University Of Mississippi Releases Spring Honor Rolls
The University of Mississippi announced students named to the Spring 2023 Honor Roll lists, including Chancellor’s Honor Roll and Dean’s Honor Roll. The following local students made the Chancellor’s Honor Roll: Coffeeville – Mackenzie Bailey, majoring in Elementary Education and Shelby Moore, majoring in Elementary Education; Water Valley – Anna Burress, majoring in Pharm.D. –…
Read MoreBlackmur Summer Library Programs Scheduled In June
By Joe Gurner Blackmur Library WATER VALLEY – This year’s Blackmur Library Program is fast approaching. The theme is “All Together Now” and will focus on friendship, co-operation and community. Each session will include activities and crafts focused on a different subject each week, including: Friendship, Teamwork, Be Kind To Yourself and Community. The program is…
Read MoreSupervisors Pledge To Help Find Funds For Oakland Fire Truck
WATER VALLEY – Supervisors pledged to assist the Town of Oakland seek outside funding sources to help purchase a new fire truck following discussion in a pair of meetings. District 4 Supervisor Eddie Harris initiated the discussion in the May 30 county meeting at the Coffeeville courthouse, explaining that he had been asked about the…
Read MoreArrest Made After Drugs Are Tossed From Window
COFFEEVILLE – A Coffeeville man is behind bars after mistaking flashing vehicle emergency lights at a fire scene for a driver’s safety checkpoint and allegedly tossing three ounces of methamphetamine out of his vehicle window on May 28. Yalobusha County Sheriff Jerimaine Gooch reported Michael Green, 60, was charged with drug trafficking due to the…
Read MoreCops Train For Active Shooter
WATER VALLEY – The Water Valley Police Department conducted a communications drill Tuesday morning as part of ongoing training for an active shooter situation. Chief Jason Mangrum reported the dispatcher had no prior notice, and the drill was to ensure that communications would be seamless among responding agencies including Yalobusha Emergency Management Agency, Yalobusha County…
Read MoreJuneteenth Celebrations Planned In Oakland And Water Valley
By Ladesha White Herald Contributor WATER VALLEY – Juneteenth Celebrations are scheduled in Oakland and Water Valley as the June 19 federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans approaches. In Oakland, the Juneteenth Celebration starts Friday, June 16, with a street dance scheduled from 7 to 10:30 p.m. in downtown Oakland. The action…
Read MoreSo Far It’s A Not-So-Slow June
June is always a slow month in the newspaper business but I have been pretty busy at the office I have been working by myself. Melody has been ill and will be out a couple of weeks. I apologize if anybody has stopped by the office during the last week and found the door locked.…
Read MoreHill Country Living
I had a birthday last week. I turned the most arbitrary age in the whole line-up of possible ages: Forty-six. My big birthday request was to “sit on the porch.” I’ve officially begun the transition into becoming my own Memaw. The next step is to report the drama happening at the birdfeeder like it’s an…
Read MoreNicholas’ Poem Captured WV’s ‘Small Town’ Feel
We would like to thank the North Mississippi Herald for publishing the poem Little Town, written by fellow North Mississippian Robert Lee Nicholas, in memory of his good friend Larry Swearengen. We felt it certainly captured that ‘small town’ feel that Larry loved so much about Water Valley. It was then, and remains now, a…
Read MoreLook Back In Yalobusha History
• 15 years ago, June 19, 2008 – Rev. Harold Spraberry was featured on the front page in a story about becoming minister of First Presbyterian Church. State economic development officials visited Water Valley including Chris Berryman of TVA and Joseph Geddie of the North Mississippi Industrial Development Association. They were pictured with local officials…
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