By Jack Gurner Herald Contributor WATER VALLEY – This is a little caper we’re going to call “The Case of the Stolen Canoe Parading as a Christmas Float”. And, the Herald played a role in solving the mystery. It began almost two years ago when Gary Fachman, a Chittom Circle resident, realized his family heirloom…

Staff Report WATER VALLEY – In the weeks leading up to the holidays, the nurses and crew at Yalobusha Health Services decorated three nursing stations and the entry into the physical therapy division in the second annual Christmas decorating contest. The competition is intense and the residents even join the fun as each station is…

By John Howell The Panolian Nobody at the time nor since called it the “Great Batesville Train Robbery,” but it was. On July 4, 1913, armed men posing as passengers boarded the southbound Illinois Central Fast Mail Train Number 1 in Sardis, overpowered the train crew as it rolled toward the Tallahatchie River, exchanged gunfire…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY  – The best of the best at the Water Valley School District were honored during Monday night’s school board meeting as Cheryl Harris was named Davidson Elementary School Teacher of the Year, Sim Ramirez was recognized as the Water Valley High School and District Teacher of the Year and…

By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Eleven students enrolled in Base Camp Coding Academy in Water Valley reached the halfway mark in their journey to become software programmers this month. The close-knit group has spent over six intense months of fast-paced, focused and intense training that are the proving grounds, both for the students…

By Dixie Scovel When one moves to a new part of the country, everything seems different. The sky wears a different shade of blue, its high cumulus clouds fill the horizon. Pecan trees and magnolias line front yards, fields of cotton edge the roads. Words have unknown meanings. Here calling someone a mess means they…