Herald Columnists

It was a joyous time watching the 63 members of the Water Valley High School Class of 2022 receive their diplomas, turning the page for the next chapter in their life Thursday night. The stadium was packed as family and friends looked on proudly, the graduates had prevailed. A tough and resilient class also defined…

By the time this column is published, I will no longer have a child attending Davidson Elementary School for the first time in a decade! My sixth grader will have finished his last day at DES and will surely be out roaming the wild streets of Water Valley with his group of sweaty pals; leaving…

You know what I think we need? A few more days of rain. What seems like weeks on end of thunderstorms is just not enough. Let’s make it a whole month. Or even a year! Why not? In fact, let’s go ahead and become an aquatic species.  By the time this column is published I’m…

This has not been a good week for the Kilgore clan. We were able to enjoy a family gathering for Sunday lunch, even with all the various ailments our clan is facing. Rance was able to come as were Bo and Carolyn. Bo had surgery last Tuesday to replace his right shoulder. All went well…

This week was filled with a ton of events. I felt like every day at school was insane because so many students were out for sports or competitions. The hallways even felt different with so few students walking them. However, the lack of students at school this week was a good thing because it meant…

We passed another important deadline last week. February 23 was the deadline for original floor action on revenue bills passed by the House Committees on Appropriations and Ways and Means. I serve on the Ways and Means Committee. Ways and Means deals with measures that will provide income to the state. Appropriations decides how that…

I hope all of you readers had a wonderful Valentines Day, filled with love, flowers  and candy! Love and sympathy to the James Louis Blount family of Grenada. James Louis passed away Friday, Feb. 11 and was laid to rest Monday. I had the pleasure of meeting James Louis back in the late fifties. He married…

The dark, murky waters in Mississippi have always  seemed ominous and sinister to me. In the swamps and lakes of the Delta, I just knew anything could be lurking  there, ready to grab whatever intruded. I wasn’t far from being correct either, and that’s what attracts grabblers. They know what’s in those dark, murky waters,…