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Bruce falls to East Webster
Jamar Brown had an 80 yard touchdown run in Friday’s game with East Webster, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a 42-27 Trojan loss. Bruce closes the regular season next week at Okolona. They must win...
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Cougars beaten 54-14 at home by Kemper
Kemper blew open a close game in the second quarter to hand Calhoun Academy its fourth loss of the season. The first of many Calhoun Academy fumbles in the game gave Kemper good field position,...
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East Webster defeats Bruce 42-27 to keep Trojans winless in region
There wasn’t much Bruce could do to slow down East Webster quarterback Jack Wilson and the rest of the Wolverines offense last Friday in a 42-27 loss. The junior Wilson led East Webster (8-2, 3-1...
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Rams remain winless with 34-6 loss at Smithville
A difficult season continued for the Vardaman Rams Friday night as they were defeated 34-6 at Smithville. Vardaman's Brandon Washington The loss dropped the Rams’ to 0-9 on the season and increased...
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Front Porch Pickin’
J.D. Long, Bill Bailey, Jerry Haney and Rusty Pinion warm up before the “Front Porch Pickin’” at Jess Moore’s home in Sabougla Saturday night. Photo by Joel McNeece
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Calhoun City house fire
Calhoun City and Derma fire departments responded to this house fire at 128 Myers Avenue in Calhoun City near the elementary school. The house was not occupied. The cause of the fire was unknown. Photo...
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William Edward McCammon, 80, died Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Baptist Hospital in Memphis. He was born February 14, 1934 in Yalobusha County, to the late Richard Thomas and Alma Lorene Redwine...
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Bruce Subway manager killed in wreck
The manager of the Subway in Bruce was killed in a car accident over the weekend. Deep Bharucha, 26, of Ackerman, died instantly in a car wreck on the Natchez Trace near Mathiston late Saturday night....
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‘City Chamber to decorate town with saxophones
The Calhoun City Chamber of Commerce has taken steps to add more art around town honoring saxophone legend Ace Cannon. Laura Edwards Chamber President Laura Edwards said they have commissioned chainsaw...
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Northwest to host Prospect Camp Nov. 8
Northwest Mississippi Community College head baseball coach Mark Carson has announced a Prospect Camp for 2015 and 2016 graduates on Saturday, Nov. 8 at Jim Miles Field. Registration is on site...
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CCES kindergarteners visit area businesses
Kindergarten students at Calhoun City Elementary recently did a community walk where they visited a local bank, the post office, Natchez Trace Power Association, Off the Alley, Tres Chic and the city...
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Bonnie Jean Sullivan, 82 of Magee, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 at her residence. Survivors include a daughter, Becky (Mark) Johns, Magee; son, Jeff Sullivan, Bruce; grandchildren, Jacob Johns, Joseph...
View ArticleRaymond Davis
Harvey Raymond Davis, 94, of Houston, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at Calhoun Health Services in Calhoun City. He was born March 20, 1920, in Houston to Harvey Hardin Davis and Georgia May Stafford...
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Air Evac team talks to Bruce Chamber; Fall Festival is Oct. 31
Representatives of Air Evac, the emergency helicopter team, spoke to the Bruce Chamber Monday about their work locally with Calhoun County Fire Departments and the company’s membership program. Suzanne...
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Latest accreditation grades not as meaningful; Reading Gate could impact 8%...
Calhoun County Schools all maintained their same accreditation grade from the state except for Calhoun City High School which improved from an F to a D. The Mississippi Department of Education released...
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Songs of Fall
Bruce Elementary School first graders performed several songs of fall at the first meeting of B.E.S.T. for this school year. Mayor Rudy Pope spoke to the children about Halloween and safety. B.E.S.T....
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CCHS to host Wildcat Madness basketball event
Calhoun City High School will host Wildcat Madness Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Fans will be able to meet the junior and high school basketball teams, watch a dunk contest and a live scrimmage....
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Cruising toward the end of a long, strange trip
Let’s step back a bit from normal prognostication in what has now supplanted the 1983 Mississippi gubernatorial campaign as the strangest political campaign in the state’s long and bewildering...
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Variety of wildlife showing up at our house in the middle of town
My mother, Jo Ann Denley, is continuing to improve at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. She has been moved to the rehab part of the hospital which she undergoes physical therapy for most of every...
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Get out of their way and let teachers teach
Accreditation grades for schools and school districts around the state were released last week by the Mississippi Department of Education with less fanfare than in previous years. Over the years, I’ve...
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