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The Countdown To Carnival Begins
About this time of year in Water Valley, you can feel it starting. Somebody mentions the Carnival in the grocery store aisle. Somebody else asks when the T-shirts will be ready. Folks start wondering who will have a booth, who will be playing music, who is coming home for the weekend, and whether this might…
Read MoreBusy Week Brings Joys And Challenges
On June 6, Jesse Anna Robinson and Tanner Madison were united in marriage. I pray they have a lifetime of love and happiness. Tommy and Debbie McCool spent the day in Senatobia at their son Christopher’s. Martha Box said it looks like time slowed down this past week. “As busy as we were, as much…
Read MoreFive Inducted Into Oakland Area Lions Club
June 13 marks the last day for Mississippians with losses from Winter Storm Fern to receive in-person assistance applying for disaster recovery resources. MEMA/FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers are operating through June 13 to assist people with applying. According to information I received from Mississippi Main Street, FEMA’s deadline is June 10; SBA’s physical deadline is also June…
Read MoreSupervisors Discuss Animal Control Challenges
COFFEEVILLE – A complaint about two large dogs bothering an elderly County Road 168 resident led to a wide-ranging discussion about stray dogs, vicious dogs and the limited options available when county residents call for help during the June 1 meeting of the Yalobusha County Board of Supervisors at the Coffeeville Courthouse. District 4 Supervisor…
Read MoreHistoric Lamar Block Hosts Chamber Ambassadors Meeting
WATER VALLEY — Members of the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors gathered June 1 at the Lamar Block, formerly known as Magnolia Furniture, for their monthly meeting. The meeting was hosted by Mary Lu Vaughn and her daughter, Meagan Vaughn Backes, owners of the historic downtown building. During the meeting, Vaughn and Backes…
Read MoreDriver Charged After Bypass Crash
WATER VALLEY — A 34-year-old Water Valley man was charged with felony DUI Saturday after allegedly causing a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Wise Street and Highway 7 and then leaving the scene on foot, according to Water Valley Police Chief Jason Mangrum. Andrew Russell “Drew” Kisner, 34, of Water Valley, was arrested following…
Read MoreCounty Begins Property Cleanup Process On Tillatoba Property
TILLATOBA — Yalobusha County supervisors have begun the property cleanup process on a Tillatoba-area property after receiving complaints about more than 20 abandoned vehicles and other conditions officials say pose a threat to public health. District 5 Supervisor Gaylon Gray brought the matter before the Board of Supervisors during Monday’s meeting at the Water Valley…
Read MoreYalobusha 4-H Team Wins Modeling Squad Showdown
Eight Yalobusha County senior 4-H members brought home a first-place victory from 4-H Club Congress at Mississippi State University last week, winning the 4-H Modeling Squad Showdown after months of preparation and teamwork. The team began planning for the competition several months ago when members decided they wanted to participate in the event, which challenges…
Read MoreReader Commends Fussell Article
To the Editor, I enjoyed Ms. Fussell’s article “Intellectuals in Jessie Wagner’s World” in the May 28th edition of The Herald. Wagner’s journey to Wellesley College underscores the importance of Wellesley and the six other so-called “Seven Sisters” colleges, which were founded in the nineteenth century to provide women with an excellent education at a…
Read MoreThe Strange Arithmetic Of Aging
I’m writing this column on the morning of my birthday. I turned 49 years old today and while I have been expecting this to happen all year, it still feels wrong and factually inaccurate. Are we sure I’m 49? Like, absolutely sure? This can’t be correct. Yet, when you subtract the year I was born…
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