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No snow for Calhoun, just freezing temperatures through the middle of next week
Despite several reports of snow flurries north of the county, none is expected to fall in Calhoun although temperatures will remain very cold heading into the weekend. Current forecast calls for...
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Roger Paul Turner, 67, of Southaven, died January 1, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. He was born September 9, 1946 in Bruce, the son of A.B. and Opal Harwell Turner. He was a...
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Cracked water line caused nearly one-third of Bruce to lose water Thursday
City of Bruce workers spent all day Thursday repairing a large, cracked water main on Murphree Street that forced water to be cut off to nearly a third of the city most of the day. The cracked line...
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Kevin Spencer of Texas has completed a week-long externship with Andy Stepp, left, of Stepp Saver Pharmacy in Bruce. Spencer is a first year pharmacy student. Photo by Celia Hillhouse
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Supervisors hear citizen’s legal complaint, approve term bids
Calhoun supervisors approved term bids and heard a citizen’s complaint alleging a slow response to a legal concern. Melvin Smalley, of Bruce, asked the board for assistance in a complaint he filed in...
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Calhoun City is hosting a full day of basketball today with six games featuring Calhoun and Chickasaw County teams. Bruce’s Justin Flemons is pictured trying to get a shot off against Houlka. Vardaman...
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Chickasaw County won the Cal-Chick Challenge Saturday in Calhoun City earning the victory in four of the six games. The only Calhoun wins both came from Calhoun City over Okolona. Jean Chairse is...
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Calhoun City sweeps Okolona, but Chickasaw County wins Cal-Chick Challenge
Chickasaw County won the Cal-Chick Challenge Saturday in Calhoun City earning wins in four of the six games. All but one of the games were lopsided outcomes with only the Bruce-Houlka boys’ game...
View ArticleBobby Clements
Bobby Joe Clements, age 62, died Friday, January 3, 2014, at Calhoun Health Services in Calhoun City. He was born January 4, 1951 in Bruce, the son of Joe Tom and Emogene Rogers Clements. He was a...
View ArticleBobby Brower
Bobby Lynn Brower, 78, died Saturday, January 04, 2014 at Grenada Living Center in Grenada. He was born October 17, 1935 in the Pine Valley Community of Yalobusha County, to the late Dewitt Talmadge...
View ArticleEstelle Buchanan
Estelle Wright Buchanan, 83, of Troy, Al., and a native of Troy, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 at Troy Regional Medical Center. She was born October 25, 1920 to Herman and Dell Wright of Banner and was a...
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This tree branch is covered in ice as is the ground around this overflow pipe that is steadily shooting out water from just below the pond beside Karen and Greg Owens’ home in Chickenbone. The ice...
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Clanton, Fleming reappointed by board of supervisors
The Calhoun County Board of Supervisors reappointed their board attorney and purchasing clerk for 2014 during a brief meeting Monday morning in Pittsboro. Sonny Clanton Attorney Sonny Clanton and...
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Easley wins Sugar Bowl Golf Classic
Calhoun County native C.J. Easley, of Batesville, competed in the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic Golf Tournament at Lakewood Golf Club in New Orleans Dec. 28-29 and was named Co-Champion. The...
View ArticleO.C. Tedford
O.C . Tedford, 84, Calhoun Ciy died Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 at Calhoun Health Services in Calhoun City. Services will be Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 11 a.m. at the Church of God Our Father and the...
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Vardaman firemen Becky Brown and Terry Dauzat apply water to the fire that destroyed the trailer home of Jennifer Nelson Tuesday morning on CR 431 just west of Vardaman. No one was at home at the time...
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Calhoun City Library receives sizeable gift
The Calhoun City Board of Aldermen accepted a gift of $25,000 to the Calhoun City Library by the late James M. Robertson, Jr. for upkeep of the library at their meeting last night. They voted 3-0 to...
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Bruce Board approves new comp-time plan for employees
Bruce Mayor and Board of Aldermen agreed on “hour for hour” comp time for the city’s salaried employees at their regular meeting last night. “If someone works five hours over, then they get five hours...
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Harris trial will not take place in January term of court; change of venue...
Calhoun County Circuit Court is due to open its first session of the new year next Monday, Jan. 13, but the Wayne Harris murder case isn’t expected to take place during the two week term. Wayne Harris...
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Does Simpson-Bowles II plan repesent new American center?
Back in 2010, the Simpson-Bowles Commission offered a radical solution to a complex problem facing this nation in a presentation made by the bipartisan presidential commission on the nation’s debt and...
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