Welcome back to Inside the Blue and White! It’s the first day of school, and excitement is in the air. Students are finding their classes, meeting their teachers, and settling into what’s sure to be a great year. Walking into the building for my last first day as a senior was surreal. Every kid dreams…

WATER VALLEY – The newly appointed Water Valley Electric Commissioners were sworn in Monday night during a packed public meeting at City Hall, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the city’s electric department. Although the commissioners won’t officially assume their legal duties until August 1, the gathering also served as an in-depth work…

Welcome back to Inside the Blue & White, now in its fourth year as the weekly column all about Water Valley High School from a student’s point of view. My friend Jenna Trusty asked me to take over the column this school year, and I couldn’t be more excited. I can’t wait to see what…

Monday night’s meeting was the first true deep dive into the Water Valley Electric Department that I’ve seen in my 20-year career at the North Mississippi Herald. And folks, the room was packed. Now, I’ve seen big turnouts before. There was that city hall meeting years ago when the smoking ordinance was on the table—you…

This is it! We made it to our annual Watermelon Carnival Week! In the interest of accuracy, I think the days leading up to Saturday’s Watermelon Carnival should actually be called “Weed-eater Week.” The whole town has those things buzzing! Collectively, we sound like a bunch of human cicada bugs. There’s been an exciting turn…

Let me start by saying this: I’m a dog of habit. I like my breakfast at the same time every morning. I like to patrol the same route. I like my belly rubs and naps evenly spaced throughout the day. And I especially like my early morning walk to City Park, where I can sniff…

It was a simpler time back in 1985 when Water Valley hosted its sixth Watermelon Carnival. The largest melon only weighed 66 pounds and schools weren’t scheduled to open for another couple of weeks. The Watermelon Queen was Marla Sharp, Julie Ingram was Teen Queen and Heather Moorman was Junior Miss. That 66-pounder brought $35,…

I hope everyone is having a great week and trying to stay cool. We’ve been in Connecticut the past couple of weeks where the temps are great. Coming back to the South has really been a shock. It wasn’t this hot when we left. We got to see a lot of great things. We went…

Welcome to the first Oakland News column in quite awhile. Thanks to Krista McFerrin (from the Charleston Sun Sentinel) for the invitation to write about things going on in Oakland. She did promise that this column will be welcomed on a random basis if there are times that I can’t get it done. The family…