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…

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…

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

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…

By Jack GurnerReporter Christmas is a very special time of the year and the North Mississippi Herald has always been a big part of Water Valley’s holiday season. The Herald has provided information about Christmas activities throughout its 120-plus year history. And, the newspaper’s advertisements have shown local consumers where to go for gifts to…

YALOBUSHA – City and county offices across Yalobusha will be closed two days during Christmas and on New Year’s this year. Closings scheduled include Thursday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 25 for  Christmas holidays and  Thursday, Dec. 31, and Friday, Jan. 1, for New Year’s holidays.     The holiday schedule includes the city departments in…

    Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In 2008, 11,773 people died in highway crashes involving a driver or motorcycle rider with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher.     The Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department is joining with thousands of other law enforcement and highway safety agencies across the nation from…

 Yalobusha Nursing Home employee Courtland Jenkins, who has given blood seven times, was ready to go again Monday for the hospital challenge blood drive. Mississippi Blood Services Supervisor Robin Coleman is assisting with the donation. In the background, Phlebotomist Bridget Austin prepares another donor.                – Photo by Jack Gurner