Longtime Resident Expresses Frustration With Herald Coverage
Letter to the Editor, I am writing this letter in response to the two articles you have written about my legal situation. While I don’t deny I broke some laws, and I am going to prison for those actions, I find it a bit perplexing that neither time was there any attempt by this newspaper…
Read MoreIn Churchill’s Words – ‘Don’t Join The Book Burners’
Dear Editor When I grew up in the 50’s and early 60’s in a small town in Tennessee, I’m told it was the perfect time to be a child, a time of Gunsmoke (anyone remember Miss Kitty?), Leave it to Beaver and Mayberry. In school, we studied several works of Shakespeare in the “English Literature”…
Read MoreReader Extends Helping Hand To High Schoolers
Dear Water Valley high schoolers, If you read the recent letters to the editor that have everyone buzzing, you might have noticed that they only addressed the adults in the room. That exclusion is purposeful. Creating a barrier between you, the student, and your education is all about power – by controlling what you learn…
Read MoreLook Back In Yalobusha History
• 15 years ago, June 5, 2008 – Private First Class Pierre E. Allen was laid to rest with full military honors Sunday afternoon, May 24, at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Allen, 21, drowned at Panama City Beach, Fla, while trying to rescue several teenagers who were being dragged out to sea by strong currents. Thieves…
Read MoreObituaries 06/01/2023
Gordon Louis Andrews WATER VALLEY – Dr. Gordon Louis Andrews of Water Valley went to be with the Lord on May 23, 2023 surrounded by his family. The youngest of four siblings, he was born on September 22, 1945, to Euna (Songy) and Charles Lee Andrews, Sr., in New Orleans, La. He graduated from Destrehan…
Read MoreTillatoba News
My surprise visit Monday morning was my sweet great granddaughter, Haven Rose Dukes and her daddy Waylon. Tommy and Debbie McCool had a great time yesterday. They were at church. After church, their granddaughters Allison Dukes, Caitlyn And Hannah Beavers wanted to go to the Tupelo mall – so they took them. They stopped at…
Read MoreWalker Inks Commitment Letter To Attend EMCC
WATER VALLEY – Thursday was big day for Water Valley High School senior Walker Tedford. The morning started as he inked his commitment letter to East Mississippi Community College (EMCC) after receiving a golf scholarship. He ended the day as one of 69 seniors who received diplomas at Bobby Clark Field. Tedford has been a…
Read MoreGarden Club Hosts Spring District Meeting
WATER VALLEY – The Hills and Delta District of the Garden Clubs of Mississippi held its annual spring district meeting May 25 at Fountain Square Event Plaza on Frostland Drive. The Water Valley Town and Country Garden Club hosted the event which was entitled Spring Garden Party. Presiding over the meeting was Gale Moore, Hills…
Read MoreWanted Texas Man Nabbed In Traffic Stop
WATER VALLEY – A Texas fugitive was apprehended by the Water Valley Police Department during a traffic stop on May 16. Water Valley Police Chief Jason Mangrum reported an officer initially stopped William Foster for speeding on Hwy 7 and launched an investigation after detecting the odor for marijuana. Foster was placed into custody when…
Read MoreFundraising Is Underway For Museum Work
WATER VALLEY – Anyone who has visited the Casey Jones Railroad Museum since it opened a quarter-century ago has enjoyed viewing many interesting items on display. But what you haven’t been able to view is much of the vast amount of materials gathered to document the city’s rich railroad history – material ranging from historical…
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