By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Renovations at Baker Street Park should be completed by the end of the month, Mayor Bill Norris announced at the regular first Tuesday meeting of the Board of Alderman on May 5. “It looks mighty bright over there,” Norris said as he described finishing touches being put on new…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – Stanley Crow, long time band director and music educator, has been presented the first Ed Shearer III Memorial Award for Artistic Achievement. The presentation was made  by Ramona Bernard and Bill Warren, co-directors of the Water Valley Arts Council, and David Hopple, a member of the Arts Council and Assistant…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Voters in Ward Three will return to the polls Tuesday, May 19, for a runoff in the city’s Democratic Primary Election and officials are hoping that things will run more smoothly than they did on May 5. Phillip Tallant will face Rubye Carr for the Ward Three Alderman’s seat.…

The Main Street Market Festival offered a day full of fun for all ages, said organizers. For a look at all the photos taken by the Herald that day, please go to this link: www.nmherald.printroom.com

Ackerman defeated the Blue Devils, 7-5, in the second game to take the North Half. . The Indians of Ackerman High School won Friday’s first game, 3-0.

An art show was held Saturday and Sunday for students of Imagination Station art school. The show was in the studio at 32 South Main St. On Display were works by artists from ages five to 15. The art school is a center for art lessons and creative studies, according to owner Anissa Wilkinson. “The…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – ­ Former mayor Larry Hart defeated incumbent Bill Norris in the Democratic Primary Tuesday to take back the city’s top elected position. Hart received 551 votes to Norris’s 269 votes, winning in each of the town’s four wards, according to the unofficial vote count Tuesday night. The election is…

May 9Market Fest Event Schedule 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Farmers Market Kick Off: at Magnolia Tree on Main & Blackmur (includes fresh produce, breads, honey, eggs, etc…. Fiddlin’ Rooster Kids Train Ride 10 a.m. to noon –  Children’s Stage at Farmer Market Jim McGaw Kelli and Kelly 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. –…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A stalled bridge replacement project located on County Road 2 near Tillatoba remains in the limelight after a landowner demanded public apology from supervisors.     “Y’all chopped me up pretty good last month in the paper,” Mark Hartley told supervisors during the “first Monday” supervisor meeting held in Coffeeville on…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Aldermen were scheduled to appoint a special prosecutor to try one of their own at the regular monthly meeting of the city board last Tuesday night. However, Mayor Bill Norris will make the appointment later this week, according to information received after press time Tuesday. The matter was not…