It’s a Wagner Week! Oxford socialite Elma Meek has found her match when it comes to town gossip: Ole Miss frat boy, Morgan Garrott. I edited out half of this letter for the sake of length but you can google almost any of the names in this letter be sent down a rabbit hole of…

If you’ve ever pulled an old Watermelon Carnival t-shirt from a drawer, you already know – it’s not just a shirt. It’s a memory. Soft, faded, maybe with a stubborn corn dog mustard stain or two—it’s living proof you were there at the Street Dance, when the fireworks lit up the sky, the Carnival program…

    Speaking at a Rotary Club meeting on June 24, 1975, Sheriff L.A. Jones reported that the crime rate in southern states was on the rise. Jones reported that in 1974 the crime rate rose 17 percent in the U.S., but the rise was 21 percent in the South. Jones said that Americans were…

I hope all of you are surviving this hot weather and drinking plenty of water, we all knew summer would finally arrive. I would like to thank Scotty and Stephanie Chambers and Gary and Adam Chambers for rescuing David from a ditch he had fallen into while bush hogging in the pasture. They brought him…

WATER VALLEY – Get ready to celebrate this year’s Watermelon Carnival in style! The 2025 Watermelon Carnival t-shirts have arrived and are now available for purchase at the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce office. This year’s theme, “From the Vine to the Valley,” is featured on a fresh new design that captures the spirit…

WATER VALLEY – Consideration for adopting an ordinance regulating special events in the county including trail rides continues to gain momentum following ongoing discussion by the Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors. Complaints about problematic trail rides – an event people attend to ride ATVs and UTVs and enjoy music and food on private property –…

By Jessie Gurner Herald Contributor WATER VALLEY – When Madison Bryant sat down to write an essay about recycling plastics, she probably didn’t expect it would take her all the way to the top of a national competition—or earn her a day named in her honor. But that’s exactly what happened. Bryant, a student from…