Head Start Recruitment in Yalobusha County for the 2016-17 School Year is underway. Registration is for children, ages 3 and 4, and early Head Start for children up to 36 months on or before September 1. Applications are taken from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday. Head Start still needs three and four year old…
WATER VALLEY – It may be hard to believe, but Christmas is just around the corner and downtown merchants are kicking off the festive season with an open house celebration this Saturday scheduled from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. An annual event, the Water Valley Chamber of Commerce sponsors the open house allowing hundreds of…
A 39 year-old Water Valley man was killed in an motorcycle accident early Friday morning. George Walls was traveling southbound on the Hwy. 7 bypass between West Lee Street and Market Street when his motorcycle left the road, according to the incident report. Walls apparently was thrown from his motorcycle and landed in the road,…
By Sim Ramírez Special To The Herald WATER VALLEY – The cries for state champions from the populace is evoked often. The Water Valley High School chess team would like to direct the readers’ gaze toward the edifice on 550 Market Street. It is there that, not one, not two, but three state champions reside.…
Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to head to Mississippi! They plan to film episodes of the hit series AMERICAN PICKERS throughout the region this winter. AMERICAN PICKERS is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique ‘picking’ on History. The hit show follows Mike and Frank, two of the…
The formation of a new Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is underway at Water Valley High School. This is a new effort on behalf of teachers, parents, students, and administrators to get the community involved in the life of Water Valley High School. The organization aims to strengthen, enhance and encourage the educational and social environment of…
WATER VALLEY – Retired Brig. General and Water Valley native Roger Shields will be the speaker at Friday’s Veterans Day program at the VFW Post 4100. Shields is a 1965 graduate of Water Valley High School and has an extensive military career that spanned more than 38 years, 32 of which were full-time positions with…
WATER VALLEY – On Friday, Nov. 11th, at 7:30 p.m., award winning Nashville songwriter Becky Warren comes to Water Valley for an intimate concert evening at Foster Music and Arts’ Old School Theater. Recognized a significant new songwriter by both the Kerrville Folk Festival (2015) and Merlefest (2014), Becky Warren is on tour promoting her…
By David Howell Editor COFFEEVILLE – “We’re international, right here out of Mississippi,” Ajinomoto Windsor Foods plant manager David Morris told county officials during an upbeat report about his company. Morris was first on the agenda at the “first Monday” supervisor meeting in Coffeeville to thank county officials for their continued support, support that he…
WATER VALLEY – Another round of testing was completed last month for the decades-old chemical release site at the former Colt Industries/Holley Carbure-tor facility. The work was performed by EnPro Industries, the company that acquired liability for the contamination for the site in 2002. “EnPro has had consultants out there the last several weeks doing…

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.