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I’m calling it. It’s Fall. I know that Fall doesn’t officially start for a couple more weeks but I’m not waiting any longer. This horrendous extended summer has stretched my seasonal limits and I’m at the end of my dog days rope. I take the cooler mornings we’ve been having here in the past few…

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s class of 1965 holds reunions every five years, and lately, we’ve started having mini-reunions in between. This year, about twenty gathered in Memphis for a cruise up the Mississippi. Margaret and I couldn’t be away from home long enough for the cruise, but since the rendezvous point was the Peabody…

Former Water Valley resident D. Mitchell Cox, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Cox, had a speaking role in the 1964 cult-classic film, “Strait Jacket” with Joan Crawford. Cox, who had never acted in his life, played a psychiatrist who visited Crawford’s character, Lucy Harbin, after her return from the “institution” in…

WATER VALLEY – This week, an era at Blackmur Memorial Library came to an end with the retirement of long-time employee Donna Jones. Jones has been a fixture at the library for many years. She started as a volunteer shortly after moving to Water Valley and proved to be a motivated and tireless supporter for…

Welcome to another amusing week inside the Blue and White! The Blue Devils are constantly on their toes with all of the things going on. Each day, there is something new kicking off for the students. Out for Labor Day, Water Valley High School students returned from a well-needed three-day weekend, and the Lady Devils…

GUMS CROSSING – Construction on the longest bridge in the county that spans the Skuna River and the backwaters of Grenada Lake could be completed by this time next year. County Engineer Karl Grubb provided the estimate on the Gums Grossing bridge on County Road 221 during a supervisor meeting last week. The original Gums…

WATER VALLEY – The Water Valley fire department and police department are jointly hosting the city’s second annual 9/11 Memorial Walk on the 22nd anniversary of the terror attacks that changed the country and the world. Police Chief Jason Mangrum and Fire Chief Mark McGavock invite members of the public and first responders across the…

Not a year passed in the 18 years I worked alongside Mrs. Betty Shearer that she didn’t remind the readers that the Herald staff labors on Labor Day. Unless it falls on the Fourth of July, Christmas or New Year’s Day, Mondays are for working if the Herald is going to make the Tuesday afternoon…