WATER VALLEY – Only two days remain before the qualifying period ends to run for school board positions in the Water Valley and Coffeeville school districts. In the Water Valley School District, Position 5 will be on the Nov. 2 General Election ballot and the circuit clerk’s office reported that no candidates have qualified by…
WATER VALLEY – Longtime lawman Jerimaine Gooch was sworn in as interim sheriff of Yalobusha County during a brief ceremony Thursday morning at the Water Valley courthouse. Gooch was appointed a day earlier with a unanimous vote by the Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors during a special-called meeting following the death of Sheriff Mark D.…
WATER VALLEY – City officials are citing a lightning strike as the likely origin of last Tuesday’s fire that claimed a historical building on Calhoun Street. The building originally housed Davidson Elementary School from 1955 to 1970 and housed third graders (for almost a decade) after integration. Water Valley Fire Chief Mark McGavock reported his…
WATER VALLEY – A lengthy list of improvements is planned at Water Valley High School and Davidson Elementary School using funding from the third round of federal Covid-19 relief. The district is advertising for qualifications for architectural/engineering design and bid services in this week’s edition of the Herald. The work will include renovations to the…
WATER VALLEY – The Water Valley School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to affirm the recommendation by Superintendent Jerry Williams to terminate Davidson Elementary School Principal Trevor Hampton. The decision came during a heavily-attended school board meeting last Wednesday night, June 30, and was made public two days later. Hampton was placed on administrative…
WATER VALLEY – A $75,000 bond was set during a preliminary hearing in justice court Tuesday morning for Billy Brooks. The bond requirements set by Justice Court Judge Janet Caulder also require electronic GPS monitoring if Brooks posts bond. Brooks, 42, was charged with first degree arson on June 18, charges that stem from his…
WATER VALLEY – The Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors declared a local state of emergency Tuesday afternoon following flash flooding that had dumped over six inches of rain by early afternoon with more to come. “I can’t say enough about our first responders, our sheriff’s department, police officers and volunteer fire fighters,” Board President Cayce…
HATTIESBURG – The Water Valley Girls Golf Team is the 2021 Mississippi Class II State Champions, finishing three strokes ahead of district rival New Albany. Team members Sydney Epes, Parker Avant, Chloe Clement and Bethany Pryor shot a two-day team score of 366 to come out on top of 10 other 3A and 4A schools…
Is there a hearing for Billy Brooks concerning Ashley Henley’s death?
Can any one give me the phone number to call for the law suit against Coltec for the TCE.