County Faces Sharp Health Insurance Hike
COFFEEVILLE – Health insurance costs for Yalobusha County employees will rise sharply in 2026, supervisors learned Monday, with the premium jumping 56 percent to $977.02 per employee per month. Information presented at the Nov. 24 meeting at the Coffeeville courthouse attributed the increase largely to a 195 percent loss ratio for the past year, meaning…
Read MoreDeputies Investigate Suspicious Death Case
YALOBUSHA — Authorities are investigating the death of 58-year-old Steven Cebuhar after his body was found around 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, at his home on County Road 41 in the Point Pleasant community near Oakland, according to Yalobusha County Coroner Ronnie Stark. Stark said Cebuhar had been deceased for several days when he was…
Read MoreMDOT Evaluates City Sidewalks
WATER VALLEY — The City of Water Valley moved another step forward in the grant review process last week as representatives from the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) conducted a site visit for the city’s sidewalk improvement application. Mayor Tommy Reynolds said he was encouraged by the visit and by the community support behind the…
Read MoreCounty Commits $160K To Fund Hospital Boilers Replacement Project
COFFEEVILLE – Yalobusha County supervisors voted unanimously Monday to allocate $160,000 to replace two 50-plus-year-old boilers at Yalobusha General Hospital (YGH), the latest in a series of capital improvements funded from the county’s $3 million environmental lawsuit settlement tied to contamination from the former Holley Automotive plant. The boilers, which heat the hospital’s west wing,…
Read MoreThankful For The Stories That Stay With Us
I came up short on serious column material this week — unusual, but maybe timely as this is a good time to count our blessings. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday, and our house is already staged for the big day. And I’ve also been strongly warned not to make any messes. That’s a…
Read MoreA Thanksgiving Thank You To Water Valley
Thanksgiving has rolled around again, and before we all dive into the dressing and pecan pie, it feels like a good time to pause and talk about what we’re grateful for this year. And let me tell you, Water Valley has given us plenty to be thankful for. First, we’re thankful for our local…
Read MoreElma Meek’s Sharp Tongue Strikes Again
It’s a Wagner Week and Elma Coleman Meek never disappoints. This young Oxford socialite is writing to our own George Wagner, as she often does. The “Lowney’s” referenced in the letter are chocolate bon-bons. The “Carrie Watson act” seems to be a reference to a Gilded Age murder in Chicago wherein Carrie Watson, the most…
Read MoreHerald Pages Depicted Plenty Of Downed Bucks In Late November
20 Years—November 24, 2005 – The Mississippi School Board Association recognized Water Valley School District Board Members, Casey Washington, Ray Hawkins, Dr. Barry Weeks, Lamar Burgess, and Phyllis Goodwin, along with Superintendent Sammy Higdon, for the superior student achievement at Davidson Elementary and Water Valley High School. The schools achieved a Level 5 accreditation. The…
Read MoreMt. Liberty News
Happy Thanksgiving! I pray everyone is finding themselves in the Lord’s favor this holiday season. It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve felt up to writing. I got sick three weeks ago and am finally feeling normal again. I had a sinus infection, and it was terrible. It’s been going around. We’ve had a…
Read MoreSweetie’s Thanksgiving (Featuring Turkey)
I hear this is the time of year when everyone is supposed to sit down and talk about what they’re thankful for. Humans light candles, get sentimental, and say things like “family and friends” while I sit there very calmly thinking, “You forgot turkey.” So, in the spirit of the season, I have prepared my…
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