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…

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…

From the National Weather Service: A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES. In Water Valley snow was falling at 10 p.m. Friday and…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – Two additional Yalobusha businesses received beer permits from supervisors in a recessed meeting held in late February.     After submitting the proper paperwork and a successful NCIC background check, Bess Simmons and Cecil Harrison were each approved by county officials. Their two applications bring the total number of licensed…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – With Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama running neck and neck, Mississippi voters may have more say than ever before in the March 11 primary next Tuesday. Some political pundits have said that if Obama’s winning streak continues and he posts big wins from the March 4 primaries,…

Baseball: The Water Valley Blue Devil baseball team was able to capture its first division win Tuesday, March 4, over the Eupora Eagles. The Blue Devils were able to score early on one of the state’s top pitchers and hold off for the victory.

The ninth annual Yalobusha County Agriculture Banquet will be held Thursday night, March 6, at the Multi-purpose Building at 6:30 p.m.     Tickets are $10 and are available at the Yalobusha County Extension Office and the Yalobusha County Farm Bureau.  You can call the Extension office at 675-2730 if you want your tickets to be…