By David Howell WATER VALLEY – Although the millage rate will decrease slightly in Yalobusha County, many property owners could see a slight increase in the taxes following a state-mandated reassessment.     Tax Assessor Linda Shuffield and her staff traveled the county reassessing each parcel of land in Yalobusha. State law requires this process each…

Three Water Valley men face felony drug charges following a routine driver’s license checkpoint last Thursday, Sept. 6. The checkpoint was held at the intersection of Stevens and Jones streets according to Water Valley Police Lt. Rick McCuan.     Ricky Caldwell, 36, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, which was alleged crack, after…

By David Howell OXFORD – A vision that has been over a decade in becoming a reality culminated with the dedication and blessing of the Oxford Medical Ministries Clinic Sunday afternoon.     Although located just outside of Oxford on Hwy. 7 South, the clinic will serve Lafayette, Yalobusha and surrounding counties and is designed to…

  The Water Valley High School Technology Department would like to invite local businesses to participate in the 2007-08 Tech Expo. Each year the Department host this event in order to give local business owners and entrepreneurs the opportunity to come and exhibit their use of technology in the work place. This is a valuable…

 Beer Petition Turned In To County Supervisors Questions Surface Following Tuesday’s Discussion By David HowellEditor COFFEEVILLE – A three-inch stack of papers said to contain more than 2,800 signatures signed by Yalobushians in favor of having a county-wide vote to determine the future of beer found its way to the supervisors’ table in Coffeeville Tuesday.…

    On August 30, 2007, the Mississippi Main Street Association  will designate Water Valley, as its 52nd official Main Street program in a formal ceremony to be held at 11 a.m. at the Casey Jones Railroad Museum in Water Valley. Water Valley enters the Main Street “Small Towns Program.”     Speakers at the designation program…

By David Howell WATER VALLEY – Thursday ended with two-thousand three hundred and twelve green check marks in the county’s official poll book. These check marks  were placed beside each person who had  signed the beer petition and checked out as a registered voter in the county.     “We certified the petition and handed to…

Gurner Joins Staff As Herald Reporter Water Valley photographer Jack Gurner has joined the Herald staff. “I’ve come full circle,” Gurner said about the transition. “As a teenager my first job was with the North Mississippi Herald. It was over 40 years ago when I went to work for Edward B. Shearer, who ran the…

    The 2008 budget for the City of Water Valley was the topic of a short – very short – public hearing held before the regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen Tuesday night (September 4).     It took less than a minute for Mayor Bill Norris to open the hearing, ask if any members…

By David HowellEditor WATER VALLEY – A Water Valley man remains on the run following a Friday seizure of illegal narcotics from his residence on Walnut Street.    Authorities have an arrest warrant for Raynard Turner, after executing a search warrant on his residence, according to Yalobusha Sheriff Lance Humphreys.    The initial raid Friday was made…