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Calhoun City makes easy work of West Bolivar
Calhoun City continued to march through the North 2A playoffs with ease with a dominating 27-8 win over visiting West Bolivar Friday night. Levarious Varnado The win advances the Wildcats, 11-3, to the...
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Calhoun City Head Coach Perry Liles talks to his Wildcats during their 27-8 playoff win over West Bolivar Friday night. They will play at Baldwyn next Friday for the North Half Championship. Photo by...
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State officials express concern over lack of community involvement at Calhoun...
Representatives from the Mississippi Department of Education revealed their initial findings to the Calhoun County School Board Tuesday night following their review of Calhoun City High School recently...
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Roscoe E. Lantrip, 99, of Banner, died November 23, 2013 at his home. He was born January 12, 1914 in Houlka, the son of Dennis Andy Lantrip and Cora Collums Lantrip. He was retired from Red River...
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Jackie Donald Bias, 64, of Derma, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013 at NMMC-Hospice in Tupelo. He was born March 8, 1949 in Derma, the son of Carlos Bias and Clytee Lucius Bias. Visitation is tonight, Monday,...
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Ole Miss ROTC soldiers carry the game ball for Thursday’s Egg Bowl through Bruce en route to Calhoun City where they will meet the Mississippi State ROTC who will carry it on to Starkville. Photo by...
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David Gwyn Potts, 75, of Bruce, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013 at his home. He was born August 28, 1938 in Water Valley, the son of Andrew Potts and Inez Coleman Potts. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp....
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A large crowd turned out on the Calhoun City square to welcome ROTC members from Ole Miss and Mississippi State participating in the first Egg Bowl Run. The Rebels handed over the game ball to the...
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The kids at Creative Learning Center at First Baptist in Bruce are celebrating Thanksgiving. Pictured, from left, front, Rose Mary Shelton, Ian Shelton, Jackson Hillhouse, Kainen Goodson, Emory...
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Bruce Chamber moves office inside Bruce Museum
Bruce Chamber of Commerce Secretary Carol Shoemaker is settling into her new office after the organization relocated its headquarters to inside the Bruce Museum. Carol Shoemaker “We’re really excited...
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What will the U.S. House do with online sales taxes?
Back on April 25, the U.S. Senate by a vote of 63 to 30 passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, a measure which would empower states to collect sales tax out-of-state online purchases. The bill would...
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New generation doesn’t understand old school lingo
We are going to have to teach our old-school lingo to the next generation. Addi Claire had my cell phone Monday afternoon and decided she wanted to call her daddy. She found his picture on the...
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Cold and wet travel wherever I go
The theme for the past week seems to be cold and wet. It has followed me every where I’ve gone. Last Friday morning I drove through the pouring rain to Jackson for a meeting at the Godwin Group’s...
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Calhoun’s four Christmas parades begin Dec. 7 in Bruce
The first of four Christmas parades around the county will be next week with Bruce’s annual parade set for Saturday, Dec. 7. The Calhoun City parade will be the following Monday, Dec. 9 and Vardaman on...
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Alison Armstrong
Alison Armstrong of Bruce learned to cook from her grandmother, the late Estelle Edwards, and her mother, Jennifer Glass, and has been cooking since she was seven. “Every Thanksgiving and Christmas, I...
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Two arrests made in Monday burglary of Vardaman area home
Two arrests have been made connected to a burglary of a Vardaman area home. Sheriff Pollan Jessica Leister, 26, of Water Valley has been charged with burglary of a dwelling along with Jimmy Joe Tutor,...
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Chunkin’ Charlie was one of the greatest of all time
We will hand out the C Spire Conerly Trophy next Tuesday night in what has become a Mississippi football tradition. As always, there’s no shortage of splendid candidates. This is Mississippi, after...
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Joe’s Market shares their technique for frying a turkey
John Ford and Curt Tunnell from Joe’s Market in Bruce gave us an inside look at how they fry a whole turkey. John Ford and Curt Tunnell of Joe's Market in Bruce. The process began with injecting the...
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‘Rivers’ author coming to Brown Bag luncheon
Join us at Bruce Library Tuesday, Dec. 3 at noon for a Brown Bag Luncheon with Michael Farris Smith. Smith, a native Mississippian, has spent time living abroad in France and Switzerland. He has been...
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