By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – A county-wide law enforcement saturation last Thursday culminated with 15 arrests, 36 citations and numerous warnings as more than 30 officers from multiple agencies targeted drugs, impaired drivers and other illegal activities. Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) helped coordinate Operation Satu-ration with input from Sheriff…

By Patty Bailey Herald Contributor Have you ever thought about getting a college degree online?  That’s exactly what Coffeeville Public Library user Josephine Torrance did using library resources and public computers in the library.  Josephine has been a regular computer user at Coffeeville for many years.  Last November, she completed coursework and received a BS…

A suspected dog poisoner has been captured just four days after a $1,000 reward was offered by In Defense of Animals (IDA), the international animal protection organization that runs the Winona, Mississippi-based Justice for Animals Campaign.  Jonathan Perrigen has been on the run from the Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department for eight months following the alleged…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – An ordinance prohibiting smoking in all places of public accommodation in Yalobusha County is expected to be adopted next month by supervisors. The ordinance is on the agenda for the June 5 supervisor meeting after the matter initially surfaced at last Thursday’s Board of Supervisor meeting.  “It came up…

WATER VALLEY – Authorities are continuing to search for a Yalobusha County man who did not show up for court last week. John Parks was scheduled to appear in Yalobusha County Circuit Court last Wednesday and plead guilty for possession of firearm by a felon, according to Sheriff Lance Humphreys.  Parks was arrested by the…

By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE  – The four-step process to implement a long-range comprehensive plan for the county that will likely include land use regulations and zoning was outlined by planner Bob Barber at last Thursday’s Board of Supervisor meeting at the Coffeeville courthouse. Barber is employed as a planner with Orion Planning+Design, the company…

Here he comes! (Boogity, boogity) There he goes! (Boogity, boogity!) And he ain’t wearin’ no clothes! Oh, yes; they call him The Streak!              — Ray Stevens, 1974 By John Howell The Panolian BATESVILLE Panola County deputies may have rediscovered The Streak early Wednesday when they spotted a naked man…