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Remax Legacy – Fischer Properties Team Receives Spotlight Award
WATER VALLEY – The Remax Legacy – Fischer Properties team was presented the prestigious Business Spotlight Award by the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce on November 8. Chamber president Justin Canterbury presented the award to this business that has been a cornerstone of the Water Valley business community for over two decades. In 1999,…
Read MoreBallgame Traffic Keeps City Cops Rolling
WATER VALLEY – Saturday’s Ole Miss football game was a sell-out, the seventh largest crowd ever at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford with the University of Mississippi reported 64,425 people in attendance. The big game also marked a busy weekend on the Hwy. 7 bypass in Water Valley as police officers issued 52 traffic citations from…
Read MoreHunters Can Help Control CWD
Thousands of hunters will take to the woods across the state Saturday as the anticipated gun season for whitetail deer opens. The season marks the third since Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was first detected in Mississippi in February, 2018, bringing a change in regulations and concern for the risk of human consumption for deer that…
Read MorePolice Make DUI, Felony Arrests
WATER VALLEY – The Water Valley Police Department conducted a traffic patrol saturation from Friday, Nov. 5, through Sunday, Nov. 7, that resulted in 42 traffic citations, two DUI arrests and one felony arrest. Water Valley Police Chief Jason Mangrum reported the city-wide detail was conducted to help curtail driving infractions and combat drunk driving.…
Read MoreCovid Cases Continue To Decline In Yalobusha County
JACKSON – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported 27 new Covid-19 cases in Yalobusha County during the last two weeks (Oct. 26 – Nov. 9), signaling a decline in the surge of cases starting in early August with the delta coronavirus variant. The state agency reported 322 new cases in August, 235…
Read MoreReport From September Grand Juries
The Grand Jury in the Second Judicial District (Water Valley) issued indictments on 40 true bills during the September session. Indictments that have been served and not been previously reported in the Herald include: • Kimberly Ann Wilkins was indicted for one count for the sale of a controlled substance. According to the court documents,…
Read MoreShooting Deaths Of Husband And Wife Are Ruled Homicide/Suicide
COFFEEVILLE – The death of a husband and wife on Hwy. 330 West outside of Coffeeville has been ruled a murder/suicide. Yalobusha County Sheriff Jerimaine Gooch reported that his department responded to the couple’s residence last Thursday, Nov. 4, around 5 p.m. Chandra Dawn Perkins, 54, and Carey Wade Tackett, 54, were discovered deceased in…
Read MorePodiatrist Indicted In Foot Bath Scheme
WATER VALLEY – A Water Valley podiatrist who practices in Oxford has been charged in an 11-count indictment for allegedly running a five-year scheme to defraud health care benefit programs including Medicare by submitting over $11 million in false claims for medically unnecessary medications and ordering medically unnecessary testing in exchange for kickbacks and bribes.…
Read MoreFleeing Drunk Hides In Culvert
WATER VALLEY – A Duck Hill man faces felony charges after fleeing from law enforcement during the early morning hours Saturday. Water Valley Police Chief Jason Mangrum reported Christopher Young, Jr., 20, was charged with felony fleeing, reckless driving, DUI and resisting arrest following a brief pursuit that ended in Lafayette County. The chief reported…
Read MoreSchool Trustee Will Be Sworn In Early
WATER VALLEY – Rhonda Burchett will take office early as the new Position 5 Water Valley School District board member. School board members appointed Burchett during the October 25 meeting to fill a vacancy following the resignation of Chris Terry, who stepped down at an earlier meeting after he moved out of the district he…
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