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Phil Taylor
James Phillip “Phil” Taylor, 62, passed away April 14 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born in Bruce, Mississippi, graduated from Whitehaven High School and attended Mississippi State University. Phil...
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Glen F Crutchfield, 82, of St. John, In., passed away Friday, April 10, 2015. He was born September 26, 1932 in Calhoun City, the son of Timothy Crutchfield and Eula Mae Jones Crutchfield. He is...
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Jody’s Dancers to host recital April 26
Jody’s Dancers’ spring recital is Sunday, Apr. 26 at 4 p.m. at the Bruce High School Auditorium. 1st & 2nd Grade: back, Addie Hailey, Mary Katelyn Baker, Leah Clark, Hailey Hogan, Joey Helen...
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Calhoun Academy district art winners
Grades 4th-6th competition was held at Calhoun Academy. Winners, front, Bella Norwood, Lily Clark, Layla Bramlitt, Sara Jane Parker, Carson Spratlin; middle, Bella Nichols, John Grayson Leachman, Seth...
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Mary Nell Sheffield Moore went home to be with the Lord April 18, 2015. She was born January 6, 1919 to Mary Sue and Jess A. Sheffield, the youngest of their four children. She was preceded in death by...
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Bruce girls win state title; Brown, Liles set state powerlifting records
Calhoun County came up big at the state powerlifting championships this weekend highlighted by the Bruce Lady Trojans winning the Class I state title and state records being set by Bruce’s Jamar Brown...
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Calhoun County population continues very gradual decline
Calhoun County’s population is continuing a very gradual decline, according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau. A new population estimate of 14,745 was recently released for the...
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Bruce Lady Trojans win state powerlifting title
The Bruce Lady Trojans edged Calhoun City in winning the Class I Powerlifting State Championship this weekend. Read the related story in the sports section. Photo by Keith Warren/MHSAA
View ArticleFaye Snyder
Faye Snyder, 86, of Bruce, died Sunday, April 19, 2015, at her residence. Born Friday, October 26, 1928 in Merryville, La., she was the daughter of the late Clayton Earl Glaze and Sallie Lou Deason...
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Grenada man killed in Hwy. 8 accident this morning
A fatal accident occurred around 8:30 this morning on Hwy 8 West in Calhoun County near County Road 380. A white 2007 Chevrolet Extended Cab pickup driven by 37 year old Darlene Farmer of Coffeeville...
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Ruths earn Margery B. Rogers Clark Scholarship
Teaching history to the next generation is one way of preserving it. The Margery B. Rogers Clark Memorial Scholarship was bestowed on Jacob Ruth and Jade Ruth recently at the eighth annual ceremonies...
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Harmon finishes fourth at MACJC
Calhoun Academy product Hunter Harmon and his East Mississippi Community College golf team earned second place in the 2015 MACJC State Men’s Golf Championship held last weekend at Lion Hills. Harmon...
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Cub Scouts visit The Journal, TV station
Calhoun City Cub Scout Pack 40 toured the Calhoun County Journal and W07BN in Bruce last Monday. They are, front, Fisher Jackson, Eli McGee, Jonathan Lucius, Carson Brumley, Caleb Brumley, and back,...
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Lady Trojans, Lady Rams will begin postseason this week
The Bruce Lady Trojans and Vardaman Lady Rams will both begin postseason play this week, but who they will face and exact starting times weren’t known as of press time. Madison Bullard The Vardaman...
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Calhoun City closes season on three game win streak
The Calhoun City Lady Wildcats ended the 2015 softball season playing their best ball of the year. They ended the year on a three-game winning streak including a 7-3 win over Bruce Monday night. Landyn...
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Bruce Chamber outlines priorities for new year; offers first look at 2015...
The Bruce Chamber of Commerce began their new year Monday forming a list of priorities for the organization to work toward. The priorities, in no particular order, included a renewed effort on...
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NRCS poster winners
Calhoun County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Natural Resource Poster Contest for all county 5th graders was held recently. Each school has class winners and a school winner. Bruce winners:...
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Phyllis Camp
Phyllis Camp of Banner does her cooking on a General Electric stove bought in July of 1950 from Pryor in Calhoun City. She has been using it since 1986, when her mother-in-law, Hazel Camp, died. Her...
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Bank of Okolona planning to open in Bruce; Baker leaves BancorpSouth
The Bank of Okolona is planning to open a new location in Bruce in the coming months and will have a familiar manager to the Bruce community. Randy Baker Randy Baker, of Banner, who has served as...
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Chuck Lovorn creating his own niche in Calhoun City
A custom t-shirt shop, a large scale print operation, a retailer for unique candles, provider of one-of-a-kind Mississippi State University apparel, a marketing agency, website builder and much more,...
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