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Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival set for Saturday, Nov. 1
The 41st Annual Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival kicks off this Saturday, Nov. 1 with the arts and crafts festival on Main Street. In addition to the many arts and crafts, there will be a 5K run/walk,...
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Living with Cystic Fibrosis – Burt sisters focus on what they can do, not...
Nicole McGreger, of Bruce, always strives for normalcy when it comes to her three girls, but that can be a challenge at times when two of the three have Cystic Fibrosis – a life-threatening disorder...
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BES students sing at Bruce Living Center
Students from Bruce Elementary entertained residents at Bruce Community Living Center Wednesday morning singing a variety of songs. Four different classes of kindergarteners rode the buses over and...
View ArticlePamela Tutor
Pamela Kay Tutor, 59 of Southaven, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, at U.S.A. Medical Center in Mobile, Al. Born June 10, 1955 in Mobile, she was the daughter of Marvis Tutor and the late Eva Mae Baucum...
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Black Girls Rock hosts Breast Cancer Walk
Calhoun City hosted its 1st Annual Breast Cancer Walk Oct. 25, sponsored by Black Girls Rock of Mississippi and its director Santee Ezell. The program honored those who were lost to the disease and...
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Despite disappointing season, Dandy Dozen selection Jay Johnson still...
Jay Johnson, the Dandy Dozen selection and Ole Miss commit, is quick to acknowledge the 2014 season has been disappointing, but maintains hope he and his Bruce Trojans can still make some noise in the...
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Calhoun voters head to polls next Tuesday
Calhoun Countians will go to the polls next Tuesday, Nov. 4 to cast votes in five contested races and a proposed constitutional amendment. The races are highlighted by the U.S. Senate contest between...
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Review: April McGreger is now “Sweet Potato Empress”
Like many towns in the upland South, Vardaman grew up around a timber railhead. Some of the lordliest white oaks that ever left the continent descended from the hills above Vardaman and were shipped...
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Jesse Yancy Memorial Library Holiday Silent Auction starts Nov. 3
Christmas get-togethers are just around the corner. Jesse Yancy Memorial Library’s Friends of the Library is announcing their annual Holiday Silent Auction beginning Monday, Nov. 3. This annual event...
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‘City remains unbeaten with win over Okolona
Calhoun City coach Perry Liles had one question for his team after a win against Okolona that clinched an undefeated regular season. “All business Monday, right?” Liles asked. The Wildcats...
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Cougars’ season ends with loss at Hebron
Calhoun Academy’s season ended last Friday with a 54-30 loss at Hebron Christian. Scott Shankle The Cougars finished the year with a 4-6 record and a fourth place finish in the division. “We’ve been...
View ArticleFrances Austin
Frances Marlene Walls Austin, 71, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at her home in Vardaman. She was born August 17, 1943, in Pontotoc County, to Haskell Marlon Walls and Myrtis Frances Holloway Walls. She...
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James Robert May, Jr., 51 of Toccopola, died Friday, October 31, 2014, at decendent’s residence in Toccopola. Born August 9, 1963 in Oxford, he was the son of James May and Gay McKibben May of Bruce....
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Supervisors award bid for bridge replacement on Duncan Hill Road
Calhoun County Supervisors approved a bridge replacement on Duncan Hill Road and set holidays for county offices for the coming months at a Monday morning meeting in Pittsboro. Endevco, Inc. was...
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