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Fifteen years have passed since Columbus “Jimmy” Buford was brutally beaten and killed inside his home on Calhoun Street in Water Valley on Dec. 15, 2009. MBI agents and the sheriff’s department assisted the Water Valley Police Department with the case, but few strong leads surfaced in the weeks and months that followed. Buford had…

This was intended for last weeks news: Shelia Jackson ate Thanksgiving dinner with her niece, Robbie Griffin, at Teasdale. Then Thursday night they had their families out at Mickey’s and Christy’s new house. Sheila said it was so nice and it has a porch all around it. Mickey and Christy constructed the house, it took…

Football coaches from all seven classifications and all eight regions met in Hattiesburg for the Annual All-State Meeting. In Class 2A, senior defensive lineman Donalvin Wilson made the team for the second consecutive season. The Northwest Mississippi Community College commit made the Second Team this season. Junior Zae Bradford was voted to the Honorable Mention…

I hope it’s been a great week for everyone, things are going good in our little community. Everyone is starting to feel better from the crud that’s been going around. Friday night I went to Christmas in the Valley with my youngest, Emily, and we had fun as always. We took some great pictures. Emily’s…

We are starting to slow down for the semester at WVHS, but teachers, staff, and students alike are dedicated to ending 2024 on a good note! Softball is gearing up for their busy season after the holidays and break. I talked to senior team member and captain Belle Belcher about the upcoming season. “I feel…

They must have been desperate for a speaker last month at the Yalobusha Historical Society as Barron Caulfield requested me to talk about the history of newspapers in the county. Thankfully I had plenty of notice and have a decent archive of newspaper history I have compiled during the last 20 years. Admittedly I was…

Welcome back from Thanksgiving Week, everyone! I completely lost track of the order of the days last week, mainly due to the Ole Miss game being on Friday. Thursday was a holiday so it felt like a Saturday and then Friday had a game on it so it also felt like a Saturday. Then Saturday…

10 years ago, Dec. 4, 2014 – Volunteers with the Branch of Hope Ministry including Jay Hurdle, Ronnie Robertson and Branch Manager Paul Hendricks helped Dale Wilbourn load boxes containing Christmas shoe boxes. The crew packed 1,454 shoe boxes that were headed to Atlanta and ultimately to children around the world. Bob and Dale Tyler…

WATER VALLEY – Solero Technologies announced an upcoming expansion at the Water Valley plant that will add 14 new production lines for manufacturing six new product families. The news broke during a year-end celebration as hundreds of employees gathered outside in a tent alongside corporate officials from Atar Capital, the owner of the plant. The…

By Jessie Gurner Herald Contributor WATER VALLEY – If you are a football fan—or even if you’re not—you’ve probably heard the story of Water Valley’s own football legend, Bryant Mix. As a senior Blue Devil in 1990, he was part of the state championship team, a season that remains a cherished memory for the town.…