WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County’s unemployment rate for May rose 1.5 percent from April and 1 percent from May of last year, according to the latest figures released by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. The May figure of 8.7 percent unemployment is two-tenths percent higher than the average for the month for the past…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – While the investigation continues into several home burglaries in Water Valley in recent weeks, two juveniles were arrested in an unrelated matter Tuesday morning after allegedly breaking into Crawford Sports Complex.     Police Chief Mike King said the teens, age 15 and 16, were stopped by an officer around…

Staff Report  BILOXI – The North Mississippi Herald won three awards this past weekend at the Mississippi Press Association annual convention in Biloxi.     The Herald won two first place Better Newspaper Contest awards and one second place for stories published during 2007.     Competing in the Weekly B Division of newspapers with a circulation…

By Jack GurnerReporter Customers on the Billy’s Creek Water Association will see their water pressure back to normal after county officials approved a plan last week to temporarily supply water to the system. Representatives of the Billy’s Creek system met with the Board of Supervisors first during their recessed meeting, Monday, June 23, and again…

By David HowellEditor TILLATOBA – Legal wrangling continues in an ownership dispute over a county road after a Yalobusha landowner sued the county when he was ordered to remove his cabin which occupies a portion of the road’s alleged right-of-way on County Road 161.     Fletcher Fly filed the suit January 22 alleging that a…

All City Of Water Valley Offices And Departments Will Be Closed Friday, July 4, For The Holiday. Only Commercial Garbage Routes Will Be Run.  ———————– If you have a closing that needs to be here, please call the Herald (473-1473)

Last chance to see the beloved musical, “The Wizard of Oz,” at the Panola Playhouse Sunday, June 29.  The curtains will rise, and the magical journey down the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City will start at 2:30 Sunday afternoon.       A little girl named Dorothy and her little dog Toto; witches, both…

Madison Hill (10) models the Junior Auxiliary’s Watermelon T-shirt while her Mom, Carole, shows off the new tank-top added to the JA carnival attire. T-shirts and hats are available at the Country Club, Hair Trendz, Family Hairloom, and Turnages. The tank-tops are available only at Turnages.                         …

Official Watermelon Carnival T-shirts are on sale at the Chamber of Commerce office and Carolyn’s Flowers and Gifts. Here Main Street Manger Jessie Gurner (center) purchases the first T-Shirt from Mary Sue Stevens (left), carnival program editor, and Bonnie Cox, chamber manager. The shirts and hat will be available for order on-line at www.watervalleychamber.com.   –…

County Crime Report By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County was one of the first counties targeted in what has become a rash of church burglaries across north and central Mississippi. Fifteen counties have reports of church break-ins totalling almost 60 churches.     “Because of the scope of the crimes, the Mississippi Bureau of…