United Blood Services announcesEmergency Appeal for O-negative blood donors NE Mississippi–United Blood Services today announced an emergency appeal for type O-negative blood donors. Since the first of the year our demand for type O-negative blood has outpaced the supply needed by our area hospitals. United blood Services located at 4326 S. Eason Blvd is opened…

The North Mississippi Herald is pleased to announce that Water Valley native Jeff Eubanks has joined the staff. Eubanks, a 2003 graduate of Water Valley High School, is currently attending the University of Mississippi in pursuit of a major in journalism and a minor in history. “We look forward to Jeff brining quality sports coverage…

Alexe van Beuren, Herald Talk Of The Valley columnist, gave birth to Annaliese Lee Coughlin Sunday, Jan. 6, at 11:06 p.m. Everyone has been asking for a photo, so here she is.

By David HowellEditor          David McFadden of Water Valley found a surprise earlier this month while checking the deer camera he had placed in a secluded hunting area near Hwy. 315 in southeastern Panola County.     He had attached his motion-detector camera just after Christmas on a 49.5 acres tract of land on…

Local chicken rancher Bill Rotenberry dropped by the Herald with this tiny egg (right, shown side-by-side with a normal size egg). Rotenberry believes the little one is probably a first from the hen. He says that it would take “24 over easy” to make a decent breakfast.

By David HowellEditor      TILLATOBA –    A Tallahatchie County man faces charges after allegedly shooting into two vehicles last Friday night in what is being described as a domestic dispute.     Davlyn Ross, 33, faces two counts of aggravated assault, according to Sheriff Lance Humphreys.     The first call came in at 7:28, the…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY – April Pullen has fulfilled a long-time dream with the opening of Valley Dance Company on Main Street. The dance school opened Monday with about 40 students.     Pullen, an English teacher at Lafayette Junior High School during the day, will teach jazz, tap, and ballet on Monday and Tuesday…

In an effort to keep the public informed about matters that effect our area, the Herald encourages readers to submit questions via e-mail, U.S. mail or written questions can be dropped off at the office. E-mail your questions to askherald@bellsouth.net or mail them to P.O. Box 648. Each week, questions will be published in the…

By Jack GurnerReporter WATER VALLEY –  A Sayle LP Company truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas (propane) struck a bridge and flipped over into the Herman White Creek mid-morning Tuesday. The crash occurred approximately two miles east of Water Valley on Hwy. 32. The driver, who was not seriously injured, lost control on the rain-slick highway,…

By Jack GurnerReporter COFFEEVILLE – A general county fire alarm was issued last Wednesday morning, as firefighters were called to respond to a burning Coffeeville business.     Denley’s One Stop, located on Oklahoma Street, caught fire mid-morning last Wednesday. The family business had been in operation at this location for almost six decades, according to   …