‘Home Economics’ Opens Saturday At Bozarts By Jack Gurner Herald Contributor WATER VALLEY – “Home Economics” is the title of a new art exhibition opening this weekend at Bozarts Gallery. Gallery owner Annette Trefzer said that the show looks back – with nostalgia and humor – at home economics as institutionalized in high schools and…

Caulfield Has Deep Roots In The Valley When I asked Barron Caulfield why he was here in Water Valley, he responded, “My roots are deep in these old hills.” The Outsider By Justin Geurin A new Water Vallian sits down with the people that make this town special. Geurin and his wife, Robin, and twin…

Law Enforcement Report Lists Arrests Made In Late May Arrests and/or citations taken from deputy reports from May 19 – 30 include:  5/19 • David Downs- run stop sign, suspended driver’s license, possession of paraphernalia; • Marvin Horton- DUI other, possession of paraphernalia;  • Jamez Moore- DUI other, possession of marijuana in a motor vehicle;…

Old Jail Could Be Used As Gallery, Museum  By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY – Dr. Linda Scott received a verbal commitment from supervisors to form a partnership to preserve the county’s century-old jail and turn it into a museum and art. The non-binding commitment will allow Scott to pursue funding outside the county to…

Enid Drowning Was Among Four Recorded During Holiday  Staff Report JACKSON – The Mississippi Department of Wild-life, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) reported four drownings occurred over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The unrelated incidents included a Memphis man who drowned at Chickasaw Hills beach at Enid Lake. Leon Henderson, 56,  was visiting the beach at…

County’s Jobless Declines In April By David Howell Editor WATER VALLEY –  The county’s jobless rate continued the second straight monthly decline in April with a reported 4.9 percent of the county’s work force unemployed according to the latest statistics from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.  The decrease is a full percentage point less…