The Water Valley Main Street Association is asking everyone to fill out their Consumer Survey (included here as a PDF file which can be printed) and mail it in or drop it by the office.

Mayor Bill Norris was in his office at City Hall Thursday to sign checks and “get out of the house.” Norris suffered a heart attack August 23 and had heart surgery last Friday, Sept 5. “I am still a little sore,” he acknowledged. “All questions go to Lance,” Norris said with a grin, referring to…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Voters in Yalobusha County’s District Three will determine on November 4 the fate of a general obligation road and bridge bond. The bond issue was pushed to an election after 489 people signed a petition asking for a vote.     Circuit Clerk Daryl Burney told supervisors during a recessed…

By Jack Gurner Reporter CLEAR SPRINGS- A Yalobusha County fire truck was wrecked and a fireman injured when the truck rolled over responding to a fire Thursday, Sept 4. Billy Brooks, 29, of the Clear Springs community, was bruised in the crash but his injuries aren’t serious, according to Yalobusha County Fire Coordinator Frank Hyde.…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY –  School uniforms are scary. At least they are according to one of the youngsters in the Water Valley School District who filed out a student uniform survey. That was just one of many comments taken from all the survey forms submitted by parents, teachers, staff, students and members of…

By David HowellEditor YALOBUSHA – Loaded logging trucks are a common sight in Yalobusha County, as one of the county’s prominent crops, timber, is headed for the mill.     In a letter to the editor in last week’s Herald, almost 50 Yalobushians expressed concern over the county’s current ordinance that requires a $2,000 bond to…

Mississippi Man Caught After Being On The Run By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – A former resident of the area wanted in connection with the stabbing death of an Ohio man has been captured in Nebraska. John Matthew Hughes of Oxford was arrested after a traffic stop near the York, Nebraska Interstate – 80/U.S. Highway…

Sylva Rena fireman Frank Hyde, who is also Yalobusha County Fire Coordinator (top photo), sprays water on a car hauler that caught fire on I-55 Tuesday afternoon on the northbound side of I-55 near Tillatoba. Four brand new Nissan vehicles were destroyed in the fire.  Wrecker crews are shown in the middle photo removing burned…

by Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Aldermen granted the ad valorem tax exemptions for BorgWarner and Water Valley Poultry at a special called meeting of the city board Tuesday morning. The board also voted to adopt the 2008-2009 city budget without a tax increase. While the vote was unanimous for the budget, Alderman Fred…

by Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – A public hearing on the city’s purposed 2008-2009 budget and the ad valorem tax exemptions for local industry were the major topics of the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Aldermen on Tuesday night, September 2. Alderman-at-Large Lance Clement presided over his first regular session of the…