WATER VALLEY – A proposed ordinance aimed at regulating trail rides in Yalobusha County was tabled during Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, likely bringing an end to months of debate over whether the county should add new regulations for large events held on private property. The decision from supervisors came as Board Attorney Shannon Crow…

WATER VALLEY – You can almost hear it already, can’t you? That familiar, foot-tapping, smile-inducing sound of The Sharecroppers—tuned up and ready to play as if no time has passed at all. And yet, it’s been seven long years since Daryl Burney, Jessey Higdon, Steve McGregory, and Clay Ashford last took the Music Fest stage.…

WATER VALLEY – The Water Valley Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to create a new Electric Department Commission during a marathon meeting July 1, the first session for the newly elected board. The formation of the five-member Water Valley Electric Commission was the most debated topic during the meeting, which stretched over two hours and…

WATER VALLEY – City officials rolled back restrictions for restaurants, making the first change in over a decade to the beer ordinance. Changes also include adding a provision to allow beer sales during permitted special events in the city’s downtown business district. The changes came during the July 1 meeting of the Board of Aldermen.…

The Community Backpack Blessing will be Sunday, July 27, at Tillatoba Baptist Church. Bring your backpack to the 11 a.m. Sunday service, and it will be prayed over to encourage youth as they start a new school year. This is open to anyone in the community; you do not have to be a member to…

We made national news in Mississippi after three trains derailed in different locations around the state last weekend. This unusual cluster started just after midnight on Friday, July 4, in Petal when a Norfolk Southern train derailed 18 cars, including tanker cars carrying denatured alcohol, which spilled. The second derailment followed on Saturday, July 5,…

I’m finally back from my weeks away up north, but only by a few hours and a column deadline waits for me immediately. So, it’s a Wagner Week for the Wagner fans out there! I’m eternally grateful to the Wagner letter writers for all they’ve done for me (without their permission and surely against their…

If you’ve noticed some folks from the Chamber and the Herald office walking around town with an extra spring in their step holding a giant glass of sweet tea, it’s probably not just the July heat. That’s the sound of relief and celebration—because the Watermelon Carnival program book is finally finished and officially on its…