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Bruce Sawmill Festival to host 5K Run Saturday, July 13
The Bruce Sawmill Festival will host its 3rd Annual 5K Run for History this Saturday at 8 a.m. Registration is $20 on the day of the race and will begin at 7 a.m. You can pre-register for $15 by...
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Grey Tedford, of Bruce, biked across the United States in 40 days raising thousands of dollars for the Amputee Coalition. He survived more than a dozen flat tires, snake-infested areas, lightning,...
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Calhoun County Fair will begin Monday with Fairest of Fair pageant
The 90th edition of the Calhoun County Fair will be held July 15-20 with a few new additions. The Fair will open Monday, July 15 with the annual Fairest of the Fair pageant at 6:30 p.m. Entry fees are...
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Bruce Sawmill Festival is underway
The 22nd Annual Bruce Sawmill Festival is underway with arts and crafts on the square, kids’ games, lots of food vendors and more. The live music will begin tonight as will the art show at the Bruce...
View ArticleMartha Epsya Vance Clanton
Known as “Eppie” to her college and World War II friends. Born August 25, 1923 to Robert Carl and Eunice Spencer Vance. Died July 11, 2013 at NMMC in Tupelo. Survivors include one son, Sonny Clanton of...
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The 22nd Annual Bruce Sawmill Festival opened Thursday night with the Annual Aqua Queen Pageant. Among the winners were, from left, Kellyanne Britt, Caitlyn Tutor, Kylee Fox and Jessie Marie Hawkins....
View ArticleAnne Murphree Hicks
Anne Murphree Hicks passed away July 7, 2013. She was 87. Anne was born to Roy C. and Bess Carter Murphree in Big Creek, MS on 2/6/26. She met her husband Joe Hicks in elementary school in Big Creek....
View ArticleMyrl Poynor Barfield
Myrl Poynor Barfield, 87, of Bruce, died July 12, 2013 at North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville. She was born September 17, 1925 in Banner, the daughter of Nathaniel Davis Poynor and Lila Pearl...
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Driver escapes serious injury after 18-wheeler crash
The driver of an 18-wheeler loaded with lumber that overturned on Hwy. 8 south of Calhoun City Friday afternoon walked away from the accident. Robert Henley, Jr. reportedly suffered a “bump to the...
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Sawmill Festival Queen Elizabeth Hathorne sings during Friday night activities on the Bruce Square. The Sawmill Festival continues all day Saturday. Photo by Joel McNeece
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Grey Tedford, who recently completed a cross-country bike trip to raise funds for the Amputee Coalition, was presented a key to the city and other prizes by Bruce Mayor Rudy Pope during the Sawmill...
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Ivy, Morrow win Bruce Museum 5K at Sawmill Festival
Samy Ivy, right, and Eddie Morrow, left, were the winners of the Bruce Museum’s 5K Run for History at the Sawmill Festival. Ivy earned first with a time of 18:05. Morrow placed second overall at 19:13....
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Bruce Farmers’ Market receives state certification
The Bruce Farmers Market was recently certified by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce as part of the Mississippi Certified Farmers Market Program. The Mississippi Department of...
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Supervisors hear budget proposals; new software could lessen amount of...
Calhoun County supervisors began work on the budget for next fiscal year by hearing requests from each of the county departments last Friday. Among the budgets presented in person, the only significant...
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A large crowd turned out to roast Jimmy Ball in Calhoun City Saturday night. More than $7,000 in proceeds from the roast went to Excel for its after school tutoring programs. Pictured with Jimmy is his...
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Derma home damaged by fire Sunday night
No one was home at the time of a fire Sunday night that severely damaged a Derma home. The fire was spotted by a neighbor around 9:30 p.m. coming out near the roof on the side of the house located at...
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Harold Wayne Reynolds, 66, of Bruce, died July 15, 2013 at his home. He was born November 14, 1946 in Sarepta, the son of Lelon Knox Reynolds and Willie Jean Hardin Reynolds. He served in the National...
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Among the many visitors from out of town at last weekend’s Bruce Sawmill Festival were Sandi and Rob Riley, right, from the Dominican Republic. They are friends of Joe and Ann Massey, left, of Bruce....
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Steamers finish sixth at World Series
The Calhoun Steamer All-Stars, a 10-and-under fastpitch softball team, ended their season with a sixth place finish in the Dizzy Dean World Series in Southaven last week. The girls were among a field...
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Several from Calhoun participate in Color Run
Several from Calhoun County participated in “The Color Run” last Saturday in Jackson. The unique 5K race is untimed but where participants are doused from head to toe in different colors at each...
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