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Health messages to reduce the amount of added sugars we consume are nothing new, and the amount of added sugar is now listed on most food labels. However, the recently released recommendations from the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines Scientific Advisory Committee are the first time that added sugars are addressed for infants and toddlers younger than…

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather with some nice, warm days with sunshine mixed with a few chilly days. No rain, thank goodness. Love and sympathy is extended to the June Rose Boone Crowl family. June Rose, 93, of Collierville, Tenn., passed away on Nov. 11. She was preceded in death by her…

People all over the world are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, which is causing many people to need help with things they’ve never needed help with before.  But even before the pandemic, most smokers needed help with quitting. While the stress of it all is a good reason to have a cigarette, you could use…

It’s a Wagner Week and I found an old copy of the Commercial Appeal one of the Wagners had saved from Thursday, July 25, 1935. At the top-center is a very large portrait of Grace Barrett. The caption says “Miss Water Valley: Grace Barrett was chosen Sunday Night to be ‘Miss Water Valley’ at the…

Sonny Thomas of Jackson, Mississippi died last week.  I’m sure most of you did not know him, but he was a statewide advocate for this town and, well how can I say this, my economic development godfather. Sonny was the deputy director of the Asset Development section at the Mississippi Development Authority. MDA has a…

JACKSON– A USDA grant will benefit five Main Street Association cities in the state, including Water Valley, with funding for long-term planning activities designed to enhance and preserve community character and improve quality of life. The USDA Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training (CFTAT) grant was awarded to the Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) to…

Lots of folks must  have been enjoying the Veterans’ Day holiday last Wednesday, as there was very little traffic as I delivered papers, until I got back into the city where I picked up the school buses and parents and other caretakers, transporting students. Schools, like the Herald staff, did not get a holiday. We…