Hello and welcome back to Inside the Blue and White! After a long Thanksgiving break, I’m back with more exciting news from the halls of Water Valley High School. Basketball was busy last week, especially for one of our students, Aaden Reed. On Dec. 5 against West Tallahatchie, Aaden hit a major milestone by reaching…

School will be out in a few days for the Christmas holidays. I pray all school and college students and faculty members will have a safe and fun vacation from school for a couple of weeks. Ginger Harrison and her husband, Phil, along with their Aunt Linda Harrison, had a great lunch at Diane Nail…

First and foremost, as I type this, it’s my “little” brother’s birthday! Happy birthday to Rich Ross! He’s pretty amazing in my book. Thanks, Rich, for all you do for our family, for our community, and for whoever needs a helping hand. He serves as fire chief for our volunteer fire department and has been…

I hope everyone has had a great week. I’ve been crazy busy. We made two trips to Indiana in the past week. My mom’s uncle was sick and passed away, and we went to be with family. I won’t be complaining about our winter anymore, that’s for sure. It was snowy and cold. I was…

The Water Valley Christmas Parade was great again, and the little fluffy black dog who drove the tiny red car stole the entire show. It’s been collectively confirmed by many parade goers that the tiny fluffy driving dog was the main event. That dog should be our town mascot. And here I was thinking that…

December always feels like the busiest time of the year. So many gatherings and celebrations and parades and ways to come together as a community make this month so very merry and bright. Our Junior Auxiliary chapter met this month to talk through all of our current and upcoming projects that you can read about…

As Christmas approaches, my human has been bustling around with boxes full of decorations, swagging garland everywhere and singing off-key songs about jingle bells and angels on high while making lists for everything except gifts for yours truly. Typical. Then there was the night she ignored the part about “assemble outdoors only” on the glitter…

20 Years—December 15, 2005 – The Herald is now available online. Purchase Clerk Janet Caulder was honored for her dedicated service to Yalobusha County by the Board of Supervisors. Volunteers Lamar Burgess, Woodrow Logan, Carnic Burgess and Gary Williamson were working on a Habitat for Humanity home, being built for Laqueta Faustin. Even with overcast…

WATER VALLEY– The Water Valley Electric Commission voted unanimously Monday night to appoint Jim McClure of Lafayette County as the new General Manager of the Water Valley Electric Commission, citing his extensive executive leadership experience, deep operational knowledge, and decades-long career in electric utility management. The 5-0 decision by Electric Commissioners comes after a three-month,…