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Jackson – The average cost per claim – about $15,000 – related to water damage from frozen pipes increased 33 percent between 2007 and 2008, State Farm reports. As Old Man Winter makes his way across the country it’s important to take a few minutes to assess pipe vulnerability. Freezing temperatures could cause pipes to…

It happens every 19 years. Once in a blue moon there is a blue moon on New Year’s Eve. The last one was in 1990. You can see one tonight if the clouds don’t obscure it. For more information click on blue moon.

Staff Report Traffic accidents generated the most calls for Yalobusha deputies in 2009, topping the year’s list or reported cases with 90, according to Sheriff William “Lance” Humphreys. “More than half of these were a deer-related crash,” Humphreys said about the statistics provided for the Herald. Deputies have served 1,070 papers in 2009, booked 411…

Staff Report     The year started out as a promising one for Yalobusha County Farmers. But, three times the normal amount of rain in September and October turned it into a major disaster at harvest time. Crop loss estimates run as high as $5 million in Yalobusha, according to Gary Crafton, County Director for the…

Staff Report     With a global recession raging in 2009, Yalobusha County’s jobless rate indicated that the effects were felt at home as the county recorded a 22-year high in July with 17.4 percent of Yalobushians unemployed.     The July rate was the highest recorded since late 1986, when unemployment topped out at 21.1 percent…

A Month By Month Look At 2009 News Events January Police started the New Year with an attempted armed robbery of the Water Valley Package Store on Blackmur Drive around 8:30 p.m. Jan. 1, when a lone black male entered the store and pointed a gun at the clerk. School officials wanted to get Water…

If you would like to see all the photos we took from the Water Valley Christmas Parade, go to: http://www.nmherald.printroom.com/

Go take a look at these tracking sites: Santa Updates NORAD Tracking

Pete the Hound’s Christmas Adventure is a work of fiction based on a real dog who once upon a time lived on Panola Street. By Jessie Gurner Christmas Eve, 1939 “He’s going to be so disappointed,” Mama said, holding out a cup of hot coffee.  Steam rose from the dark surface and hovered in the…