By Mya Harden Herald Contributor WATER VALLEY – “When you are doing something you love, and you see the growth and how you’re making a daily impact on someone’s life, 50 years just pass by,” says Linda Belcher Cox, reflecting on her remarkable career. After five decades at Yalobusha General Hospital in Water Valley, Linda…

By Chris Goodwin Director Water Valley Main Street Association The inaugural Water Valley Literary Festival will kick off in Bozarts Gallery at 9 a.m. on Saturday, September 27, with a panel featuring Amy Carlisle Deluca and Tonja Murphy. Deluca, a Water Valley native who writes under the pen name Amy Patrick, has published more than…

It was Jessie Gurner who perfectly captured the pink rollers and gave Elvira her personality with a post on the Chamber’s Facebook page. As Jessie shared details about Elvira’s trip north, she turned the giant watermelon into a lady getting dolled up for a big weekend complete with the pink hair rollers. Rogers had tucked…

It’s a Wagner Week! This week, we have a letter from the Wagner matriarch, Maria, to her firstborn son, John Henry Wagner, who is off at the private Bingham School in Orange County, North Carolina. This letter isn’t dated by year, and that is very annoying because Maria is recalling a pretty severe Yellow Fever…

Mike Robinson is presenting “The History of Ford’s Well” on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. at the Batesville Library. This is sponsored by the Panola County Historical and Genealogical Society (PAN-GENS). Mike is a gifted historian and storyteller, so it should be a great program. I am excited this week to attend the Mississippi…

20 Years—September 22, 2005 – Teachers and administrators were honored for Water Valley Schools achieving a Level Five Certification. They enjoyed a steak lunch at Davidson Elementary and the High School. Joe Black and Snooky Williams helped coordinate the meal. Cooks were Charles McCullar, Brad Brooks, Grey and Kathy Williams. Star Students were named at…

I hope everyone has had a great week. Things have been good in our community. We’re going into our busy time and have a lot of things coming up. We’re getting ready for a fish fry and looking forward to that. I’ve been a very proud mom. My daughter, Emily, has been accepted to Ole…

It is with a broken heart that I tell you, we lost a precious lady Monday morning. Rose Brown is now in her heavenly home. What a wonderful prayer warrior and church member she was at Tillatoba Baptist Church. I know Jesus has saved her a special place in the choir of Angels. The Tillman…

By Jackie Van Winkle Myrick Fried chicken, potato salad, and three different caramel cakes set the tone for a perfect afternoon as more than 50 people gathered Saturday, September 20, at the historic Pine Valley Schoolhouse for the 2025 Pine Valley School and Community Reunion. Neighbors and friends, some local and others from far away,…