By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – With his fuel budget on fumes, Yalobusha Sheriff Lance Humphreys received a $15,000  adjustment to his 2007-2008 department budget. Supervisors agreed to amend the budget, adding  $15,000 for fuel at the “first Monday” meeting held in Water Valley.     “Last year we budgeted $33,000 and spent $38,000,” District One…

WATER VALLEY – The North Mississippi Herald protested the use of executive session by the Water Valley Board of Aldermen during a special called meeting of the board Tuesday, May 27.      The Herald’s protest comes after many months of apparent abuse by the board of state law regarding executive sessions.     Just in the…

Yalobusha County Crime Report   By David HowellEditor     Just about every church in the county has sought-after electronics, audio equipment. This equipment has become the prized target for thieves in eight churches in Yalobusha and other churches in surrounding counties during a rash of break-ins in recent weeks.     “We had two more churches…

By Jack GurnerReporter OAKLAND – A Sunday afternoon fire destroyed the Oakland Tire Center near the I-55 and Hwy 32 intersection. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene just after 3 p.m. when an employee of the nearby Subway Sandwich Shop called 911 to report smoke coming from the building. Chief Bennie Box of the Tillatoba…

A king snake is just about to finish swallowing his copperhead lunch on Allen Circle just off South Main Street. King snakes are considered harmless and beneficial because of their diet of rodents and dangerous snakes.                 – Photo by Jack Gurner

  This classic R&G group is made up of Billy Lamb – guitar, Jerone Smith – saxophone, Wayne Parham – keyboards & lead vocalist, Cenora Taylor – vocalist, Mike Logan – drums, and Keith Barry – bass guitar. They will perform classic hits like Brown Eyed Girl, Electric Slide, My Girl and Too Proud to…

By Jack Gurner Reporter PANAMA CITY – A Water Valley High School graduate who served as an Army paratrooper died this weekend while attempting to save some teenagers. Pierre Emmanuel Allen, 21, drowned at Panama City Beach, Fla., after he and friend, Derek Croy,  attempted to reach several teens that were being dragged out to…

By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – Darryl Necaise of Coffeeville will be sentenced in Batesville Friday for kidnapping.     Necaise’s sentencing by Judge Andrew Baker followed a three-day trial in Coffeeville. Jurors found Necaise guilty and heard testimony which revealed a horrendous ordeal suffered by the victim, Lawrence Covington.     Covington testified that during his captivity…

JACKSON – About 80 Mississippi high school students – including 23 from Water Valley – were presented Duke of Edinburgh Award medals Friday at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Water Valley was one of three Mississippi schools participating in the program this year along with Oxford and Lafayette High Schools. The awards program, which promotes…

Water Valley High School Valedictorian Steffi River (top photo) addressed the graduation night crowd at the Tad Smith Coliseum last Thursday. Seven students graduated with honors from the 67 members of the 2008 senior class. They are (left to right) Steffi River, Terrance Carr, Marshall Gardner, Josh Lowery, Jessica Leigh Smith and Salutatorian Victoria Kilpatrick. …