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.   –…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The Water Valley Electric Department has taken some big steps over the past few months to improve the reliability of the local electrical system. Recently completed projects include a state-of-the-art power line and the purchase of the 161 kilovolt (kV) substation. Still ongoing is the installation of two transformers…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – Grand juries in the First and Second Judicial District in Yalobusha County handed down 60 indictments on June 18 and 19 according to Circuit Clerk Daryl Burney.     The indictments remain sealed until served by law enforcement.     The indictments included:     • one count of forcible rape;     •…

By Taylor IvySpecial To The Herald ENID LAKE – Five thousand hatchling paddlefish (spoonbill catfish) raised at the new North Mississippi Fish Hatchery at Enid Lake will find their way Monday into the Tenn-Tom Waterway in the latest release by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.     These baby catfish are among more…