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Board of Supervisors meeting
Calhoun County Supervisors met Thursday morning where the dominant topic of conversation was improvements needed to the multi-purpose building and overall drainage around the fairgrounds. See the...
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John Thomas Carl Coleman, 89, of Pontotoc, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at Pontotoc Rehab. Born March 20, 1925, he was the husband of the late Faye Reynolds Coleman. He was retired from Memphis...
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Edna Ruth Barton, 85 of Metairie, La. passed on January 12, 2015. She was born April 27, 1929 in Calhoun City. She was the wife of the late Ernest Edwain Barton, who passed on December 13, 2012. She...
View ArticleCullie Suggs
Cullie Ann Woods Suggs, 71, of Grenada died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 at her home. She was born May 26, 1943 in Big Creek, to E.B. Woods and Bertha Hallum Woods. She was a retired toll operator for...
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Calhoun Endowment pays off Excel note
Members of the Calhoun Endowment Foundation visited EXCEL in Calhoun City this week to present a $3,000 grant to allow the organization to pay off its remaining debt for the building on the Calhoun...
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Dr. King’s legacy honored at annual Loggins Scholarship banquet in Pittsboro
Kegan Coleman spoke on the importance of “intelligence and character,” eight honorees were recognized, and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered in prayer and song during the annual...
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MLK Banquet
Tina McBride, accompanied by Michael Armstrong, entertained the audience at the annual MLK Banquet in Pittsboro Saturday night with two musical selections including “Take Me to the King.” See the...
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The Shining Stars
The Shining Stars, a gospel group first founded in the 1940s, was among the honorees at Saturday night’s MLK Banquet in Pittsboro. See the related story in the news section. Photo by Joel McNeece
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‘City sweeps Bruce, Houston; Lady Rams beaten by Walnut
It was another successful weekend for Calhoun City basketball as they completed sweeps of Bruce and Houston. Austin Burl The Wildcats topped the Trojans 81-31 Friday night. Austin Burl led all scorers...
View ArticleGeraldine Dorroh
Geraldine Thompson Dorroh, 83, of Eupora died Friday, Janu. 16, 2015 at Golden Living Center in Eupora. She was born September 4, 1931 in Big Creek, to L.C. Thompson and Jakie Boland Thompson. She was...
View ArticleFern Innman
Fern Innman, 91, of Banner, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. Born February 14, 1923. He was the husband of the late Ruth Miller Innman. He was a World War II U.S....
View ArticleGlen Barton
Glen Boyce Barton, 82, of Calhoun City, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 at MS Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born August 17, 1921 in Grenada to Graham Jones Barton and Masouria Mitchell Barton. He was a...
View ArticleAlison Hardaway
Alison Audrey Reynolds Hardaway, 37, of Calhoun City died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 at her home in Calhoun City. She was born May 17, 1977 in Victoria, Tx. to Cecil Reynolds and Thomasine Hoot Baker....
View ArticleCornell Westmoreland Jr.
Cornell ‘Wes’ Westmoreland Jr. was born February 15, 1937 in Bruce. He is a graduate of the segregated Bruce Black High School. Upon graduating from high school, he enlisted in the army where he served...
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Polk speaks at Bruce Baseball Banquet
Ron Polk, former Mississippi State baseball coach, visits with Bruce Trojan Baseball Coach Josh Dowdy at the team’s preseason banquet Monday night at First Baptist in Bruce. Polk was the featured...
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Candidate qualifying slows greatly in Calhoun County
Candidate qualifying for Calhoun County races has virtually ground to a halt since the initial rush after qualifying opened Jan. 5. Only two candidates have qualified since the first 21 signed up to...
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Academy sweeps Humphreys Monday
Calhoun Academy swept a pair of games from Humphreys Academy Monday night in Pittsboro. The Lady Cougars won 44-23 with Hunter Robertson leading the way with 16 points. Casey Moss scored 13 and Regan...
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Sorghum Hill Studio
Leah Easley Edington has opened Sorghum Hill Studio featuring her own handmade jewelry and fine art, and her open house was held in December. Edington, a third grade teacher at Vardaman Elementary...
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Success of Tanglefoot Trail sparks new interest in Skuna Valley Trail
The Tanglefoot Trail – the 43.6 mile railroad line from Houston to New Albany that was transformed into a path for bicycles, walkers and joggers – is now one year old and is being hailed as an...
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This time, Rapunzel was going to spin kudzu into black gold
STARKVILLE – I like to think of it as the day that Mississippi taxpayers were told that with a little faith and an investment in new technology, we could turn kudzu into gold. Black gold, Texas Tea,...
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