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…

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…

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An internet posting on the North Mississippi Herald website has led to the identification of a man wanted for ATM fraud after someone saw his picture and contacted Crime Stoppers. Water Valley Police Captain Roger Thomas reported the suspect has been identified. An investigation is underway and Thomas said charges could be pending.  

“John Matthew Hughes is wanted out of Zanesville, Ohio for murder,” Water Valley Police Department Captain Roger Thomas said Friday afternoon. Authorities in Oxford and Lafayette County and in Yalobusha County have reason to believe he could be in the area, according to Thomas. Hughes has family in Yalobusha County. “This subject is considered very…

See full coverage in the next edition of the Herald  ————————————  CITY OF WATER VALLEY BOARD MEETING September 2, 2008 6:30 PM AGENDA     ************************************** 1. Call Meeting to Order2. Approval of Agenda3. Approval of Minutes4. Public Hearing on Proposed 2008-2009 Budget5. Burns Law Firm Invoice6. Silver Star Banner Day Resolution 7. MS Rural Water…

Water Valley Main Street held their first Downtown Pep Rally of the season last Thursday, August 28. Several hundred people turned out for the event. A second rally is planned for homecoming weekend on Thursday, September 25. Click here www.nmherald.printroom.com  to view all the photos from the event.

By Jack Gurner Reporter School uniforms will be the topic of a public forum on Thursday beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Water Valley High School cafeteria. The forum is one element of a study being conducted by the Water Valley School District Board of Trustees to determine the feasibility of school uniforms for students…