By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Panola Street resident Megan Kingery went for a walk last Wednesday. What started as the first day of a new exercise routine, turned into a frightening experience when a dog attacked her. The incident occurred as she walked on Wagner Street. The dog bolted off a porch and ran…

By David Howell Editor     The rising price of fuel and food prompted Water Valley school officials to raise the price for school meals beginning in August for the new school year. The decision, made Monday, May 5, at a regularly scheduled school board meeting marks the first increase in seven years.     Water Valley…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Circuit Clerk Daryl Burney is urging Yalobusha voters to participate in next Tuesday’s runoff after just over 10 percent of the county’s registered voters participated in the special election on April 22. Tuesday’s election will decide whether Democrat Travis Childers or Republican Greg Davis will represent the First Congressional…

City Crime Water Valley Police took a report of counterfeiting last week when a bogus $100 bill was passed at a local convenience store. The bill looked authentic, according to police, and passed the marker test since it was made using a legitimate $5 bill. It was detected because the watermark portrait was of Lincoln…

CITY OF WATER VALLEY BOARD MEETING May 6, 2008 6:30 PM AGENDA     ************************************** Call Meeting to OrderApproval of AgendaApproval of MinutesGrave openings & closings in City CemeteriesStorage Building quotes at Sports ComplexMosquito Sprayer QuotesGrass Cutting BidsGarbage Bag Rate increase approval to $ 8.00 per boxBurns Law Firm InvoiceDavid Burns ——– Speed BumpsDavid Burns ——–…

Many of our readers have asked to see the photos from the Founders Day events and the Relay For Life. Those photos are available at www.nmherald.printroom.com Click on the link and you’ll be taken to the Printroom.com site where you can view and even purchase photographs. All profit from the photographs will go to either…

Herald graphic artist Melody Smith is celebrating a monumental birthday today. Of course, we are not going to reveal her age, but Melody’s friend,  a prominent Water Valley realtor, did not want to day to pass unnoticed.     

Rock band 4Evermore will perform SATURDAY from 7 to 9 p.m. on Main Street at the Pavilion.  The Lions Club will cook hamburgers and O’Tuck youth will offer ice cream at the event, which is sponsored by the Water Valley Chamber of Commerce. The band was formerly known as Derek Stone from Tupelo. If you…

    The Yalobusha Board of Supervisors will have their next regularly scheduled meeting Monday morning, May 5, at the Coffeeville Courthouse at 9 a.m.     The following items are on the agenda, which is subject to change. Items may be removed or added until the actual meeting time. • Approval of Minutes • Request for…

By Jack Gurner Reporter WATER VALLEY – Bob Tyler, director of the Yalobusha Economic Development Authority, appeared before the Board of Supervisors at their meeting Wednesday, April 16. Tyler told the board that he had become concerned after hearing that there were some 6,000 applications for jobs at the primary Toyota plant. “I got worried…