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.     

    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…

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…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – The 2008 Yalobusha County Relay For Life raised $83,506.37, exceeding their goal and topping their 2007 total by about $3500, according to Jonnie Mayo, event chairperson. The annual spring fundraiser for the American Cancer Society culminated last Friday evening at the Crawford Sports Complex. Preparations began early in the…

By Billy DavisSpecial To The Herald BATESVILLE – A midnight dispute in neighboring Panola County between an employer and his worker led to the shooting of the worker, a Panola County Sheriff’s department investigation alleges. The incident occurred just after midnight Friday morning.     An autopsy scheduled the same night will rule on the death…

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…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha County voters are headed back to the polls yet again to decide who will represent the First Congressional District for the next seven months. Democrat Travis Childers and Republican Greg Davis will face each other in a runoff May 13 since no one got 50 percent of the…

The Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department’s Search and Rescue Dive Team assisted with a Calhoun County drowning during the weekend, according to Sheriff Lance Humphreys. A seven year-old drowned in Big Creek on Grenada Lake. The boy’s body was recovered Sunday.     In an unrelated event, Humphreys also reported his department and other volunteers answered a…