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•QUICK BITES will be Thursday, Nov. 6 at noon at the Multi-Purpose Building in Pittsboro with Lynette McDougald,The University Florist, will talk about Mississippi’s Bounty with center pieces for your...
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–––––––––––––––––––––––– FOR SALE 2 Houses, Land, Mobile Homes ________________________ METHODIST CHURCH in Robbs community, build in 1950, recently closed. Building, pews, piano...
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VES students hold mock election
Heather McGreger’s homeroom students and Jill Caples’s 4th grade SPACE students held a mock election at Vardaman Elementary School. Students in grades 4th – 6th entered the mock voting precinct that...
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Miles Murphree Barnes, infant son of Turner and Brittany Barnes, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, at his home in Oxford. The funeral service will be held Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, at 11 a.m. at North Oxford...
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Vardaman board to take legal action in uniform dispute
Vardaman board of aldermen voted to take legal action against Jay Vanlandingham of Vardaman at the regular meeting of the board last night. James Casey Vanlandingham (not the Jay Vanlandingham of Bruce...
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Derma approves new welcome sign
Derma board of aldermen voted on a design for new welcome signs at the regular meeting of the board last night. The design will be dark blue with gold banner, and white writing. In another matter,...
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Bruce board approves $1 million bid for sewer improvement project
The Bruce board approved a low bid for the $1 million sewer improvement project in the city, ruled on a citizen’s complaint regarding a high water bill, and considered regulations for a possible taxi...
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Calhoun City alderman walks out of meeting after after heated debate
A Calhoun City alderman left Tuesday’s meeting abruptly after objecting to what he said were unneccessary special meetings during the past month. Alderman Marshall Coleman voiced objection to having...
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Temperatures cooled off considerably for Halloween and Sweet Potato Festival
Octoberfest in Calhoun City the weather was mild, but by Fall Festival in Bruce Friday night, it was freezing. We usually have a ball game or two where we add sweatshirts and maybe gloves, and...
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World War I Museum highlights trip to Kansas City
The highlights have been varied over the past 10 years as Dr. Bruce Longest and I have continued our quest to check off visits to every NFL city, and it hasn’t always been the Sunday afternoon game....
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A valiant victory for Dogs; traumatic defeat for Rebs
This is written on Sunday morning. I feel fine; my TV remote control batteries are dead. Valiantly, they lasted until the ends of Mississippi State’s arduous victory over Arkansas and Ole Miss’s...
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Willie Isbell
Willie Isbell of Bruce is the oldest of nine children and started cooking about age 9. His mother, Mary, showed him how to make peas and cornbread so he could get meals ready while she and his father...
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Former Trojan now in his 15th year coaching college football
Benjy Parker had a ritual on Saturday mornings for eight years while coaching for Troy University. It didn’t matter if the Trojans were playing a home game or an away game later that day, Parker always...
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Hometown earns Business of the Month
HomeTown Cafe was named Chamber Business of the Month for October. With Bruce Chamber president Becky Wright, is Chad Whitworth. Photo by Celia Hillhouse
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Leonard Holland Classic is Saturday at CCHS
Calhoun City High School will open the basketball season this Saturday by hosting the annual Leonard Holland Girls’ Classic. Schedule Saturday, Nov. 8 – CCHS gym 11 a.m. Eupora v Charleston 12:30 p.m....
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‘City Rotary donates dictionaries
Calhoun City Rotary Club handed out dictionaries to Calhoun City Elementary third graders last week. Front, l to r, are Cohen Brown, NyQuasia Williams, Keymaja Whaley, Javion Stovall, Dr. Lisa...
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Countywide Thanksgiving program set for Nov. 16 in Pittsboro
It’s the time of year when food banks and pantries are asking for food supplies as communities become aware of local residents needing assistance in providing essential meals for their families. All...
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Look Who’s Cookin’
Willie Isbell of Bruce is the oldest of nine children and started cooking about age 9. His mother, Mary, showed him how to make peas and cornbread so he could get meals ready while she and his father...
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Dr. Wells injured in morning wreck
Local doctor Willie Wells has been transported to Memphis hospital after a wreck this morning. Dr. Wells, of Bruce, was traveling north on Hwy 9 when he collided with a car turning onto the Calhoun...
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Artist to entertain at Sweet Potato Festival Banquet
The 41st Annual Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival continues this week with the crowning for the next queen and the annual banquet Saturday night. Kym Garraway-Braley The 2014-15 Sweet Potato Queen will be...
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