Herald Columnists

Boy, it’s been a hot week. I hope everyone is staying safe and hydrated. Y’all know I absolutely despise wintertime, but I’m ready for summer to ease up a little bit. I can’t bring myself to say I wish summer was over. I love the sunshine and the activities. I guess I’m getting older and…

I think it must be my fault, this strange pattern of severe storms that erupt each Saturday spawning tornadoes in Mississippi. I must have complained one too many times about the Saturday storm cycle disrupting spring activities such as gardening, hunting or fishing. You won’t hear another complaint from me. Thankfully Yalobusha County dodged the…

Here we are. After what seemed like the longest January on record, we finally made it to February. Too much happened in January. The world-wide events committee should have capped it off at some point around Martin Luther King Day. Whatever celestial gods were in charge of January 2025 seemed caffeinated. Although I do highly…

The old saying about time passing fast sure rings true for me, the last week has been a whirlwind. I got the newspapers delivered to the stores last Wednesday morning and worked on a few loose ends before heading home to pack for a trip to Orange Beach with my wife and her brother and…

I hope everyone has had a great week so far. It’s been pretty busy at Mt Liberty. Saturday was the annual cemetery day and we had a great turnout. We would like to thank everyone that came and helped and those that provided a dish. The cemetery fund is used to maintain the cemetery grounds…

I hope everyone has had a great week. I’ve been busy as usual. Mom is still having a hard time post surgery, so we’re still needing prayers for her. It’s been a trying time but we know the Lord has a plan. Bro. Grant Coffey brought us a message from Exodus 14:5-10 Sunday morning. This…

It’s a cold week ahead here in the hills and my wintertime weekly soup adventures are continuing — this time with chicken tortilla. It’s a flavorful and healthy choice but, I must admit, just makes me wish I was eating a bowl of piping hot nachos instead. If I’m being honest, I typically put so…

I would love to give y’all a run-down of all the fun things that happened in Water Valley over the last couple of weeks but, truth be told, I have either been out of town on work related trips or on my sofa doing armchair detective work related to the whereabouts of Carlee Russell. If…

My surprise visit Monday morning was my sweet great granddaughter, Haven Rose Dukes and her daddy Waylon. Tommy and Debbie McCool had a great time yesterday. They were at church. After church, their granddaughters Allison Dukes, Caitlyn And Hannah Beavers wanted to go to the Tupelo mall – so they took them. They stopped at…