Hunt Underway for Blue Devil Coach By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – High school sports always stir up a lot of community interest and the recent news that the Blue Devils head coach was leaving really got the town talking. The announcement that Trent Hammond has been hired by the Franklin County School System as…

By David HowellEditor OAKLAND – The opening date for Windsor Quality Food Company has been pushed back to early fall while the company makes modifications to the Oakland plant that formerly housed Mississippi Beef Processors, LLC.     “They are looking at sometime around August or September,” Supervisor Tommy Vaughn said at the “first Monday” supervisor…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – Job retention and job recruitment are at the top of the list for Yalobusha County’s first full-time Economic Development District (YCEDD) Director, Bob Tyler.     Tyler has been on the job since late 2007, after county supervisors voted to designate and fund an economic district last summer.     Supervisors…

    Yalobusha General Hospital and Nursing Relay for Life team members have multiple fundraising events planned for the days and weeks leading up to the April Relay For Life.     The team, dubbed “Hunting For A Cure” will have annual jumbalya plates on March 20 in the hospital parking lot. The plates include cornbread and…

After Taking Bullet In The Leg, Victim Pistol-Whips Shooter Holding Him Until Deputies Arrive Grand Palace Club Cited For Alcohol Violations Staff Report A Water Valley man is recovering from a gunshot wound after a shooting on County Road 58, south of the Sylva Rena community, Sunday night. Ray Charles Hickinbottom, 43, was shot in…

WATER VALLEY – Warm weather brings out the kid in all of us. With spring just around the corner, the pleasant temps and blustery breezes will be perfect for launching and flying a kite. The Herald not only recommends kite making and flying as a great family activity, but the newspaper can be an important…

COFFEEVILLE – The 2008 Agriculture Appreciation/Recognition Banquet was held Thursday, March 6, at the Multi-purpose building in Coffeeville.

Just enough snow to cover the ground was reported around the county overnight Friday. The white stuff began to melt quickly during the morning hours Saturday after the sun came out.  Temps are not expected to go below 40 for the next week. So, any additional snow over the short term is unlikely.

The North Mississippi Herald will publish a special sesquicentennial edition in honor of Water Valley’s 150th birthday, according to David Howell, editor. The Herald will print 4,000 copies which will be placed in each newspaper as distributed through advertisers and handed out on April 19. What better way to let visitors and locals know about…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – Bills in the House and Senate are still alive that would allow Mississippi Department of Corrections to contract with Yalobusha County to build a regional jail.     Yalobusha is one of 10 counties listed on Senate Bill 2462.     A similar bill in the House, HB 988, and SB…