By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – First Presbyterian Church has a new pastor. Harold Spraberry and wife, Carolyn will be moving here from Southaven later this summer. Rev. Spraberry, who has been coming to preach at the church every other Sunday for a year and a half, will assume-full time duties. An installation-ordination service will…

    Yalobusha Habitat for Humanity will host a reorganization meeting in the Community Room of the Mechanics Bank on Tuesday, June 24, beginning at 7 p.m. The affiliate will transfer to The Fuller Center for Housing, a similar group designed for grass roots organizations. “If you are interested in knowing more about the group, or…

Art in the Park will be held Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. until noon in the Water Valley City Park. The event, sponsored by the Water Valley Junior Auxiliary, will feature art related fun for kids of all ages, according to Tiffany Webb, chairman. “The Junior Auxiliary would like for the community to get…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – You can blame our little feathered friends for the power glitches that have hit the city over the past few days. “We’ve had some bird related outages,” said Joe Newman, manager of the Water Valley Electric Department.  “This time of year the English sparrows and starlings are the worst.”…

RIDGELAND – The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Mississippi is cautioning Mississippi consumers to carefully consider their options before responding to recent full-page newspaper ads promising “Free TV”. The ads, which have run in several daily newspapers in the state, are headlined, “Public to Get Free TV Without Gov’t Coupon!”  The ads, placed by Ohio-based…

By David HowellEditor   WATER VALLEY – Noticed a drop in your vehicle’s fuel efficiency lately?     You may not be the only one and there is good reason. Or, at least according to a local gasoline distributor, a bad reason.     Beginning June 1, Mississippi gasoline suppliers only provide gasoline with 10 percent ethanol, commonly…

The Water Valley Planning Commission will meet tonight, Monday, June 16, beginning at 7 p.m. in the boardroom at City Hall. The agenda includes an appearance by the owner of a mobile home firm who wants to put an office and mobile home display in a location on the Hwy. 7 bypass near the intersection…

A midday storm dropped from a half-inch to one-and-a-half inches of rain in areas of Yalobusha County and more is predicted, according to the National Weather Service.   Right before noon light to moderate showers began to fall in Water Valley from partly cloudy skies with the sun shining. By 1 p.m. heavy rain began…

Click Beetle! Mary Phillips found this insect on the porch of her residence at 200 Blackmur Dr. The markings on the insect’s back, which resemble eyes, caught her attention. She had never seen one like it before and neither had her neighbors. Can anyone identify this bug? Herald readers are quick to find the answer…

 JOB DESCRIPTION ZONING AND FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR / BUILDING INSPECTOR OF THE CITY OF WATER VALLEY Nature of Work Work involves specialized technical work in the administration, interpretation and enforcement of the City of Water Valley’s Zoning and Development Ordinance, Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and all applicable aspects of the International Building Code, as amended (collectively,…