By Jack GurnerReporter YALOBUSHA – It will be illegal to sell children in Mississippi under a provision of the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act that is awaiting the signature of Gov. Haley Barbour. The amendment to the bill that covers buying and selling children was prompted by an incident last August near Enid Lake in…

 YALOBUSHA COUNTY DELINQUENT TAX LISTING – APRIL SALEFor Taxes Due February 1, 2009I, Linda Rae Shuffield, Assessor-Tax Collector, Yalobusha County, State of Mississippi, pursuant to the provisions of Section 27-41-55, Code of 1972, Annotated, will on the First Monday and the 6th day of April, 2009, at the South Door of the Courthouse in the…

By EMILY LE COZNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – Miss-issippi ranks last once again.     A recent national survey found that while many states put basic public records on the Internet, Mississippi still requires people to request most documents by mail or in person, and sometimes the state requires people to pay for…

Staff Report     The City of Water Valley’s most recent check for sales taxes increased just over one percent over the check received last January. Sales tax figures in other municipalities in Yalobusha were down, with Coffeeville recording an three percent decrease while Oakland recorded a 14 percent decrease         The state returns approximately…

A local farmer found this vicious beast in one of his cotton fields in adjacent Lafayette County. More details in next week’s Herald.

    Less than a month after being released from a Florida prison and returning home to Yalobusha County, a Scobey man is back behind bars.     Charles Cameron, of 99 County Road 3, has been charged with two counts of burglary and two counts of grand larceny after two houses near Tillatoba were broken into…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – Curtis Leonard Sea was found guilty Tuesday, March 3, of five counts of child molestation. The verdict came late in the afternoon after the jury had deliberated for one hour and 12 minutes. The sexual battery and rape of children trial began Monday and included testimony from the victims, four…

Yalobusha Crime Report SCOBEY – Yalobusha deputies worked a on one-vehicle crash Saturday night that claimed the life of a Grenada man.     The driver of the vehicle, Walter Sally, was traveling on County Road 3 when the accident occurred, according to Yalobusha Sheriff Lance Humphreys. Assistant Coroner Debbie Jackson pronounced Sally dead at the…

WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s unemployment rate continued to climb in January reaching 14.6 percent for the month, according to latest numbers from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Unemployment in Yalobusha County was also higher than the five surrounding counties by at least two percentage points and was the twelfth highest in the state.…

City Officials Increase Fees For Multi-purpose Use By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Aldermen raised the price to rent the civic auditorium at their regular “first Tuesday” meeting, March 3. The regularly scheduled monthly session didn’t begin until 6:47 p.m. due to a lack of a quorum. Aldermen Lance Clement and Fred White were not…