To Burglary Charges For Horn Lake Resident By Jack Gurner Water Valley Police arrested Kenneth Peacock, 41, of Horn Lake on Dec. 29 for burglary and petty larceny. Peacock allegedly broke into First Baptist Church and an automobile, according to Lt. Rick McCuan. He is currently being held in the Yalobusha county jail. On Jan.…

    A scholarship fund has been established in honor of Rodney Childress. He taught agriculture in the Water Valley School System for 40 years and widely promoted agriculture in everyday life.     Childress first came to Water Valley in 1946 to teach GI’s returning from World War II. It was on the job training in…

By David HowellEditor     It may take some getting used to, but making life changes were the driving force for Heidi Pratt in the move from the top-rated Cleveland Clinic in Florida to serving as the Valley’s newest doctor.     Dr. Pratt, a family physician, will begin practicing with Yalobusha General Hospital in mid-January, sharing…

Alexe van Beuren, Herald Talk Of The Valley columnist, has given birth to a little girl, Annaliese Lee Coughlin. The stork visited Sunday, Jan. 6, at 11:06 p.m. The 7lb., 10 oz tiny miss (as well as Daddy Kagan) is doing just fine. Kagan says they are all looking forward to some sleep. So, no…

Crime Of The Week Crime Stoppers has designated several recent incidents of vandalism to Water Valley city property as “Crime of the Week,” according to Deputy Sheriff Eddie Foster, coordinator for the Yalobusha Crime Stoppers program. “Your help is needed in locating the person or persons responsible for the damage to public property,” Deputy Foster…

By David HowellEditor     Huge strides were taken in the formation of two viable economic development engines in the county in 2007.     The Water Valley Main Street Association and the Yalobusha County Economic Development District (YCEDD) came to life last year – each with numerous bumps and bruises, not to mention political maneuvering as…

A review of occurrences in Yalobusha during 2007 would not be complete without summarizing the events leading up to beer election held on December 11. The December election was the first time in 31 years that beer had landed on a ballot in the county. The issue first appeared in the Herald pages in mid-summer,…

Jobs are always big news, and  after almost two years of delays approximately 122 jobs were created as Water Valley Poultry, LLC began processing chickens on September 13. The plant opened in a 50-year-old facility on Lafayette Street in Water Valley that has housed a string of previous companies who processed poultry. Production has continued…

    The economy was the big story at the beginning of 2007 with higher than normal unemployment and lower than normal sales tax collections. Unemployment at the end of 2006 was about 8.8 percent, according to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Sales tax collections were down about half-a-percent, according to the State Tax Commission.…

    Board members of the Yalobusha County Economic Development District (YCEDD) officially elected Bob Tyler as director of the district during a Wednesday, December 19 meeting. Tyler had initially served as chairman of the nine-person board – and was later appointed interium director earlier in the month as the fledgling entity gets up to speed.…