law suit against Coltec for the TCE.