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WATER VALLEY – The Water Valley Main Street Association announced that Keli Lindsey has been hired as the new director and will assume duties in November. The news came during Monday night’s annual meeting that also included a recap of the association’s activities during the last year and the introduction of new board members Glenda…

ENID – The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) reported that worked has started on a project to replace the bridge that spans Yocona River on Hwy. 51 in northwest Yalobusha County. The bridge was closed in April, 2022. MDOT reported that a $12.2 million dollar contract was awarded to Century Construction for the work. MDOT…

Your Herald reporter missed one of the best stories in Water Valley in a long time. I only missed it by a few minutes and after talking to multiple “sources,” I can share the details. This unusual event happened last Thursday during the lunch hour as the men gathered at their usual dining spot at…

It’s a Wagner Week again and, as promised, I’m picking back up with the second half of a July 26, 1902 letter that Corinne Wagner wrote to her Dad, Daniel, from a college trip to Scotland. She’s attending the prestigious all-girls Wellesley College. I also have small photographs she took from this trip in the…

The vote in the 1964 presidential election was historic for voters – not only in the county but also statewide. It marked the first time in a century that the majority of Mississippi voters selected Republican nominees for President and vice-president of the United States. Although Lyndon Johnson and his running mate, Hubert Humphrey, captured…

It’s been a great week at Mt Liberty. I hope everyone is staying warm on these cold nights and mornings. The days are nice but the mornings have been a bit rough. I enjoyed seeing all the pictures taken of the comet. I wasn’t going outside while it was cold to see it. I think…

David talked to Roger Kendall Sunday and he said his daughter, Bridget Bailey, was in intensive care in Jackson with COPD. Your writer has COPD and I’m here to tell you it is a scary feeling. I am on oxygen full time now. I had an appointment Monday afternoon in Oxford to see my doctor.…

WATER VALLEY – The Rotary Club of Water Valley welcomed Rotary District Governor Dave Rhylander during the October 15 meeting. The local Rotary Club is part of Rotary 6800 in Zone 31 and is part of the global organization called Rotary International and touts 1.2 million members worldwide. Rhylander, who was visiting from Collierville, has…

Students were back on the high school campus last week after a much needed fall break! Even though our fall sports are starting to die down, we still have so much going on around school. From the start of powerlifting and basketball, to a busy season full of college visits, we have a jam packed…

Staff Report MARKS – The Water Valley Blue Devils grinded out a Region 2-2A Victory over the homesteading Dragons of M.S. Palmer in Mark on Friday, October 18, to the tune of 27 to 12. The Blue Devils, winners of four of the last five contests against Palmer, set themselves up to play for the…