Yancy Library to host Christmas Storytime and movie
Join us at Jesse Yancy Library Tuesday, Dec. 23 for some Christmas Break fun. The fun starts from 10:30-11:30 a.m. with a special Christmas Break Storytime. We’ll have crafts, stories, and lots of fun....
View ArticleBruce students tell family holiday traditions
Every family has traditions for what they do during Christmas time. A few BHS students have shared their special traditions their families have upheld for years. “Christmas is a very special holiday...
View ArticleLady Rams win fourth straight with blowout victory against Falkner
The Vardaman Lady Rams won their fourth straight Thursday night defeating visiting Falkner. Alaysia Madkins Sylysses Rimmer led the Lady Rams with 12 points in the 61-36 win. Alaysia Madkins added 11...
View ArticleFood Pantry in Bruce
A team of more than a dozen volunteers from all over Calhoun County gathered at Our Daily Bread Food Pantry in Bruce Thursday night to assemble food boxes to be distributed Saturday morning. Deborah...
View ArticleVardaman man receives more than 40 stitches after dog bite
A Vardaman man received more than 40 stitches in his arm after being bitten by a dog Wednesday afternoon. James Robert Duncan was transported to the hospital for treatment after receiving a severe dog...
View ArticleKatie Skeen
Katie Marie Skeen, 22 of Big Creek, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at University Medical Center Grenada in Grenada. Born January 30, 1992 in Greenville, she was the daughter of Johnny Kavin Skeen,...
View ArticleConnie Pounders
Connie LaNeece Murphree Pounders, 51 of Counce, Tn. died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Golden Triangle in Columbus. She was born July 6, 1963 in Pontotoc. She was a graduate...
View ArticleWilliam Brummett
William Junior Brummett, 66 of Vardaman, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Born November 13, 1948 in Lafayette County, he was the son of William Norris Brummett...
View ArticleElizabeth Camp
Mary Elizabeth Hardy Camp, 92, died Monday, December 15, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. She was born March 6, 1922 in Water Valley, to the late Griffin G. and Lena Carr Hardy. She...
View ArticleWallace Forsyth
Wallace Forsyth, 83, died Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. He was born February 19, 1931 in Pine Valley, to the late J.W., Sr. and Christine Camp Forsyth. He was a...
View ArticleFrances McPhail
Miss Frances Lynn McPhail, 81, of Calhoun City, died December 19, 2014 at North MS Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born March 19, 1933 in Calhoun County, the daughter of Dr. George T. McPhail and...
View ArticleSupervisors choose MAS insurance proposal hoping for savings
Calhoun County Supervisors opted to take on some risk for the chance to save the county close to $40,000 on property insurance at last Thursday’s meeting of the board. The board was debating between...
View ArticleLong standoff ends with subject shooting himself in the foot
A standoff with police at a home west of Bruce ended after midnight Sunday night when the subject shot himself in the foot. Jerry B. White Sr., 65, of New York, had barricaded himself in the bedroom of...
View ArticlePittsboro informed beer referendum voided, but liquor gets go-ahead
The Pittsboro board of aldermen unanimously approved an ordinance governing the sale of liquor in the county seat Monday night, but were forced to postpone any action on beer, possibly permanently....
View ArticleSanta visits Head Start
Santa Claus found his way to South Calhoun Head Start through the rain and cold to bring gifts to all the Head Start and Early Head Start boys and girls.
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