It’s a Wagner Week and as a mom who’s sending her first born child to college next week, I thought I’d go back to 1886 and publish a letter that Wagner matriarch, Maria, is writing to her first-born child, John Henry, who is off at his first semester of Bingham Military Academy. I was entertained…

People often ask, “Sweetie, where did you find such a well-trained human?” And first of all, thank you for noticing. It wasn’t easy. But after a lot of hard work on my part, she’s attentive, minds well, and speaks fluent Dog Mom. But let’s not pretend I found her on purpose. I was just a…

The development of three big news stories during the past week prompted Herald Editor Ed Shearer II to reflect on the events in the August 9, 1945, edition of the Herald. The first big news was the report of the Potsdam conference, which let the world know the pattern for the future of Europe and…

I hope everyone has had a great week. Things have been going well at Mt. Liberty. We were blessed to see Bro. Dave baptized on Sunday, and we’re excited to see what God has in store for him. I know many of you probably enjoyed the Watermelon Carnival over the weekend. I didn’t make it…

North Central Planning and Development runs the lunch program for senior citizens each weekday at the Timothy Booker Senior Citizens Center in Oakland. Program Director Margaret Scott White said they have openings for new participants. If you are 60 and over and live in the Oakland, Tillatoba, Scobey, or Enid area in Yalobusha County, you…

We got a good rain Sunday afternoon. David and I had been sitting on the porch watching the last of the company pulling out of the drive, and I told him that I saw a few clouds up in the sky and hoped they were rain clouds so I wouldn’t have to water my flowers.…

COFFEEVILLE – The Mt. Moriah District Missionary Baptist Association honored Mamie Shields for her loving and dedicated service to the association, which spans more than five decades. Shields was appointed District Youth Leader in 1968 under the leadership of the late Honorable Moderator J.C. Batteast. She faithfully served in this role until 2016, totaling 54…

It’s another week for Inside the Blue and White and such a busy week for the students and teachers. The seniors are quickly marking things off their lists. We took our senior portrait photos Wednesday. Last first day — CHECK. Senior portraits — CHECK. After senior portraits, some had brunch at IHOP, then some went…

TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY – A month-long manhunt for 49-year-old Sam Seymore ended Monday night when U.S. Marshals and multiple law enforcement agencies captured the fugitive at his mother’s home on Highway 35 south in Tallahatchie County. Seymore, who had been on the run since a July 10 multi-county pursuit that ended in the woods near Ascalmore…

WATER VALLEY – You know it was a good carnival when the police chief is happy. “It was the smoothest running Watermelon Carnival that I have been a part of,” Police Chief Jason Mangrum said after the weekend whirlwind. “In years past, my phone would blow up Wednesday through Saturday night.” This year? Crickets. And…