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Calhoun Countians to play in All Star basketball games at ICC Saturday
Several from Calhoun County have been chosen to play and coach in the NEMBCA Basketball All Star Games at ICC Saturday, June 6. Austin Burl from Calhoun City will play in the boys’ game with the...
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Vanlandingham, Howell lead Bruce Colonels
The Bruce Colonels baseball team members are front, from left, Tommie Turner, Dylan Coleman, Gage May, Jake Blount, Haze Vanlandingham, Will Collins; back Coach Mark Vanlandingham, Jaden Paxton,...
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Wert Spiva can’t be replaced with just one person
Wert Spiva, Jr., perhaps the busiest men in all of Mississippi sports, died this past weekend, apparently of a heart attack. He was the basketball coach and so much more at Coldwater High School. He...
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Patsy Zeidman
Patsy Zeidman of Calhoun City usually cooks something different each time she hosts the Bridge Club. “The members are all good cooks and if they like something “that’s always a good sign to me,” she...
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Delta Council sees 80 years of progress
CLEVELAND – The 80th Annual Meeting of the Delta Council on May 29 on the campus of Delta State University presented a tableau of modern Mississippi that will likely never make network television or...
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Century Agave plant at Wells’ home something to see
The next time you are driving past Parker Memorial Funeral Home on Hwy 9 N take a look at the stalk shooting off the agave plant in the former yard of the former Bobby and Romona Wells yard. The...
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Rupert Lunceford is among our best
“King of the Deadbeats” – that’s Rupert Lunceford’s title with the early morning coffee crowd at Nancy’s Restaurant in Calhoun City. It’s only humorous because it’s so opposite the man, one of the most...
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Benny Langford retiring as City Chief; Tito Lopez will take lead this fall
Calhoun City Police Chief Benny Langford submitted his resignation of that position effective Sept. 30, 2015 as he will be retiring. Policeman Tito Lopez will become police chief effective Oct. 1. This...
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Kelly wins runoff against Zinn; carries Calhoun with 73% of vote
Republican Trent Kelly won Tuesday's special-election runoff to fill the vacant first congressional seat in Mississippi. Trent Kelly defeated Democrat Walter Zinn on Tuesday in the state's 1st...
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Vardaman board agrees to abandon park on school property
Vardaman board of aldermen voted at their regular meeting last night to abandon park facilities on school property. The decision will be subject to a 30 day review. The board is seeking written...
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Weyerhaeuser tax break Ok’d; Bruce will consider annexation
The Bruce Board of Aldermen approved a tax exemption for Weyerhaeuser, a special parking spot on the square and agreed to study annexation options at a meeting Tuesday night. Weyerhaeuser had requested...
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Bailey Memorial in Lloyd to celebrate 175th anniversary
Bailey Memorial United Methodist Church will celebrate its 175th anniversary this Sunday, June 7 with a memorial service starting at 10:30 a.m. The church was established in 1840. It was originally...
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4-H Club Congress
Calhoun County 4-H youth recently participated at 4-H Club Congress at Mississippi State University. They participated in contests, workshops and tours such as livestock visual presentations, dairy...
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Rupert Lunceford – WWII vet, local businessman, family man, proud resident of...
Legend has it Rupert Lunceford’s family came to what is now Calhoun County more than a century and a half ago to escape revenuers in North Carolina. “My dad told me a story about either his granddaddy...
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Bruce Museum to host 5K Color Run during Sawmill Festival
The Bruce Museum 5K Color Run will be Saturday, July 11 during the Bruce Sawmill Festival. The race begins next to Bruce City Hall. Pre-register for $30 until June 30 and receive a t-shirt and one...
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Bruce Blazers were sponsored by Farm Bureau
The Bruce Blazers coach pitch team members are from left, Jacob Hughes, Taylor Turner, Emory Gulledge, Aubrey Nelson, Addie Herrin and Luke Stewart; center, Ca’Laiah Shackelford, Joshua Parker,...
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Easley, Hubbard to meet in June 9 special election in Pittsboro
Matthew Easley and Gerald Hubbard will meet in a June 9 special election for Pittsboro alderman. They were the only two qualifiers for the special election to see who succeeds Les Morgan who resigned...
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Salter to speak at Calhoun City Chamber Banquet Tuesday night
Syndicated columnist and Mississippi State University Chief communications officer Sid Salter will be the featured speaker at the annual Calhoun City Chamber of Commerce Banquet Tuesday, June 9 at 6...
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Bruce T-Ballers sponsored by Backwoods T-Shirts
The Bruce T-Ballers team members are, front, from left, Bentlee Campbell, Jake Ferguson, Jaxson Stacey, Stabler Stegall, Blake Hogan, Collyns Stegall, Levi Hill, Easton Bollinger, Ashton Tutor, back...
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Magic Mr. Nick coming to Bruce Theater
You are invited to Jesse Yancy Memorial Library’s Summer Reading Family Night featuring Magic Mr. Nick and his Family Magic Show. Sponsored by Friends of the Jesse Yancy Memorial Library, the Tuesday,...
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