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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…

• 10 Years Ago, July 9, 2015 – Excitement is building as 24 candidates are competing in four heavily contested supervisors’ races in the August 4 Primary Election. This week’s edition of the Herald contains input from 20 supervisor candidates responding to a questionnaire jointly sponsored by this newspaper and the Water Valley Business Alliance…

I hope everyone had a very happy Fourth of July. We had a wonderful time with our church family. We met at Bro. Grant Coffey and Leigh Anne’s for a cookout and to swim in the pool. We shot fireworks. It was an amazing time of fellowship. To me, it wasn’t even as hot as…

If you were at last year’s Watermelon Carnival Street Dance, you already know the truth: once just wasn’t enough. By popular demand (and we mean demand), Joe Austin and The Tallahatchies and Doctor Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster are headed back to the stage on Friday night, August 1, ready to turn Central Street by City…

OAKLAND – Four people have been arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting that occurred on Spruce Street in Oakland in the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 25. According to Yalobusha County Sheriff Jerimaine Gooch, deputies responded to the call at 4:26 a.m. after multiple rounds struck a house and two parked vehicles. No…

WATER VALLEY – The Civic is stepping into the spotlight with a brand-new look, thanks in part to a dazzling addition: a row of custom Art Deco light fixtures designed and installed by two generous and talented artists. James McCormick and Joe Tidwell teamed up to bring a touch of glamour and glitz to the…

WATER VALLEY – After a long absence, the Water Valley Town & Country Garden Club will once again present Music Fest on Thursday evening, July 31, as the opening event of the Watermelon Carnival weekend. This year’s performance will take place at The Civic, Water Valley’s newly renovated auditorium, marking a proud milestone for both…

Don’t mention this to Don Dalrymple, but I’m thinking about chickening—er, I mean backing—out of a planned skydiving trip later this month. It sounded good when I half-heartedly committed back in a February column. Don had issued a dare—or maybe a challenge—for me to jump out of an airplane. “It would be great—and a business…

I don’t have a lot to report from Water Valley this week as I’ve not been in Mississippi at all since mid-June. I’ve been holed up at an artist residency right outside Saratoga Springs, a town in upstate New York. This residency is a place one may come to get some creative work done in…